Wish to Practise a Religious Life Two thousand and five hundred years ago, in the village of Magadha Kingdom, there was a rich Brahmin whose wealth and...
Ven.Madihe Pannasiha Mahanayaka Thera passed away on Monday the 8th of September at 8:34 am local time in Sri Lanka. He was a great teacher of Theravada...
A talk addressed to an aging lay disciple approaching her death. by Ajahn Chah Now determine in your mind to listen respectfully to the Dhamma. While I am...
A talk addressed to an aging lay disciple approaching her death. by Ajahn Chah So the Buddha taught us to probe and examine the body, from the soles of the...
A talk addressed to an aging lay disciple approaching her death. by Ajahn Chah This is your own work, no-one else's. Leave others to do their own work. You...
A talk addressed to an aging lay disciple approaching her death. by Ajahn Chah Don't worry about things too much, just think "this is the way things are". This...
Impermanence -- Thich Nhat Hanh Nothing remains the same for two consecutive moments. Heraclitus said we can never bathe twice in the same river. Confucius,...
Samyutta Nikaya III.4, Piya Sutta Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu At Savatthi. As he was sitting to one side, King Pasenadi Kosala said to the...
By Ajahn Chah Sila, samadhi and panna are the names given to the different aspects of the practice. When you practise sila, samadhi and panna, it means you...
By Ajahn Chah Once the mind has an intentness in the practice and sila and samadhi are firmly established, you will be able to investigate and reflect on that...
By Ajahn Chah The end result is that you are clearly able to see the mind and its objects, without having to make any distinction between the mind, body or...
By Ajahn Chah The Path to Peace Part 4 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/778 Some people want to make the mind peaceful, but don't know what true ...
The Buddha once gave the following advice to a tribe of people known as Kaalaamas, who were in doubt as to what to believe and what not to. It became known...
By Ajahn Chah The Path to Peace Part 5 can be found at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dhamma/message/779 When you are practising with the mind in this way, the...
UNI, November 24, 2003 Kolkata, India -- Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said Buddhism and science shared a common aspect of inquiry for truth and ...
By U Nandiya Metta is the highest need of the world today, indeed it is more needed than ever before. Because in this new world, there are sufficient...
Author: Unknown One of the Ten Perfections (paramita), the motivation for dana is utterly pure - free from all desire, conceit or misguided views. Thus in the...
A refuge is a place of security in the face of a threat of danger. The danger here is SAMSARA (the round of rebirth) and DUKKHA (the suffering associated with...
Chapter I: Single Verses (Selected suttas) Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Editor's Note: These were uttered by various disciples of The...
By Thich Nhat Hanh Every authentic teaching of the Buddha must bear three Dharma Seals: impermanence, non-self, and nirvana. The first Dharma Seal is...
A 'person' can be described as a number of phenomena into a single working unit. In Western philosophy, one usually refers to Body, Mind and (sometimes) Soul...
If, O monks, the liberation of the mind by loving- kindness is developed and cultivated, frequently practiced, Made one's vehicle and foundation firmly...
A treasure "And what is the treasure of generosity? There is the case of a disciple of the noble ones, his awareness cleansed of the stain of stinginess,...
Conquer anger with lack of anger; bad, with good; stinginess, with generosity; a liar, with truth. -- Dhammapada 223 What the miser fears, that keeps him from...
Giving even one's last meal "If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of ...
"Sariputta, there is the case where a person gives a gift seeking his own profit, with a mind attached [to the reward], seeking to store up for himself [with...
The Pali Formula for Taking Refuge ================================== (These verses are usually recited prior to taking on the five precepts.) Buddham saranam...
Five Blessings ============== "Five blessings, householders, accrue to the righteous person through his practice of virtue: great increase of wealth through...
In Buddhist cosmology, the heaven realms are blissful abodes whose present inhabitants (the devas) gained rebirth there through the power of their past...
