January 2011 archive

Balangoda – Ven Balangoda Ananda Maitreya Thero

ඓතිහාසික බළංගොඩ බළන්ගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රීය ස්වාමින්වහන්සේ විසින් බළන්ගොඩ ප්‍රදේශ‍ය පිළිබද ඓතිහාසික තොරතුරු හා බළන්ගොඩ නගර සභාවේ ඉතිහාසය පහත පළවන ලිපිය 1991 වසරේදී බළන්ගොඩ නගර සභාව විසින් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කල බළන්ගොඩ නවෝදය සමරු කලාපය සදහා බළන්ගොඩ ආනන්ද මෛත්‍රීය ස්වාමින්වහන්සේ විසින් ලියන ලද්දකි. [pdf]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/pdfs/බළන්ගොඩ.pdf[/pdf] .

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Controlled Mind – Ven Piyadassi Thero

පියදස්සී නාහිමි (Ven Piyadassi Thero) දමනය කරගත් මනස

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Buddhist Concept of Happiness – Ven Gunaratana Thero

Happiness in Pali is called Sukha, which is used both as a noun meaning “happiness,” “ease,” “bliss,” or “pleasure,” and as an adjective meaning “blissful” or “pleasant.” To understand precisely the nature of happiness, a brief discussion of the Buddhist analysis of feeling is necessary. Feeling (vedana) is a mental factor present in all types …

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A Life of Inner Quality – Ven Ajaan Mahã Boowa Ñãõasampanno Thero

People often say that the way Buddhism teaches constantly about the suffering of living beings is unpleasant to them and makes them so depressed that they get no joy out of listening to the Dhamma. They feel as if the sufferings and discontentment being talked about were joining forces with the sufferings and discontentment already …

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