A summary of the sermons delivered by Ven. Bhikkhu Ariyawansha to the novice monks who were ordained in May 2008 in Mahamevnāwa Mahā Vihāra in Matara in order to enable them to make a success of their lives as monks. Mahamevnāwa Buddhist Monastery
Namo Buddhāya! As a new concept of the founder of the Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monasteries, Most Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero, the following structures and houses are to be constructed in the Mahamevnawa Amawatura Meditation Center at Malabe in Pittugala, Sri Lanka. This praiseworthy idea was proposed to broaden the opportunity of accumulating merits to the followers
The Buddha explains to Susima that development of psychic powers is not a prerequisite for enlightenment.
Pasenadi comes to the Buddha and tells him that he has been much occupied with kingly matters. The Buddha reminds him by means of a parable that old age and death are ceaselessly rolling on upon him, like mighty mountains crushing everything in their way. Against such an advance his counsellors and his armies would
The Discourse on the Ideal Lover of Solitude/An Auspicious Day {M iii 187} In this stirring discourse the Buddha underscores the vital urgency of keeping one’s attention firmly rooted in the present moment. After all, the past is gone, the future isn’t here; this present moment is all we have.
Take the case of another man. He is not even endowed with unwavering devotion to the Buddha, the Dhamma, the Sangha. He is not joyous and swift in wisdom and has not gained release. But he has just these things: the faculty of faith, of energy, of mindfulness, of concentration, of wisdom. Yet if he
Another incident of this nature, in the early Sangha, did not end so happily, for the calumniator refused to admit his fault. He was a monk named Kokalika, who approached the Buddha with a slander against the two Chief Disciples; “Sariputta and Moggallana have bad intentions, O Lord!” he said. “They are in the grip
“Monks, suppose that this great earth were totally covered with water, and a man were to toss a yoke with a single hole there. A wind from the east would push it west, a wind from the west would push it east. A wind from the north would push it south, a wind from the
A poignant story in which a wanderer, searching for the Buddha, meets the Buddha without realizing it. He recognizes his mistake only after the Buddha teaches him a profound discourse on four determinations and the six properties of experience. An excellent illustration of the Buddha’s statement, “Whoever sees the Dhamma sees me.”
MN 67. Catuma Sutta: At Catuma. The Buddha teaches a group of newly ordained monks four dangers to be overcome by those who have gone forth into homelessness.
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