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Uposatha Day – Live Broadcast

Program (EST) 7:30pm -8:30 Puja (Chanting) 8:30pm – 9:30 Break 9:30pm – 11:00pm Dhamma Talk 11:00pm – 11:30pm Meditation 11:30pm – 12:00 Dhamma Discussion 12:00pm – 12:30pm Meditation 12:30 – 2:00am Break 2:00am – 2:30 Chanting 3:00am – 4:30am Dhamma Talk 4:30am – 5:00am Meditation 5:00am – 5:30am Break 5:30 – 6:30am Dhamma Discussion 6:30

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Meditation, Bliss and Beyond

We were discussing about the individuals mentioned by Buddha in Kilesa Parinibbana Sutta. We discussed about two individuals in detail. Buddha mentioned about a person who attains Parinibbana in this life itself who practises Dhamma and meditation with ease. They do not exert themselves as much as the persons mentioned earlier. The persons mentioned earlier

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Mahamevnawa Florida – Opening Dhamma & Meditation Day

Bhanthe Vimala arrives on the 24th, and have scheduled an inauguration Dhamma & Meditation weekend for 28th Saturday. This will be a wonderful start with Dhamma talks in Sinhala and in English. On January the 28th we would like to invite all of you to join us in a day of Dhamma and Meditation at

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Opening Celebration – Saturday, January, 28th!

Our FIRST Dhamma/Meditation Day and Opening Celebration of the new center will be held Saturday, January, 28th!!! Dear Dhamma friends, Today I can share the happy news with you that all lease agreements are signed and we finally found our first (12 month) location for Mahamevnawa in Tampa. On January the 28th we would like

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The Path for the Ultimate Consolation

Sermons to Help Realizing the Four Noble TruthBased on the Dhamma sermon of Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero on Sōpādisēsa Sutta Namō Tassa Bhagavatō Arahatō Sammā Sambuddhassa!!! Nava Ime Sāriputta Puggalā Sōpādisēsā Kālankurumānā Parimuttā Nirayā Parimuttā Chirachchāna Yōniyā Parimuttā Petti Visayā Parimuttā Apāyaduggati Vinipātā’ti The Vesak full moon rises driving the darkness away in the

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Dhamma Talk – Uposatha (ශ්‍රී සම්බුද්ධාගමන උපහාර පූජා)

ශ්‍රී සම්බුද්ධාගමන උපහාර පූජා 2012/01/08             Teachings of the Buddha referenced in the Dhamma Talk: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn25/sn25.001.than.html http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn35/sn35.133.wlsh.html Picasa/Google+ Link : https://plus.google.com/photos/111795679958213691847/albums/5695489211043445409?authkey=CNbq5M3trOueUA  

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Unwise Thinking, Ayoniso Sutta, SN.9.1.11

Samyutta Nikaya, Vana Samyutta (Forest Chapter) 9. 1. 11. Sutta No. 11 – Ayoniso Sutta (Unwise Thinking) 1. I heard thus. At one time a certain bhikkhu lived in a certain stretch of forest in the country of Kosala. 2. At that time, this bhikkhu sitting for seclusion during the day thought evil thoughts of

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ආයතන ගැන අකමැත්ත උපදවා ගනිමු… – Let us develop disenchantment towards the sense bases

භාග්‍යවතුන් වහන්සේ විසින් වදාළ ඒ ධර්මය අහල ,ඒ ධර්මය තේරුම් අරගෙන, ඒ ධර්මය දරාගෙන, ඒ ධර්මයට අනුව කල්පනා කරන කෙනාට අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන ගැනත්, බාහිර ආයතන ගැනත් අකමැත්ත උපදවා ගැනීමේ හැකියාව ලැබෙනවා. එතකොට බලන්න,අධ්‍යාත්මික ආයතන ගැනත්, බාහිර ආයතන ගැනත් අකමැත්ත උපදවා ගැනීම පිණිස සද්ධර්මය ශ‍්‍රවණය කල යුතුයි. ඒ වගේම ඒ ධර්මයේ තියන ආකාරයට කල්පනා කිරීම කල

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Free Dhamma book – Advice on Advice

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

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Mā Puñña Bhāyī Sutta. “Do Not Fear Merit” (Itiv. 22)

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

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