May 2011 archive

Irritation – Ven Ajahn Brahmavamso Thero

Irritation Irritation is part of life. How you deal with it is what matters. Ajahn Brahm introduces several techniques to help deal with it, including positive reinforcement and the similes of the empty trash can and Ajahn Mosquito.

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8444

Anuruddha Master of the Divine Eye – by Hellmuth Hecker

The Buddha’s father, King Suddhodana, had a brother, the prince Amitodana, who had five children. Among them was Ananda, who was later to be the Buddha’s faithful attendant, and Mahanama, heir to the Sakyan throne. A third brother was Anuruddha. Among those who were pre-eminent in a particular skill was the venerable Anuruddha, who was …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=9003

Pina Saha Kusalaya

පින සහ කුසලය පින සහ කුසලය පිලිබදව විවිධ මතිමතාන්තර නිතරම ඉදිරිපත් වීම දක්නට ලැබේ. මෙය අර්ථ වශයෙන් දෙකක් යන් න එක මතයකී. “පින” යනු කුසල යෙහි ලෞකික කොටස බව තව මතයකී. ථෙරවාදය අසුරෙන් සම්පාදනය වී ඇති මෙම ලිපියෙන් පින සහ කුසලය පිලිබදව මනා විග්‍රහයක් ඔබට ලබා ගත හැකි ය.  [pdf]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/pdfs/EBooks_Aathaapi_Dilations_01_Pin_and_Kusal_2008_Nov_27_v12.pdf[/pdf]

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8986

The Incontrovertible Teachings – Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi Thero

Apannaka Sutta – Majjhima Nikaya No. 60 Effect on conduct: avoidance of wholesome action; leads to unwholesome deeds of body, speech, and thought. Reason: not seeing the danger in unwholesome states & benefits in renouncing them eBook [pdf]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/pdfs/M0007_MN-60_WrongViews.pdf[/pdf] Audio [mp3]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/03/M0007_MN-060.mp3[/mp3]

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8335

Remembering the Ven. Dr. Hammalawa Saddhatissa Thera

Venerable Dr. Hammalawa Saddhatissa (M.A., Ph.D, D.Litt) was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1914. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1926. Proficient in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese and Hindi, he studied at the Universities of Benares, London and Edinburgh. He received his Ph.D from the University of Edinburgh in 1963. He was …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8840

The Buddha and His Teachings

by   Venerable Narada Mahathera THE WHEEL OF LIFE – PATICCA-SAMUPPĀDA “No God no Brahma can be found, No matter of this wheel of life, Just bare phenomena roll Dependent on conditions all!” — VISUDDHI MAGGA The process of rebirth has been fully explained by the Buddha in the Paticca-Samuppāda. Paticca means “because of” or “dependent …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8934

Anthar Bhawaya – Ven Na Uyane Ariyadhamma Thero

අන්තර් භවය – නා උයනේ අරියධම්ම හිමියන් නා උයනේ අරියධම්ම හිමියන් පෙළ දහමෙහි ඇතුළත් බුද්ධ දේශිත ධර්ම විනය අටුවා ටීකා සහිතව මැනවින් හදාරා දිගු කලක් බවුන් වැඩීමෙන් ලද ආධ්‍යාත්මික අත්දැකීම් ද ඇති මහ තෙර නමකි. කර්මය හා කර්ම විපාක, අපාය, දෙව්ලොව හා බඹලොව, මරණය හා පුනර්භවය, අන්තරාභවය හා මනෝකාය ආදී සංකල්ප පිළිබඳ උන්වහන්සේ පැවැසූ අදහස් “නොපෙනෙන …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8830

King Milinda’s Debate – Bhikkhu Pesala

This well-known Pali book called Milinda Pañha or Questions of King Milinda has twice been translated into English: in 1890, and in 1969.  “Those in hell are afraid of death, O king, for death is a condition that all those who have not seen the Dhamma are afraid of. Suppose, O king, a man kept prisoner in …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8844

Abhidhamma Researches in Buddhist Psychology – Ven Nyanaponika Thera

The Abhidhamma Pitaka, or the Philosophical Collection, forms the third great section of the Buddhist Pàli Canon (Tipitaka). In its most characteristic parts it is a system of classifications, analytical enumerations and definitions, with no discursive treatment of the subject matter. In particular its two most important books, the Dhammasangaõã and the Paññhàna, have the …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=8621

Bauddayage Athpotha- Ven Rerukane Chandawimala Thero

බෞද්ධයාගේ අත්පොත රේරුකානේ චන්දවිමල මහ නාහිමිගේ මතු ඵල ලබනු සදහා කරන සෑම දෙයකින් ම උසස් ලෙස ඵල ලැබිය හැකි වන්නේ ඒ ඒ දෙය ගැන මනා දැනුම ඇති ව කරන තැනැත්තාට ය. කරන දෙය ගැන හොද දැනුමක් නැති වැඩ කරන්නන්ගේ වියදම හා මහන්සිය බොහෝ සෙයින් නිෂ්පල වේ. එසේ කරන දෙයින් ඵලයක් ලැබෙතත් ලැබෙන්නේ වියදමට මහන්සියට නො …

Continue reading

Permanent link to this article: http://www.dhammikaweb.com/?p=1485