(BY BHIKKHU PESALA) The word meditation in Pali is 'bhāvanā,' and it has a much broader meaning. It means 'mental culture,' and includes all efforts to develop the spiritual side of life. Practising ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
Internet Resources: The Buddhist Monastic Code, Volume I: The Patimokkha Training Rules Translated and Explained, by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. This book provides an in-depth examination of each of ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... the two Communities, see The Buddhist Monastic Code, volume II, chapter 23. In the following translation, I have marked the correspondences between the bhikkhus' and bhikkhunis' rules in brackets. Where ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... Buddhist monks in Burma who never drink alcohol in their lives live up to eighty, ninety, or even a hundred years old in average. On the other hand, the statistic of how long those who drink wine live ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
Introduction Taking refuge in the Triple Gem is the first step to become a Buddhist . Before you decide to take refuge in the Triple Gem, you should read Triple Gem, and get fully acquainted with what ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... twice in book form. Now that a group of people who feel that the book would be beneficial to Buddhist s at large have pooled their resources and asked permission to print it a third time, I have decided ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... Nikaya - Bhikkhu Bodhi (Boston: Wisdom Publications 2000) Great Disciples of the Buddha - Nyanaponika Thera and Hellmuth Hecker (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society 1997) Visuddhimagga: The Path of ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... become a Buddhist . How do I do that?" However, we recommend this article. [The Triple Refuge (ti-sarana)] 3. We advice to abstain from participating excessively on the Internet discussion forum, ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... variety of beliefs is due to ignorance of the real nibbāna. Even among Buddhist s some hold that nibbāna is an abode or a sort of paradise and there are many arguments about it. All these show how hard ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... concept of no soul and non-self. Among the general mass who profess themselves to be Buddhist s, there are many who normally believe in the existence of a soul or a living entity, even though they have ...
Monday, 16 March 2009
... to arise. Outside the relam of Buddhist teaching there was the belief that the five aggregates constitute self. Another belief, however, asserts that the five aggregates are not self, but self exists as ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... (Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society Pariyatti Editions 1991) Kathavatthu - Points of Controversy - Shwe Zan Aung & Mrs. Rhys Davids (Oxford: The Pali Text Society 2001) ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... be like a raft, you should let go even of [skillful] qualities, to say nothing of those that are not." As Buddhist s, letting go of the skillful qualities is perhaps, the hardest thing. However, we should ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
In Buddhism, we strive to keep the purity of our hearts from the corruptions of the world, and this is part of the Buddhist 's life. The Buddha taught in the Samyutta Nikaya, The Hook On another ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Love and Hatred - SAKKA'S QUESTION (SAKKAPAÑHA SUTTA) BY MAHASI SAYADAW In Buddhist literature, Sakka is the name given to the king of the gods (devas) and pañha means question. So the Sakkapañha Sutta ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
The Buddha taught in the Uposatha Sutta, "And furthermore, just as the ocean is the abode of such mighty beings as whales, whale-eaters, and whale-eater-eaters; asuras, nagas, and gandhabbas, and ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
No. You do not have to become a vegetarian if you become a Buddhist . However, many Buddhist s who follow the Buddha's doctrine find meat-eating disgusting. The Buddha taught his disciples, If a bhikkhu ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... The Path of Purification - Bhikkhu Nanamoli (Seattle: Buddhist Publication Society Pariyatti Editions 1991) Kathavatthu - Points of Controversy - Shwe Zan Aung & Mrs. Rhys Davids (Oxford: The Pali Text ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
... "The Debate of King Milinda" in which I abridged the translation of the Milinda Pañha. The Milinda Pañha is an ancient Pali book compiled in the form of a dialogue between a Buddhist Sage, Nagasena, and ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
BY BHIKKHU PESALA What is Rebirth Buddhist s believe in life after death, and this is an important motivation for them to be careful about their actions, speech, and thoughts in this life. Whatever ...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
