Zeitindah Dawtnak Kan Thanter Lai?

CIM Zarhpi Ni Caan Hmannak

Hringtu Nu le Ni

May 10, 2011

Caan tlaitu: Hrang Hlei, St. Paul, MN, USA

Thawngtha chimtu: Saya San Lian, New York City, USA

Kan Bawipa Jesuh Khrih min in nan kut kan tlaih hna! Nihin cu vawlei cung khuaza khrihfabu tampi nih hringtu nule upat peknak le thluachuah peknak ni a si. Cu ca ah nule nih fale an kan dawtnak, kan zawn an kan ruahnak, kan ca ah temhnak le harnak an tuarnak, le inn chungkhar ca ah rethei zonzai in an nunnak kha ruat bu in, upatnak pe hna usih law, cu an nunnak ruangah cun Pathian sinah lawmhnak chim hna usih.

Zeidang hlan ah Baibal ca vun rel hmasa usih:

A fale nih khan, thluachuak nu, an ti i a va zong nih khan a ti ve i a thangthat i, 'nupi tha tampi an um, sihmenhsehlaw nangmah nih na lonh dih hna,' tiah a ti. Iang hi hlen a hmang, dawh hi a ziam kho. Sihmenhsehlaw, Bawipa a tih mi nu cu thangthat awk a si. Amah cu a kut theitlai ruangah khan thangthat uh. Hauka ah khan amah cu a rian tuannak nih khan upatnak hmuh ter seh. (Phungthluk 31: 28-31)

Nihin thawngtha a kan chim tu hi Saya San Lian a si. Laitlang a khua cu Calthawng, Zotung peng a si i a tu lio hi Union Theological Seminary, NY, USA, ah S.T.M program a tuah i a dih cuahmah lio a si. Nupi a ngei i fapa 2 an ngei. A hmanthlak ah a sam rang an lang pah i upat a hlawh ngai nain, mino te a si :). Saya San Lian hi Myanmar Institute of Theology (MIT) ah Assistant Lecturer a tuan i, Zotung Baptist Church zong ah Assistant Pastor a tuan. A ca cawnnak cu: BTh (ZTC, Falam), LLB (Dagon University), Dip B Dh (International Buddhist University, Yangon), MDiv (MIT), S.T.M. candidate (Union Theo. Seminary). Nihin thawngtha a kan chimh khawh ca ah a cung ah kan i lawm. Hmailei ah Pathian hmang chin ko seh.

Thlacam ding:

1. Kawlram le vawlei khuaza ah a um i a phunphun ruangah retheihnak, ngaihchiatnak, harnak, le hremnak a tuar mi hna ca ah thla cam hna usih.

2. Damlonak a phunphun ruangah rethei le lung dong in a um mi kan unau, hawikom hna ca ah thla cam hna usih.

3. Ram chung/leng um mi Laimi khrihfabu kip nih khamhnak thawngtha cu zumhtlak le ral tha in kan i nunpi khawh cio nakhnga thla cam hna usih.

4. Hringtu nule dihlak nih zalonnak an hmuh i van thluachuah le vawlei thluachuah an hmuh cio nakhnga thla cam hna usih.

Thawngtha kan ngaih hlan ah, Sayama Lal Biak Hnem phuah/sak mi "A Sunglawi Bik ka Nu" ti mi hla dawh vun ngai hmasa usih.

Zeitindah Dawtnak Kan Thanter Lai?

How Can We Nurture Love in Our Daily Life?

Baibal ca rel ding: 1 Corinthians 13: 3-7

1. Mother’s Day Kong Atawinak in

“Happy Mother’s Day” tiah Bawi Krih min in nan kut kan tlaih hna. Kan za tein kan theih bantuk in, nihin ni cu, “Nu Le Ni” a si. Hlanlio BC chan ah, zungzal a nungmi le sertu Pathian pakhat lawng a um ti an theih hlan ah, Egypt mi nih “Isis nu pathian,” Greek mi nih “Rhea nu pathian,” Roman le Asia Minor “Cybele nu pathian” ti in a phunphun an i biak. Cun Europe mi Krihfa an rak si hnu ah, cu nu pathian biaknak puai hna cu “Tipil an innak Church Sunparnak Peknak Ni” ah an hman i, sui, lungvar, le laksawng a phunphun cu an mother church ah an hlut tawn. Cun AD 1600 hrawng a rak phanh tikah, English pawl nih “nu pathian sunlawih peknak” caan cu “Mothering Day” ti in an hman i, lamhlat/nai ummi, an tefa hna le nu le pa he i tonnak “family gathering” caan ah an hman. Fa le nih “Nu” dawtnak a thar in an cothan i, an nu le cu “laksawng phuntling” he sunlawihnak an pek caan a si. Nihin kan hman mi “Mother’s Day” cu English pawl nih an hman mi “Mothering Day” sin in a rami si loin, American ram ah a thar in a vun chuak mi a si.

American Civil War lio ah minung tampi an thi i, cu ngeihchiatnak “donghter ding le daihnak” thawh than ding saduthah in Julia Ward Howe nih 1870 kum ah “Mother’s Day” kong a aupi hmasa. Pakhat le pakhat i that ti loin, “dawtnak te daihnak” American ram ah ser ding ah Mrs. Howe rian a tuannak ruangah 1873 kum ah 18 Northern American cities hna nih Mother’s Day cu an rah tuah khawh. Asinain, Howe nih Mother’s Day tuahnak caah tangka a pek khawh tilo caah a dai than i, kum 100 leng hnu ah Anna Reeves Jarvis nih West Virginia ah a dirhpi than. Anna Reeves Jarvis a thih hnu ah, a fanu Anna M. Jarvis nih a nu keneh zulh in, a rian chuahtak in a aupi caah May 10, 1908 kum ah Andrew Methodist Church, West Virginia ah officially in hmasabik “Mother’s Day” cu an tuah. Cuhnu ah, cawlhlo in Jarvis nih azuam caah, West Virginia State cu 1912 kum ah a voi 1nk officially Mother’s Day a tuahtu State a rak si i; 1914 kum ah, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States nih May zerh 2nk cu “Mother’s Day” ah siseh law, national observance ah siseh tiah declared arak tuah. Anna M. Jarvis cu 1948 kum ah a thi i, a thih kum ah vawlei cung ram (40) nih Mother’s Day an rak tuah ve cang. Jarvis thawng in nihin ni ah “Nu dawtnak ruahthan ding, daihnak tuahding, le Nu sunparnak pek ni” cu vawlei pumpi nih kan tuahkhonak a si.

2. Mother’s Day Message

Nihin ni kan tuahmi “Mother’s Day” cu nu le sin in a rami “dawtnak le daihnak” ruangah arak thawkmi a si. Abik in nihin ni ah, “dawtnak” kong hi fakpi in chim ka duh. Mifim theologian hna nih “dawtnak-love” cu phun (3) ah an then: (1) eros dawtnak, (2) philia dawtnak, le (3) agape dawtnak. Minung kan sinak ah hi dawtnak pathum cu a herh ruangah Pathian nih human society ah hi bang in a tuahmi a si. “Eros dawtnak” cu, nu le va (husband and wife) karlak dawtnak a si. Cu dawtnak ah cun, “sex/nu-pa thit-umnak” ai tel chih. Hi “sexual union” cu fanu/pa hmuhnak ca zawng a si i, nu le va karlak ah a fekmi chungkhar hri (a firm marital union) zawng a si. Nu-va karlah i “eros” dawtnak ah cun pakhat le pakhat itheihthiamnak, zawnruahnak, lungfehnak, dawtnak-hritemnak hna a tel (eros love includes mutual understanding, commitment, giving, caring, serving, binding, promising, sacrificing, loyalty, openness beyond a sense of shame, and hope for having our united blood-generated new generation). Hi bantuk in Pathian nih thluachuah a pekmi “eros dawtnak” or “the sacred and dignity of sex” cu Pathian nih a duhlo nak lam in kan hman sual tawn. Hi “eros dawtnak” cu thianghlim tein, zumtu hna nih zeitindah kan hman khawh lai?

Pahnihnak ah “philia dawtnak” cu nu le pa le tefa karlak ah a ummi dawtnak, u le nau, hawikom karlak ah a ummi dawtnak phun a si. Society pi a dir khawhnak caah, chungkhar/family le hawikomhnak/friendship a herh. Cu family le friendship ah cun “philia dawtnak”—brotherly or sisterly or friendly love kan herh. Asi nain, hi “philia dawtnak” cu, Pathian duh ning in kan hman lo a si ahcun, thleidannak, mah ca lawng ruahnak, hakkauhnak, huatnak, porhlawthnak… tibantuk in thil thalo ah a chuak tawn (it is worth noting that the pitfalls of philia include discrimination, selfishness, greed, hatred, exclusion, pride, negative rivalry, and division). Society pi ah a herhmi basic unit a si mi, chungkhar le hawikomhnak ah a ummi “philia dawtnak” cu Pathian duhning in zeitindah kan nunnak ah kan thanter lai?

Pathumnak ah, “agape dawtnak” cu (flawless) a thiangbik, a sangbik le, palhnak, thadernak a ngeilo mi “dawtnak” a si. “Agape dawtnak” cu nunnak tiang pek in kan sining vialte midang caah pek in, ruahchannak ngeilo le tuarnak in mi caah rian tuannak a si (It includes the risk of life, selfless sacrifice, sharing everything we have with others, without any expectation from them, and the perfect moral quality of freedom from hatred, greed, delusion, pride, revenge, wickedness, oppression, exploitation, cruelty, and all kinds of evils). Cucu, Bawi Jesuh le Pathian sin in kan hmuhmi dawtnak a si (1 John 4: 1; John 3:16; Luke 22: 19-20; 1 Cor. 13). Tlamtling taktak kan silo zongah, “agape dawtnak” cu, zumtu hna kan nunnak ah thanchoter ve ding Bawipa nih a kan duhpiak mi a si. Nihin kan tuanbia ah “agape dawtnak” a ngei mi hna cu, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., le Mother Teresa an si. An nih bantuk in “agape dawtnak” ah zeitindah kan thancho ve lai?

Azapi fonh in kan zoh tikah, “philia dawtnak” lonh in kan nu le nih fa le hna an kan dawtnak tampi a um. Cucu “agape dawtnak” lei ah a kal mi “nu dawtnak” a si. Cu bantuk dawtnak kan ngeih ve khawhnak lai, kan thinlung ah, a thukbik “kan nu dawtnak” ruatthan in “reflection” kan tuah lengmang a hau (we need psycho-spiritual practice again and again). “Eros dawtnak” le “philia dawtnak” zong hi Pathian duh ning in kan hman a si ahcun, “agape dawtnak” kan nunnak ah a than khawh nakhnga hram an si. “Eros dawtnak” le “philia dawtnak” he leng/nun bu in, Pathian sunparnak langhter khawh a si ko. “Eros dawtnak” le “philia dawtnak” hi ningcang loin kan hman sual hmenhah, “a thupbik kan nu dawtnak kan ruah than khawh a si ahcun” lam pialnak in a kan khamhtu a si lai. Mit in hmuh khawhlo mi Pathian dawtnak cu, zei he dah a lawh ti theih khawhnak ding caah, kan hmuh khawh mi kan nu dawtnak hi biatak in kan ruah a hau. Cuti cun, Jesuh le Pathian dawtnak zong thuk chin in kan hngalh khawh lai i, kan nun thlengtu zong a si lai.

Thingkung cu, a no lio ah amah ca lawng nun in rian a tuan i, a than (full grown) tikah, mi caah nun in a theipar a pek hna. Cubantuk in, kan nunnak he then khawh a silo mi “eros dawtnak le philia dawtnak” cu, an no lio ah, kanmah ca lawng rian tuan ko hmenhseh law, a than-lianh tikah cun, “agape dawtnak” lei ah a kal i, mi caah rian a tuan kho lai. Kan nu le hna cu, an no lio ah “eros dawtnak le philia dawtnak” he an nung ve ko nain, te le fa an ngei hnu ahcun, tlamtling lo te a si zongah “agape dawtnak” lei ah kal in, an nun ve bang in, “dawtnak stage 3” ah a thangcho mi kan si khawhnak lai, nihin ah sawm kan duh hna. Nu le hna zong, “agape dawtnak” ah nan thancho chinnak dingah, thla ka cam!

Thawngtha hrawngtu zumtu u le nau nan zate cungah, Pathian nih a thar in thluachuah in pe hna seh. Amen!

Kaa Lawm.

San Lian

Union Theological Seminary

New York City