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Sanatha wanna – Ven Diyathalawe Piyadassi Thero

සදාතනික රැකවරණය සලසා ගන්න පූජ්‍ය දියතලාවේ පියදස්සී හිමි අනාථ වුනොත් මේ ජීවිතේ දුකසේ ජීවත් වන්න තමයි වෙන්නේ. මේ සංසාරේ අප හැමෝම අනාථ වූ පිරිසක්. සාමාන්‍ය යෙන් සමාජ විවහාරයේ මේ “අනාථ” යන වචනය නොයෙකුත් ආකාරයට අර්ථ දක්වනවා. නමුත් මෙතන දී බුදුරජානණ්වහන්සේ අපට මේ අනාථ භාවය යනුවෙන් පෙන්වන්නේ “චතුරාර්‍ය සත්‍යය ධර්මය” අවබෝධ කර ගත් නැති පුද්ගලයා අනාථයෙකි. …

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BUDDHISM AND THE RACE QUESTION by G P MALALASEKE & K. N. JAYATILLEKE

Published in 1958 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific aid Cultural Organization, Source: Theravada Dhamma The series in which Buddhism and the Race Question is appearing consists of publications designed to give a brief outline of the attitude of the main religious and pliilosophicd systems to the problems created by the diversity of human types …

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Keetaagiri Sutta, Majjima Nikaya

කීටාගිරි සුත්‍රය –මජ්ක්ධීම නිකාය එක් කලෙක භාග්‍යවතුන් වහන්සේ බොහෝ භික්‍ෂු සංඝයා සමග කසී ජනපදයෙහි සැරිසරන අවස්ථාවේ දී භික්ෂූන් අමතා “මහණෙනි! රාත්‍රී භෝජනය ගැනීමෙන් වළකින මට නිරෝගී භාවය, නිදුක් භාවය,ශරීරයේ සැහැල්ලු පැවැත්ම,කාය බලය සහ සැපසේ වාසය කිරීම යන ආනිසංස ලැබේ” “එව! මහණෙනි තොපත් රාත්‍රී භෝජනයෙන් වළකිව. එසේ වළකින තොපට ද එම ආනිසංස පහ ලැබේ” ඒ කාලයෙහි අස්සජි …

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Abhidharma Deshana – Indriya Vibhangaya, Vibhanga Prakaranaya

අභිධර්ම දේශනා විභංග ප්‍රකරනයේ පස්වන ප්‍රකරනය වන  ඉන්ද්‍රීය විභංගය පිළිබදව කෙටි අර්ථ විග්‍රහයක්. බුදුරජානණ් වහන්සේ මේ මේ ඉන්ද්‍රීය විභංගයේදී, ඉන්ද්‍රියන් සම්බන්ධ කර ගෙන විග්‍රහයක්  විශේෂයෙන් මෙම ලෝකෝත්තර ඉන්ද්‍රියන් ගැන දේශනා කර තිබෙන්නේ අභිධර්ම දේශනාවකී. [flv]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/06/thebuddhist.flv[/flv] [flv]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/06/thebuddhistB_1669819.flv[/flv] [flv]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/07/thebuddhist3.flv[/flv]

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Ven Mahā Kassapa – Father of the Sangha

Among those of the Buddha’s disciples who were closest to him, there were two friends, Sāriputta and Mahā Moggallāna, who were the chief disciples of the Buddha, the exemplary pair of disciples. There were also two brothers, Ānanda and Anuruddha, who were likewise eminent “Fathers of the Order.” In between these two pairs stands a …

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The Seven Factors Of Enlightenment – Ven.Piyadassi Thero

The Tipitaka, the Buddhist canon, is replete with references to the factors of enlightenment expounded by the Enlightened One on different occasions under different circumstances. In the Book of the Kindred Sayings, V (Samyutta Nikaya, Maha Vagga) we find a special section under the title Bojjhanga Samyutta wherein the Buddha discourses on the bojjhangas in …

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The Dhammapada – Introduction by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi Thero

From ancient times to the present, the Dhammapada has been regarded as the most succinct expression of the Buddha’s teaching found in the Pali Canon and the chief spiritual testament of early Buddhism. In the countries following Theravada Buddhism, such as Sri Lanka, Burma and Thailand, the influence of the Dhammapada is ubiquitous. It is …

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The Introduction of Buddhism to South India – Ven Pandit Hisselle Dhammaratana Thero

It is not generally known that Buddhism flourished in South India in ancient times. The ancient chronicles of Sri Lanka such as the Dipavansa and Mahavansa are silent on the subject. While studying Tamil literature, I became interested in this subject, which is one of which we should not be ignorant. Therefore, in order to …

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Buddha – Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi Thero

Buddha At the present time many people  have been developing   meditation. Part of this phenomena  is the interest in the Buddhist form of meditation but not for the practice of Buddhist meditation to become an effective means to spiritual development . It has to be based upon the clear  understanding of proper meditation system. [mp3]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/03/M0007_MN-0601.mp3[/mp3]

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His Little Garden

His Little Garden – Song for Kids [mp3]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/hislittlegarden.mp3[/mp3] .

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