I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Campa, on the shore of Gaggara Lake. Then Vajjiya Mahita the householder left Campa in the middle of the day to see the Blessed One, but the thought then occurred to him, “Now is not the right time to see the Blessed
Khajjaniya Sutta: Chewed Up translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu [ Source: SN 22.79, PTS: S iii 86 or CDB i 914 ] At Savatthi. “Monks, any brahmans or contemplatives who recollect their manifold past lives all recollect the five clinging-aggregates, or one among them. Which five? When recollecting, ‘I was one with such a form in the
Earlier we spoke to you briefly about three meditations, asubha saññā, āhāre paṭikule saññā and marana sati. We spoke in simple language about the manner in which they had to be practiced. Also we indicated the merit, comfort and benefits of practicing those meditations. We thought of speaking about two other meditations. One is sabbe loke
Earlier we discussed the Pathama Papanika Sutta. In that Sutta the Buddha states further “Oh monks, a businessman with three characteristics qualifies to receive wealth hitherto not received and to enhance the wealth already received. What are those three characteristics? “The businessman systematically engages in his business in the morning. He engages in the business
We have continuously spoken about the manner in which an individual expecting the refuge of the Sasana of Buddha can acquire successful results from Dhamma meditation. We must know what methods one has to basically follow and how one has to maintain the meditation in order to make the meditation more successful. If we do
We have discussed facts relating to Kilesa Parinibbana Sutta. We have to understand another fact related to that Sutta. Out of the four individuals we spoke about, the third and the forth individuals have attained Jhana Samapatti. Although they have attained Jhana Samapatti do all of them attain Parinibbana in this life itself? No. That
භාවනාව සාර්ථක කරගැනීම සඳහා අපට දහම් දැනුම හොඳට වුවමනයි, කළබලය නැතිවිය යුතුයි, පුරුදු කරනවා කියන හැඟීමෙන් අපි කටයුතු කළයුතුයි, ටික ටික කර කර පුරුදුවිය යුතුයි, අඛණ්ඩ වැඩපිළිවෙලක් විදියට භාවනාව පුරුදු වියයුතුයි. ඊළඟට විශේෂ ම දේ තමයි, අපි කළ්යණ මිත්ර ඇසුරේ පුහුණුවිය යුතුයි. නොදන්නා දේ අසා දැනගන්ට තරම් නිහතමානීබවක් තිබිය යුතුයි. අන්න ඒ කාරණා වලින් යුක්ත
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Normally, what we talk about is consoling the life in between the birth and death. We are trying hard to get a good education hoping for a better occupation in the future. We are striving to make our lives better by improving our living status. Getting married and having children are also in our minds
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