Dear Samgha: I'm Hong Kong Mahayana monk,due to today internet I can study Theravada on it. Nowadays so many people had pratice medation in Theravada system...
Dear Venerable Monks, I'm interested to know how Buddhism explains the Non Self Theory (Anatta). If there is non self, then who attains Nibbana? If there is...
Dear Venerable Monks, I would like to know if there is any restriction on the type of food we eat. I have a friend of the Mahayana tradition that advises,...
Dear questioner The meaning of the Right livelihood is so deep, profound and it often refers to a virtuous life that does no harm other sentient beings. As...
Dear Alan Firstly, you need to develop mindfulness or awareness most of the times in your daily life and then you would realize that your mind also has some ...
Dear Venerable Monks, I have a question about right livelihood. Right livelihood can be defined as not taking any job that contributes to the harming of other...
Dear Venerable Monks Thank you for all your replies with regards to my first question of associating with negative people. Further to this, how should one...
Dear Venerable Monks I am new to buddhism (3 months) and I have a question related to practising the dhamma, and in particular 'right action'. I have some...
Dear Venerable Monks, Is it necessary to take the refuges with a monk, or can you just say them to yourself? Also does it matter if the monk is not theravedan...
Dear Venerable Monks, For the past 10 years (off & on) I have been interested in learning about the teachings of Buddhism, but I seemed to have never had the ...
Dear Sayadaw U Khemissara and Ven. Nandhodaya, Dhammodaya Myanmar Vihara (Burmese Buddhist Monastery) PO Box 22606 Southgate PMB 3200 South Africa Tel./Fax.:...
Venerable Sirs, I have just read a reply from the Ven Milinda on the subject of kamma and clone animal/human. In which it its stated that Buddism does not have...
Dear Andy, Buddhism has no problem with cloning. Cloning is only to creat Utuja-rupa and Aharaja-rupa. There must be a person ready to be reborn in need of a...
Dear Venerable Monks, I read that the germ is not considered a life as there isn't conciousness. What about a foetus about a month old? Can abortion be done...
Dear Ven. Milinda I was wondering how does karma apply to clone animal or even human?? Sincerely Andy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Dear Venerable Sayadaws, I am relatively new to Buddhism, and I really feel from the books I have read and from Buddhist writing or scripture, that Buddhism...
Dear Venerable Sirs, This is my first mail to the group since I joined long time ago. I am from Malaysia. As I was reading Gombrich's How Buddhism Began, I...
Dear Bhante, I was reading about a meditation whose method is: "During the day when you are performing any task, perform the task with the focal zone of your...
Dear Michael, Usually there are 108 beads on a traditional string. There are many ways to make them become 108. But I will let you know only two ways. I think...
Venerable Sirs, I was just wondering how many beads there are on a traditional string of prayer beads? Is there a standard number? Also, What is a traditional...
To the Venerable Monks, The dhamma says "he is without blame though once he may have murdered his mother and his father,two kings, a kingdom, and all its ...
To the Venerable Monks, Buddhist texts seem to relate many stories of people achieving Sotapanna on merely hearing short discourses from the Buddha. Some have...
Dear Kevin, first in order to understand Citta, you may try to note down the following: 1. thoughts 2. emotions 3. feelings. We have many thoughts, emotions...
(Note from Organiser for Lay members: The message is for your information only) ... G'day Bhantes, I have received a message from a Dhamma friend, which I hope...
Dear Kevin, Your question consists of a few querries, each requiring separate answer. Today, I shall talk about controlling the mind. You said you couldn't...
(Remark by Moderator: This is Query posted,awaiting answer from the monk) Venerable Sirs, I had read about the role of Kamma in determining the next rebirth of...
Venerable Sirs, I was wondering what your opinion about art (in my case painting) might be. Are the highest purposes of art to reflect the teachings? Is...
Dear Venerable Bhikkhus, Up until fairly recently I was seriously considering pursuing ordination into the ordained Sangha in Thailand. However,after a ...
Dear Venerable Monks or Sayadaws, 'Sleep' seems to be a black hole to us. We don't see what is happening there. Is the mind still active? Is any kamma...
