January 2011 archive

Application of Scientific Methodology in Spiritual Development

Dr. Chandana Jayaratne, Senior Lecturer in Physics, University of Colombo Science is an understanding of matter, whereas spiritualism is related to the consciousness of the soul. Usually we analyze them as separate entities, whereas in reality, they are indeed inter-dependent and inalienable parts of each other. Though most of the religions lead to the spiritual …

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Bad things happen to Good people – Ven.Ajhan Brahmavamso

When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Each of us used to say ” I did not do anything wrong”  but it has happened to me”? why???? But keep in mind, it has happened for a reason. It is the part of the contract you had before you born…………………….. [mp3]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/20Dec_BadThgs2GoodPpl.mp3[/mp3]

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Simply This Moment – Ven.Ajahn Brahmavamso.

Ven.Ajahn Brahmavamso. Many of you have heard my talks on the subject before, so you may hear much that is repeated. But because these talks are not pre-planned there will be information that you have not heard and that will be helpful to you. Anything that helps you to settle the mind, let go of …

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Gateway to the Dharma – Ven Jen-Chun Thero

The basic concepts that anyone studying Buddhism should understand “The Buddha Dharma is a complete system of doctrines that are all inter-connected. It differs from ordinary worldly knowledge, thoughts, religions, and doctrines. So today, I would like to point out the basic concepts that anyone studying Buddhism should understand.” Do not be misled by the …

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A Life of True Security

Ven.Revatha Thero Buddha did not attach any importance to religious rituals. The reason is he felt that it was more important to ensure that the five sense organs were pure to begin with. Buddha sought to find out why the mind gets disturbed. He could not bear to see anyone suffering. He was deeply grieved …

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සසර දුකින් එතෙර කරන චරණ ධර්ම – ආරණ්‍ය සේනාසනාධිපති තපෝවනයේ සුමේධ හිමි

සනරාමර ලෝක ස්වාමි වූ තිලෝගුරු බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ විසින් සත්වයා සසර දුකින් නිදහස් කරලීම සඳහා නිරන්තරයෙන්ම අනුශාසනා කළ සේක. සසර දුක් කෙළවර කොට නිවන සාක්ෂාත් කර ගැනීමට බලාපොරොත්තු වන තැනැත්තා පුරුදු පුහුණු කළ යුතු කාරණා පහළොවක් පිළිබඳ බුද්ධ දේශනයෙහි සඳහන් වන්නේය.ඒ බව මජ්ජිම නිකායේ (සේඛ සූත්‍රයේදී) තථාගතයන් වහන්සේ පැහැදිලි කොට ඇත. චරණ ධර්ම යනු හැසිරීම් යන …

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Mangala Sutta – Ven Piyadassi Thero

පූජ්‍ය පියදස්සී නාහිමි මංගල සුත්‍රය

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AN OUTLINE OF BUDDHISM

AN OUTLINE OF BUDDHISM a great variety of forms of religious practice are associated with the word ‘Buddhism’. However, they all take Siddhattha Gotama, who lived and taught in northern India some 2,500 years ago, as their source or inspiration. It was he who in historical times became known as ‘the Buddha’— that is ‘the …

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බිරින්දෑවරු හතර දෙනා by Nihal Priyashantha

ඔන්න එක රටක බොහොම පොහොසත් වෙළෙන්දෙකුට බිරින්දෑවරුන් හතරදෙනෙක් හිටියා. ඔහු එයාල හතර දෙනාට සැලකුවේ ප්‍රමාණයෙන් වෙනසු වූ හැඳි කීපයකින්. එයා හතර වන බිරිඳට තමයි වැඩියෙන්ම ආදරය කලේ. එයා ගැන හොඳට සොයාබැලූ අතර සෑම හොඳ දෙයක්ම අරන් දුන්නා. දෙවන තැන ලැබුනේ තුන්වන බිරිඳට. එයාව හැමකෙනාටම පෙන්වන්න එයා වඩා කැමති වුනා. නමුත් ඇය වෙනත් අයෙකු හා යයි …

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Thamanta Pihita Thamamai – Ven.Kotikawatte Saddhatissa Thero

තමන් තමන්ට ප්‍රදීපයක් කොට සලකව්, තමන්ට පිහිට තමාමයි කොටිකාවත්තේ සද්ධාතිස්ස හිමි [mp3]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/36_Ven-Kotikawatte-Saddatissa-Thero-Be-alight-to-yourself.mp3[/mp3]

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