Information for Lay Supporters You will certainly have noticed that the vast majority of monks do accept and use money. This is one of the factors that will lead to the disappearance of the Buddha′s Teaching. You can help to keep the Buddha′s Teaching alive by learning how to offer allowable requisites. Never offer money …
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Aug 01
Loudspeakers in Ruwanweli Seya – රුවන්වැලිසෑ චෛත්යරාජායන් වහන්සේ අභියස මේ කරන්නේ, පිංකම් ද ? පව්කම් ද ?
අප බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ වැඩිම ධාතූන් වහන්සේලා (ද්රෝනයක්) වැඩ සිටිනා මහ සෑය, රුවන්වැලිසෑ චෛත්යරාජායන් වහන්සේ වැඩ සිටිනා භූමියේ පිංකම් ලෙස සංඝයා වහන්සේලා පෙරටු කරගනිමින් යම් යම් ගිහි පිරිස් සිදුකරමින් පවත්නා පහත ක්රියාවන් කොතරම් දුරට සාසනයට එකග ද? එම ක්රියාවන් වලින් සාසනය යම් පිරිස් විකුණා කන තත්වයට පත්වී තිබේ ද කියා මේ පිංබිම් භාරව සිටිනා සංඝයා වහන්සේලා …
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Apr 28
Lay Guide to the monks’ Rule
Inappropriate Items Including Money T.V.’s and videos for entertainment should not be used by a monk. Under certain circumstances, a Dharma video or a documentary programme may be watched. In general, luxurious items are inappropriate for a monk to accept. This is because they are conducive to attachment in his own mind, and excite envy, …
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Sep 05
Buddha-carita, or Life of Buddha – Aśvaghoṣa
Translated by E B Cowell The Sanskrit text of the Buddha-carita was published at the beginning of last year [i.e 1893] in the ‘Anecdota Oxoniensia,’ and the following English translation is now included in the series ‘Sacred Books of the East.’ It is an early Sanskrit poem written in India on the legendary history of …
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Jun 15
Jātakamālā or Garland of Birth-Stories by Āryaśūra
The “Garland of Birth-stories” belongs to the Canon of the Northern Buddhists. For the discovery of this work we are indebted to Mr. Brian H. Hodgson, who as early as 1828 mentioned it among the interesting specimens of Bauddha scriptures communicated to him by his old Patan monk, and also procured copies of it. One …
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Jun 04
Asoka and the Missions (from Extended Mahāvaṁsa V, XII-XV, XVIII-XX)
The text concerned is mainly of importance for the information it gives on the early years of Asoka, his conversion to Buddhism, holding the Third Council, and then the spread of Buddhism in the Missionary period of the Dispensation. In the first selections, which are made from Chapter V of the text, we are informed …
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May 15
Bodhu Gihi Piliwetha – Ven Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero
‘බොදු ගිහි පිළිවෙත’ – පූජ්ය බලංගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්රීය මහනාහිමි මෙහි ‘ගිහි පිළිවෙත’ යනු බෞද්ධ ගිහි අය විසින් පිළිපැදිය යුතු හැටිය යි. බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ ගේ ධරමාන කාලයෙහි අද ව්යවහාරයෙහි පවතින ‘බෞද්ධ’ යන නම තිබුනේ නැත. මේ නම ව්යවහාරයට ආවේ බුදුපිරිනිවනින් සියවස් දෙකකටත් පසුවයි…….. පළමු කොට ‘බෞද්ධයා’ හෙවත් ‘උපාසකයා’ නම් කවරේ ද? යි දත යුතු යි. දවසෙක මහානාම …
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Apr 17
Buddhism in a nutshell – ven.Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero
Moral and philosophical system expounded by the Buddha. Buddhism is the search for true, lasting happiness. Happiness can only be found in the present moment. Can you put Buddhism into nutshell?
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Nov 30
‘The Mindful Way’ A documentary about Ajahn Chah and Wat Nong Pah Pong
These Monks in North-East Thailand, are on Pindapat. Daily dawn walk to receive their food offered by the villagers.
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Nov 18
Rahula Maha Rahathan Wahansa – Galigamuwe Gnanadeepa Thero
රාහුල මහරහතන් වහන්සේ රාහුල මහරහතන් වහන්සේ ශාසනයේ ශික්ෂාකාමී අවවාද කැමති භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලා අතරින් අග්රස්ථානය ලැබූහ. [youtube]F0_l_je5mEU[/youtube]
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