September 2013 archive

Patichcha Samuppadaya Deshana (10) – Ven Katukurunde Ñāṇananda Thero

කර්මයත් පටිච්චසමුප්පාදයත් අතර සම්බන්දතාවය – පටිච්චසමුප්පාද දේශනා (10) – පූජ්‍ය කටුකුරුන්දේ ඥාණනන්ද හිමි ‘‘ලොභජං දොසජඤ්‌චෙව, මොහජඤ්‌චාපවිද්‌දසු;  යං තෙන පකතං කම්‌මං, අප්‌පං වා යදි වා බහුං; ඉධෙව තං වෙදනියං, වත්‌ථු අඤ්‌ඤං න විජ්‌ජති. ‘‘තස්‌මා ලොභඤ්‌ච දොසඤ්‌ච, මොහජඤ්‌චාපි විද්‌දසු; විජ්‌ජං උප්‌පාදයං භික්‌ඛු, සබ්‌බා දුග්‌ගතියො ජහෙ’’ මෙම ගාථාව එන්නේ  4.නිදාන සූත්‍රයේ (4. දෙවදූතවග්‌ගො, , තිකනිපාතපාළි,   අඞ්‌ගුත්‌තරනිකාය)  මෙම සූත්‍රය ආරම්භ වන …

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Who Creates Problems – Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

Human problems are complicated. One day one of the Devas approached the Buddha and asked him how to overcome problems. The Devas said,” Lord, can you explain the mystery of the inner tangle and the outer tangle. Human beings are entangled in a tangle and I would like to ask, who will succeed in disentangling …

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Binara Poya Day – 19/09/2013

Establishment of Bhikkuni Order The most significant event that happened on Binara Pura Pasalosvaka Poya day was the establishment of Bhikkuni Order (Admission of Nuns to the Buddhist Order). On the initiative of the Maha Prajapati Gotami, after many requests by her, the Buddha allowed the woman folk to enter the order. Who is Maha …

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What did you gain from meditation?

Ask A Meditator: What did you gain from meditation? Lot of things changed actually. the reason why I came here, I was feeling anxious & feeling anger and depression, things that people usually feel about. But I was not really ok with it.  I realized that I wasn’t going to live with it. not to …

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Prathama Saha Dvithiya Dyana – Ven Matara Sri Gnanarama Maha Thero

ප්‍රථම සහ ද්විතීය ධ්‍යාන – අතිපූජනීය මාතර ශ‍්‍රී ඥානාරාම මාහිමිපාණන් වහන්සේ සාමාන්‍ය සිතක් එකවරට ම මහග්ගත තත්ත්වයට පමුණුවා ලිය නො හැකිය. ඉන්ද්‍රිය සමතාව (ඒකරස බව) සඳහා කමටහන් අරමුණ බොහෝ වේලාවක් මෙනෙහි කිරීමට සිදු වේ. මේ පරිකර්ම අවස්ථාවයි. මෙතැන දී ඉන්ද්‍රියයන් සම වූ පසු සිත උපචාරයට වැටේ. උපචාර අවස්ථාවේ දී නීවරණයන්ගේ පෙළඹීම නැත. උපචාර අවස්ථාවෙහි අනුක්‍රමයෙන් අරමුණු …

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Making the Five Precepts Easy for Children to Understand

Once, I had the chance to observe a senior monk simplify the Five Precepts for the children. The writer was impressed with the method and would like to pass on this information to parents as a guideline. It was taught in the form of dialogue between the teacher and the children:   The Origin of …

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You Are Responsible – Ven K. Sri Dhammananda

Human nature being what it is, all of us are inclined to put the blame on others for our own shortcomings or misfortunes. Do you ever give a thought for a moment that you yourself can be responsible for your own problems? Your sorrows and miseries are not caused by a family curse that is …

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