Oct 15
One was that the evening talks seldom related the practice of mindfulness meditation we were engaged in during the day to the actual teachings of the Buddha. Exception made of some excellent talks in a more traditional style by Joseph Goldstein, the teachers said virtually nothing about the backdrop to the practice of mindfulness meditation …
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May 24
PayDay loans Payday loans 1.Giving(dāna-pāramī) 2.Virtue(sīla-pāramī) 3.Energy (viriya-pāramī) The word pāramīs literally means perfections. The southern Buddhist commentaries define the Pāramīs as “noble qualities beginning with giving, accompanied by compassion and skillful means, and untainted by craving, conceit, and wrong views.” In this series, Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi explains the Ten Pāramīs in a general way …
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Apr 20
Hope you would appreciate the following breakthrough from Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi at Google Centre. [youtube]PVKC5FuGjsI[/youtube] .
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Apr 02
When one sets out to choose a religion, how does one make the right choice? Different religions offer us such different perspectives on the nature of human life, and such different paths of practice, that it is impossible to find a unifying scheme capable of reconciling their opposing claims. Buddhism is a non-theistic religion that …
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Feb 23
This is of great value to people everywhere interested in the original words of the Buddha. Over the years we’ve have seen that people around the world are discussing, receiving scores of e-mail queries, seeking answers to basic questions about Buddhism. These answers reflect their own opinions and interpretations and in no way represent a …
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Dec 30
In our lives we often distinguish people as enemies and friends. We consider as enemies those people who are bent on harming us, on doing some damage to us or to our loved ones. And we consider as friends those people who wish to benefit us, to provide for our welfare and the well-being of …
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Dec 25
The Sangha — the order of fully ordained monks and nuns — is the visible representation of the Buddha in the world; for twenty-five centuries, it has sustained the continuity of the Dharma among humankind; by its procedures of ordination and transmission it ensures that the Buddha’s legacy remains alive. The presence of the Triple …
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Aug 16
The Way to the End of Suffering The essence of the Buddha’s teaching can be summed up in two principles: the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path. The first covers the side of doctrine, and the primary response it elicits is understanding; the second covers the side of discipline, in the broadest sense …
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Jul 28
The Buddha says that he teaches only Dukkha and the cessation of Dukkha, that is, suffering and the end of suffering. The First Noble Truth deals with the problem of suffering. However, the truth of suffering is not the final word of the Buddha’s teaching. It is only the starting point. The Buddha starts with …
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Jun 22
Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya was one of the great personalities of Theravada Buddhism in the twentieth century, and it is testimony to his vast store of past merits that his life span stretched clear across this century from its beginning almost to its end. In the course of his exemplary life this outstanding Mahathera has …
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