October 2010 archive

Dhamma Discussion – Ven Diyathalawe Piyadassi Thero

  මේ අපි කවුරුත් බලාපොරොත්තු වුනු සෝම හිමිගේ මග යන්නාවූ …ද?  අපට තවත් බලාපොරොත්තු තබා ගත හැකි ද? ඇහුම්කම් දෙන්න, නරබන්න………..තීරණය ඔබ සතුය. [youtube]K6wFi4LWjOg[/youtube]

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Temple of the Tooth, Kandy – Sri Lanka

Temple of the Tooth, Kandy- Sri Lanka Located in Kandy, long a center of the Buddhist faith, the stunning 17th-century Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa) is believed to house the left upper canine tooth of the Lord Buddha himself. This precious relic attracts white-clad pilgrims, bearing lotus blossoms and frangipani, every day.

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Apata Nopenenana Lokaya – Balangoda Ananda Maitre Thero

බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රීය මහනාහිමිය විසින් කථිත “ආධ්‍යාත්මික ගැඹුරු ධර්මතා නූතන විද්‍යාවට තවම අසුවී නැහැ” මතුගම මහින්ද විජේතිලක මහතා ලියූ ‘අපට නොපෙනෙන ලෝකය හා වෙනත් දෑ’ නමැති පොතේ (ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රෙය මහ නා හිමි විසින් කථිත) “ආධ්‍යාත්මික ගැඹුරු ධර්මතා නූතන විද්‍යාවට තවම අසුවී නැහැ”යන මාතෘකාව යටතේ ඉතාමත් අගනා ධර්ම කරුණු විග්‍රහයක් මෙම පොතේ පිටු අංක 144 සිට …

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Today is Vap Full Moon Poya Day

Out of the Full Moon Poya days, which falls during the Rainy Season, Vap  is of very special significance. This year’s Vap Full Moon Poya falls on Friday 22, October 2010 marks the end of the Vas season – bhikkhus’ three months rain retreat. This is the month for offering new robes (cheewara) to the …

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What the Buddha Taught – Ven Walpola Rahula Thero

Among the founders of religions the Buddha (if we are permitted to call him the founder of a religion in the popular sense of the term) was the only teacher who did not claim to be other than a human being, pure and simple. Other teachers were either God, or his incarnations in different forms, …

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Nature and Self

The subject is Nature and Self, and I am talking about how, when we break everything down into phenomenal units, there is nothing left but just ever-changing waves of energy. The underlying theme would come under the heading of Buddhist Phenomenology” [youtube]ZvKrmZ64EBo[/youtube]

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Podina Sakaccawa – Samadhiya

Podina Sakaccawa – Samadhiya Ven Harispaththuwe Ariyawansalankara Thero, Ven Madawala Upali Thero, Ven Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero

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Why Are We Here – Ven Ajahn Chah

Ven.Ajahn Chah … So all of you, both lay people and homeless ones who have come to visit today, please consider this teaching. Ask yourselves, ”Who am I? Why am I here?” Ask yourselves, ”Why was I born?” Some people don’t know. They want to be happy but the suffering never stops. Rich or poor, …

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Musawaadaya – Dasha Akusal (4-10) – Ven Rerukane Chandawimala Thero

දශ අකුසලයේ – (4 – 10) මුසාවාදය අතිපූජ්‍ය රේරුකානේ චන්දවිමල මහනාහිමියන් විසින් රචිත බෞද්ධයගේ අත්පොත නම් කෘතියෙන් දශ  අකුසලයේ සතරවන අකුසළය වන මුසාවාදය ගැන පලකර කොටසින් . (පිටු අංක 67 සිට 69) පිටපත්කර ඉදිරිපත් කරනලදී.  ඉතිරි අකුසල ධර්මය කොටස් වශයෙන් ඉදිරි සති වලදී පලකෙරෙණු ඇත. ඔබට දැඩි අවශ්‍යතාවයක් ඇති නම් මේ මොහොතේ සිටම ඔබට මුසාවෙන් …

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Rathmalkanda Vipassana Meditation center – Ella, Sri Lanka

Ratmalkanda  Meditation Centre  established  in Oct 2006   offers instructions on Vipassana Meditation in the traditions of Ven Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma.The centre is under the direction of  Rev. M. Upali  Thero,  a pupil of Ven. Sumathipala Thera. Rev. Upali has 30 years of experience in the practice of VIPASSANA MEDITATION and was the former Head …

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