Dear venerable monks, Please clarify this point: We say that clinging to beings is a result of ignorance as further dividing and dissecting our observation of...
Dear Bhantes, This is my first posting. Thank you for being accessible to my questions. My question today is about different truths from moment to moment. I ...
Dear Venerable Monks. I am relatively new to Buddhism but currently I find myself struggling. My main hurdle seems to be transitioning my Western, Christian...
Dear venerable Sayadaws, I have two questions. 1. When I observe a feling, say the sensation of the air coming in and out of the nose, I am unable to discern...
Dear Venerable Monks, I would appreciate your guidance with respect to applying the theme of the Vanapattha Sutta in today's real life situation of a ...
Dear Venerable Sayadaws, I would like to understand a common passage in the Tipitaka. It is when the Buddha talks about seeing form (and the other aggregates)...
Dear Venerable Monks. I am new to Buddhism and would like to know where I can get some information on the Buddhist view of the Christian marriage. The reason I...
Dear Venerable Sayadaws, I have another question. Do all Arahants necessarily understand everything about Abhidhamma? Or framed differently, does the...
Dear Venerables, I wonder what a lay person can do if he breaks one of the precepts, for example the third precept. If he has not 'formally' taken the five...
Dear Venerable Sayadaws, Please offer some guidance for a practictioner who finds the public climate at this time very difficult. I practise daily metta, but...
Dear Venerable Bodhidhamma, Thank you so VERY much for your thorough reply. It taught me many things. If my reading of your exposition is correct, it is one's...
Dear Venerable Monks: I've been practicing watching my breath for a few years now and still I get strange sensations in my head. Like tingling and pressure. Is...
(Reply from Ven. Bodhidhamma) Dear Bill Maybe the attachment will sort out some ideas. Metta Onward! Ven. Bodhidhamma Website : www.satipanya.org.uk Please...
Dear Bhantes: Our Sangha is a multi-denominational group with mostly beginners who have some experience in different traditions. A few go to day-long, weekend...
Dear Venerable Monks, I recently quit smoking wich is a blessing for me and for my environement. I canīt explain how ashamed I feel for being so unmindful and...
Dear Venerable sirs, I must admit that I am pretty sensitive to strong words eg believe. I remember once I was attending a Sunday School lesson, which my...
Dear Venerable Sirs, Han Yu, a famous literateur in Tang dynasty, said: " now (the Taoists and Buddhists) seek to govern their hearts by escaping from the ...
Dear Venerable Sirs: I too the same as Suelynn and Bennoit, have similar questions regarding the financial support/help to parents and sibblings. We were...
Dear Ven. Dhammasami: Thank you for your beautuful and wise answer. If i may, have one more question to ask: What if someone, important to the donor, for...
Sukhi Bhantes, The Buddha has in many occassons e.g in the Manggala Sutta Sigalovada sutta and in the Dhammapada stressed the importance of duty towards our...
"The Sangha Online will take a short holiday break until the New Year. The Organiser wishes a very happy New Year to all the Venerable Monks and members. All...
Dear Ven.Monks I have a question about the order of five aggregates, some people explain it as the process of Form (rupa) -> Consciousness (vinnana) ->...
Dear Sangha I would like to know in Theravada Buddhism if there is any practice (like any sort of chanting) that one can do to help his family member who has...
My dear Venerable Monks, First I want to say thanks for this opportunity to discuss buddhism here. I am an absolute beginner in practising meditation. Yet I...
Dear Venerable Monks, I am currently in my final year of university majoring in religious studies. As part of my Theravada Buddhism module I am writing an...
Sorry, not to come back soon as I am a bit occupied. First, I like to say how encouraging I feel with your participation, as dana is a very important aspect of...
Obviously, "donation"; is NOT recommended by the Buddha nor the Buddhist traditions as investment if you want to become rich. You'd learn some good ideas, such...
