Mahatma Putra

Saya benar-benar tidak tahu apa yang saya harapkan ketika pertama kali memutuskan untuk pergi ke Sri Lanka. Tentu saja saya tahu bahwa Sri Lanka adalah negara yang mengadopsi ajaran Buddha Theravada, aliran Buddhisme yang diklaim sebagai aliran tertua di dunia. Foto pertama di Sri Lanka. Bendera dan stupa Buddha bisa ditemui di hampir setiap sudut Kolombo. Itulah akhirnya yang membuat saya memutuskan untuk mengambil kursus singkat Buddhist Studies di Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy. Walau Tibet terdengar lebih eksotik untuk dijelajahi, Sri Lanka punya akar sejarah yang jauh lebih kuat akan ajaran Buddha mula-mula dibanding negara-negara lain di Asia Selatan. Theravada dibawa masuk dari India ke Sri Lanka pada abad ke 3 Masehi. Awalnya Theravada adalah salah satu cabang dari Hinayana Buddhism, yang sekarang bahkan di India sendiri kini telah punah. Perjalanan saya menuju SIBA (Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy) dimulai dari Airport Kolombo ke ...

It was very nice to have some time to travel alone again. It's been a while since I don't have time to travel alone and to be able to listen, to watch, to observe things inside and outside myself deeply.  On my way to Sri Lanka I have to make a connecting flight in Kuala Lumpur, so I decided to take a look at the city before my next morning flight. I went from LCCT Airport to KL Sentral by bus only cost me 8 ringgit (about Rp. 20.000,00), and from KL Sentral subway station it is very convenient to travel around the city, it only cost me about 1 ringgit (Rp. 3.000,00) per trip. I went to see Petronas Tower. Maybe its a must thing to see when you go to KL, but I only spent less than 5 minutes there, nothing special there for me except that remarkable skyscraper. I took this with my phone. I want to see people, I want to see life around KL city area. That what brought me to Petaling Street in Chinatown area. "Penginapan Penge...