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Friends: How to Cross: The venerable Upasiva once requested the Buddha: Sir, I am alone, dependent, helpless, I cannot cross the flood of sense desire, the...
Friends: The Last Relinquishment: When ignorance of the 4 Noble Truths finally fully evaporates he no longer clings to sense pleasures, he no longer clings to...
The Lord God Almighty, The True God, The Living God. The Eternal King, The Other Food By Which We Live, The Bread From Heaven, The Living Water, About Being...
Friends: No Need: Friends, for the virtuous one, correctly behaving, completed in morality, there is no need to wish: "May I enjoy a clear conscience", since...
BlankFriends The All Good & Golden Rules: Do neither Kill nor praise Killing. Rather avoid taking any kind of Life. Also make others stop killing too by ...
BlankFriends: Non-Empty Void: Void, Void, they say! Void of What ? There is no permanent individuality ‘in here’. All is void continuous same personal...
BlankFriends: Self is Not … !!! Question: Who are you ? Answer: Something Else ! There is no Self as the agent of any action.. There is no Self as the...
BlankFriends: Naturally it is evidently essential for any real & true Buddhist to know exactly what the historical Buddha (563-483 BC) actually said & did!...
BlankFriends: Caused by What ? Ignorance causes mental construction to arise. Mental construction causes consciousness to arise. Consciousness causes...
In Buddhism, there is no 'direct' explanation of 'God'. The western idea of a God is an anthropomorphic male creator that holds all our destinies and judges...
There is no such thing as inevitable fate or irrevocable destiny according to the teachings of the BUDDHA. If we examine our own experiences and those of...
BlankFriends: The seven Steps to Enlightenment: 1: Perfection of Morality. 2: Guarding the Senses. 3: Moderation in Eating. 4: Wakefulness at Night. 5:...
The pursuit of happiness is not difficult if we have the right mental attitude. Love is the key to happiness. All human beings have the potential to give and...
BlankFriends: Stilled !!! Not Wanting Pleasure.. Not Fearing any Pain.. Not Wanting any Gain.. Not Fearing any Loss.. Not Wanting only Praise.. Not Fearing...
According to Buddhism, effort is the most important condition by which one can modify the unfolding of one's bad kamma.By effort made today, a person can...
BlankFriends: The Power of Comprehension: By Faith one crosses the Flood.. By Awareness one traverses the Ocean.. By Effort one reaches beyond Pain.. By...
Mind is the almighty, all-power, the omnipotent creator of good and evil. Mind is the cause of all evils, and all evils are mind-made. It can also be the cause...
Friends: Delight => Craving => Need => Urge => Pain => Suffering: Punna, there are these: Forms recognizable by the eye, Sounds recognizable by the ear, Smells...
Friends: Neither Pushed nor Pulled: Therefore, friend Channa, this instruction by the Blessed One should be given continuous attention: There is Wavering in...
Friends: Supreme Ability at first Stance: Now, Ananda, what is the Supreme Noble Refinement of the Sense Abilities ? When one Sees a Form with the Eye; When...
Friends: Complete Detachment by Relinquishing of all Clinging: Friends, you should Train yourself in this Way: I will not cling to neither the eye, the ear,...
Friends: Conscious & Clever Centre of Concentration: Ananda, a Bhikkhu attends to this Focus: This is Real, this is Supreme, namely: The Stilling of all mental...
Friends: Independent Bliss = Nibbana: The Blessed Buddha said: There is, friends, an Unborn, Unbecome, Uncreated, and indeed Unconstructed State! If there were...
Dear friends, I will be giving a series of lectures called "A spiritual journey to Myanmar - Meditation, Magic and Mantras" for the benefit of my friends who...
Friends: Absence of Agitation: Not attending to the experience of People or City, the monk focuses on the single, even & same experience of Forest...! His mind...
Friends: Feeling (Vedana): Causes & Effects: Definitions: There is Pleasant Feeling = mental joy & bodily pleasure. There is Painful Feeling = mental sadness &...
Friends: The Advantage of Straight Talk: The Buddha said: Such talk that deal with withdrawal, with elimination, with release, leading to complete detachment,...
Friends: The 8 Pleasures of the Reclusive Sage (Samana-Sukha): The absence of possessions & possessiveness... Blameless daily begging of alms food... Composed...