Thank you for coming!We wanted to thank all of you who were able to make it on such short notice this last Saturday, Sunday, Monday morning and Tuesday evening – thank you to all of you who joined us for a day of Dhamma talk and meditation practicing the purification of body, speech and minds cultivating wholesome qualities.
Thera Gatha This stanza was said by Arahant Bhikkhuni Miththāakāli Renouncing the household life, I received ordination because of my confidence in the Noble Triple Gem. Yet, after my ordination, I was imprudently blinded by praise and hospitality from lay devotees. Step by step I went on, searching only for them. Truly what I’ve done
by Dr Padmaka Silva – Compiled with instructions by Ven Nawalapitiye Ariyawansa Thero Suppose you are practising the Metta meditation. Don’t go to the meditation state at once. Now we are thinking of doing a difficult action. When thinking of doing something difficult what have we got to do to make it successful? The mind must like
We must get used to practising meditation in an orderly manner always. There is no point in doing it simply because others are doing it. If so we become a group of people who refuse a big gain for ourselves and make the world also lose. If we do it in an orderly manner we
Look at the image beautified, a heap of festering wounds, shored up: ill, but the object of many resolves, where there is nothing lasting or sure.[1] Look at the form beautified with earrings & gems: a skeleton wrapped in skin, made attractive with clothes. Feet reddened with henna, a face smeared with powder: enough to
ශ්රද්ධාවන්ත පින්වතුනි… අපේ ජීවිතය ප්රයෝජනවත් දෙයක් බවට පත්කර ගන්ට අපි කල්පනා කරන්ට ඕන. ජීවිතය ප්රයෝජනවත් දෙයක් බවට පත්කර ගන්න අපිට බැරි වුණොත්, අපි මහා ලාභයක් අත්හැර ගත් අය බවට පත්වෙනවා. ඒ භාග්යවතුන් වහන්සේ අපිට පෙන්වා දෙනවා, “නිසි කලට කාරණා හතරක් පුරුදු කළොත්, එයාට පුළුවන්කමක් තියෙනවා අරහත්වය දක්වා ම ජීවිතය දියුණු කරගන්න” කියල. ඒ කාරණා හතර
Earlier we discussed the facts stated in the Nibbida Sutta. There we mentioned that an individual wishing to achieve favorable results from practicing Dhamma and meditation should have confidence in the understanding of the Buddha. Also we spoke of the action that should be taken by us to achieve at least the minimum benefit or
Various planes of existence of beings are present even though we cannot see most of them. The Supreme Buddha taught that there are nine such different planes of existence. These are known as ‘Sattāvāsa’. Some of these worlds belong to the type called ‘Ekatta Kāyā’ ‘Ekatta Saññā’. The Ekatta’ denotes a meaning of ‘single’. This
A unique publication authored by Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda in Sinhala entitled is an excellent composition in drawing the attention of the reading public, as to how to reach Nibbana through the Maha Satipatthana Sutta via the Noble Eightfold Path towards a goal within our reach in this life itself; to enjoy the Supreme Bliss of
By Dr Padmaka Silva, Compiled with instructions by Ven Nawalapitiye Ariyawansa Thero In Nibbida Sutta the Buddha stated that an individual who practises five activities invariably gets disgusted or becomes dispassionate. Can we then develop a confidence with regard to getting liberated from Sansara? We can. Actually we can develop complete confidence. If an individual
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