Buddha Purnima Issue
Alma
Buddha Prunima Issue
Vo. I, May 8, 2009
Inside this issue:
Buddha Purnima Greetings 1
Fundamental Teachings 1 janama, gXnasizazI Ara
Chakma Temple in USA 2 maGaz (Birth,
Chakma President in West 2
First Chakma Scripts 2
First Chakma Dictionary 3 nanot gaz pitatImita
Chakma Raja & Palace 4 sutIi zin
Special points of
interest:
 Buddha Purnima
 Buddha Teachings
 Chakma Monastery
 Chakma Scripts
 Online Dictionary
 Rajguru Aggavamsa
 Royal Palace
Buddha Purnima hojapn
2553 bajara bizI egla
Bagabna goejen
Enlightenment and
Mahaparinibbana
Aeyez \ ES zi-
(International Pub-
lic holiday)\ 624
BCE (Before
Common Era),
ES zinanot buvzaZo
Lumbini janama
laey \ 589 BCE,
ES zinanot goejen
Bodhgaya-ta gXna-
Lord Buddha: Fundamental Teachings
Sabba pãpassa akaranamM,
Kusalassa ûpasam-
padã; Sacitta pariyada
panamM, EtamM
Buddhãna sãsanamMº
baJaLM hma na garienS, gama
hma gribra \ niJo man-
naer niej hjnÊ Seyna
Alaez goejnara sikakX \
(1) Four Noble Truths
Vol. I, May 9, 2009
sizazI lBa
gasasXy \ 544
BCE, ES zinanot
goejen Kushi-
nagara-ta maGaz
Aaey \ pitatImi
bazaZoyunaetS
ES zinano Aalaez hojapn zoAaLr
M a
suvina \ tr eb-
kakuen hiyaLMAata manaAa putaTiey gaz
Yna \ goejnaer zinobuAa hzna \ buro
pUja garananoS \ miel–maratatuen
taban garana gama AasatasIla mnana \
etbTXya \ qgu- qgurUen Baban
rUnattuana Bara
mgana suka Ara
belzI AabtXySa \
(suffering, ageing, sick- hzn \ goejen gaz jIbanna
ness and death) zoel- Bban gasasX \
zel sIenn \ (2) Eight
Babna h/¸C en/jr mn/k en/j exXa /
Fold-Paths-r a niyama qoza; far ba/q Aar
mnIenS jIbana hzn \ (3) ekCuE “/h. f&ag k/r
Babna kerza ykmayv
haramaAa(Kamma)Ara Spiritual Èa/nr
haramaAa palaer bisajXsa AeQkari h/f para Zaz.
garn \
(4) Satipattãna vguer Bban
Ven. Sadonananda Mahathera
(Meditation) gari jIbana
(Bana Bhante)
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First Chakma Buddhist Temple in the Western World

yaLna Ara
Important Chakma Websites San Francisco: America
and Blogs around the Globe: gaemzoel
ydIta CLMxmyuen hiyaLM
http://chakma.org benbtXya pitatimI
http://cht.org.bd (Buddhist Temple)
http://www.skskolkata.org/ CLMmyuen (World
http://www.pbm-cht.org benyana \ US$65,000
http://updfcht.org Chakma)etmamM
http://www.pcjss-cht.org etL zienS mzIsumutXya Ama
http://jpnuk.org.uk
gujurazana \ hiyaL-
(home)hinanXna \ Ven.
http://jpnk.org nara benbta
http://aitpn.org Bimal Bhikkhu (Bimal
http://unpo.org project– US$
http://jummonet.wordpress.com Bhante ejenS hiyaLna
http://voiceofjummaland.googlepages.com 500, 000 etL
http://jummonet.blogspot.com Aka beryXjoS \ Bhante
http://jummapeoplenet.blogspot.com plan gasasXna \
http://www.geocities.com/jummanation siDu zi–mja ElagoS \
pitatimI CLMmyuna
Bhante-er Spiritual Di-
sizu AkaberbtXya ptaturu
rector Ara Ven.
jenenS Ayoja gar
Buddharatana Bhikkhu Ven. Bimal Bhikkhu
(appeal)Aaey \
-er hiyaLMra sunnu Sejeb Spiritual Director

ptaturuturu jn Aaey \ hi-

Tushita Heaven, Raj Bana

Vihar, Rangamati.
First Chakma future President in the West
Importants: Waterloo: Dr. Amit
America ydIta CLMxmyuen hiyaLM Chakma (49), Ee-
(Buddhist Temple)benyana \
jtaet July mjata Uni-
Dr. Amit Chakma (49), Eejtaet
versity of Western
July mjata University of Western
Ontario „s President Aaba \ Ontario „s President
Aaba \ Skakunu et Uni-
CLMm elgloS habaraban \
versity of Waterloo's
Vice-President of Aca-
demic AaSenS Aeg \
Dr. Chakma the community members
haSey: "I'm I've come to know so
excited about well”. gad pitatImi
my next (world)CLMmyuen ter
challenge but lojapn Araptaturuturu
I also feel a jenyana \ Dr. Chakma-ra
bit nostalgic about my
Ajala Gara Aalaez CHT,
time at Waterloo, the col-
Bangladesh-tuna \
lege that I work with and

Alaam: World First Chakma Scripts Newsletter

habarabanbuAa gaz pitaImita CLMmyunaer habara
Australia: pitataImita sizIziey Aab a\ ES pezbXyaS btXy
(World) patatama CLMm habarabanbuAa bizIer Ara \ hbiezLMAa
elgloS habaraban -news, religious, (Editor) sizu E-
(Newsletter) Alma cultures, sports, mail-E nael letter
(Alaam) neLM bra gar Ala polittical, social, -loS pezezzoka \
entertainment, E-mail:
2009a bajarata \
etc. habara etba \ habidyang@post..com
habarabanra hbiezL
ES habarabanbuAa Or
(Editor) Ara sunnu
jierjier
(Owner) Aalaez Ven. alaam@writeme.com
(ocasionally) bra
Pragya Jyoti \ ES Chakma Scripts
gar Aaba \ pitataImi \ ptaturuturu \
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World First Online Chakma Dictionary (English to Chakma)

Australia: Xobdo is a non-profit organization formed with a file in the Xobdo website for
group of volunteers located in various parts of the globe with the more information: http://
common interest of promoting the languages of the North-East www.xobdo.org/dic09/mbr/
India in the cyber world. Members of Xobdo are voluntarily col- profile.ph
laborating to construct and maintain this website.

In March, 2006 the Xobdo team began working on the online Eng-
lish and Assamese bidirectional dictionary. Currently, Xobdo has
a number of North-Eastern languages included in its dictionary.
On January 2009, Ven. Pragya Jyoti became a member of this
organization and subsequently he was appointed as Editor and
multi-lingual word contributor on 16th March 2009. At present
he was contributed 78 Chakma, 35 Mizo, and 20 Assamese
words.

How to add Chakma words in the online dictionary, please write

to Ven. Pragya Jyoti by e-mail: bhante@reborn.com or Regis-
tering yourself at Xobdo is free and easy. Once you are regis-
tered you can start adding Chakma words. Ven. Pragya Jyoti
trying to Chakma Unicode system in the Xobdo. As a editor, he
need to check your words properly before public. Visit his pro- First OCD in the World

Chakma Raja and Chakma Ministers

Importants: Mr. Nihar Kanti Chakma, Minis- Mr. Dipankar Talukdar, Chakma Raja DeashisRoy born
ter of State for Coun- in 1959.
 Chakma online Dictionary Animal Hus- cil of Later in
bandry & Vet- Minis- young age
 Rajguru passed away
erinary; Seri- ter for he became
 Chakma Ministers culture Depart- Minis- Raja after
ment & Disas- try of his father
ter Manage- CHT Raja
ment & Rehabilitation, Govern- Affairs, Government of Tridiv Roy fled to Pakistan in
ment of Mizoram, India. Bangladesh. 1947.

Major Events
Rangamati: Chakma Ra- Calcutta: The and Ven. Bimal
jguru Ag- Bodhichariya Bhikkhu.
gavamsa School which run
Bhante by SKS received Visit: http://
was born highest reputation www.skskolkata.org/
on 8th Award for the
December 1921 in Kutub- Best School in the Bo-
bidia, Rainkhong and he Republic Day pa- dhichariya
passed away on 5th January rade. The School Complex
2008 at the age of 88 in was established
Chakma Royal Monastery on 15th November 1990
in Rangamati. by Rajguru Aggavamsa
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Ven. Pragya Jyoti
Editor: Alaam
Editor: Chakma Online Dictionary
President: United Jumma International
Spiritual Teacher: Goldfields Meditation Centre
Publisher: Chakma Lega
Publications, Australia.
Notice
Next: Ashari Purnima Issue, on
July 7, 2009 (Dhamma Day).
Commemorates the Buddha's first
discourse, given to the five
Ascetics in the Deer Park at
Sarnath, near Varanasi. The
traditional Rainy-Season Retreat
(Vassa) begins on the next day.
Appeal
Write a short article about
important happened in your State,
Region & Country. You can write
in English, Bengali, Hindi,
Chakma, Chinese , Burmese, Mizo,
Assamese & Pali Languages. The
editor will try to translate and
examine your article properly
before publish. Send your article to
Editor by e-mail:
alaam@writeme.com or
habidyang@post.com
Earnestly request to the
readers:
Please start learning our own Holy
and Historical Scriptures in order
to claim literate Chakma and
introduce our Scripts to the
International community.
Future Target: After one year,
the “Alaam” will be publish
totally in Chakma Scripts by
Chakma Lega Publications,
Australia.
“Wishing Happy Buddha Day”
ALAAM
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Kalgoorlie, WA 6433, Australia
Phone: 61-0437952804
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Notes: Newsletter also available in
the Website: http://
voiceofjummaland.
googlepages.com
Smart Baby in the world
Buddhist Tiger (Friendship)
Mr. Joytirindra Bo-
dhipriya Larma
(Santu Larma), Chair-
man, CHT Regional
Council, Jummaland,
Bangladesh. He was signed Peace
Accord on December 2, 1997 on be-
half of PCJSS with the Government
of Bangladesh after 22 years struggle
for Autonomy in CHT.
Most valuable car in the world
Ven. Nandio Bhikkhu Chakma Royal Palace (before 1964)
on the top of the Chakma
Palace after 40 years sub-
merged under water.
In 1964, Chakma Royal Palace when submerging
Chakma Royal Palace
(present) at Rangamati,
Jummaland, Bangladesh.
Mr. Kali
Kumar
Tanchangya
(Thara), Chief
Executive
Member
(CEM), Chakma Autonomous
District Council (CADC),
Mizoram, India. The CADC was
born in 1972. He was elected as
CEM in 2008.
Mr. Subi-
mal Bi-
kash
Chakma,
most Ven. Khemasara (left), Sayadaw U.
patriotic Paññasãmi (middle left), Ven. San-
Chakma leader in Arun- dawara (middle right) and Ven. Pragya
achal Pradesh. By his life Jyoti (right). The three prominent
-times dedication and Chakma Buddhist monks (left) in Myan-
mar. They established two Chakma Bud-
restless effort the Chak-
mas & Hajongs now dhist Monasteries in the heart of Yangon
claiming as Indian Citi- City. This photo took in 1999. About
zen. He is the father of 15,000 Chakmas (Dainak) are living in
Chakmas & Hajongs in Arakan Province and more than 50
AP. Chakmas in Yangon.