Commentorial Metaphors: Indulgence in sensual pleasures:

A pig content to wallow in dung: Indulging in sensual pleasures is rather like a pig, which spends all its life wallowing in the warm mud and dung of its pigsty because it thinks that this is the ultimate happiness.

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon : 2. Self-Mortification [attakilamathanuyoga]

This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas

Overview #2

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification

Schedule of the Earth Day 2014

Schedule of the Earth Day 2014

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 7

When the factors f the Eightflfold Path arise, they do so to gether-just as the elder monk kondanna, after lidtening to the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta instantly attained the fruit of the Stream-Entry

The Ceremony of Chanting the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

The Ceremony of Chanting the Lord Buddha’s Mantra “Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta” Since Dhammachai Day (the Most Ven. Phrathepyanmahamuni’s Ordination Anniversary) on Sunday September 22nd, 2013

The kalyanamitra Temple

Within the Buddhist community, temples are recognized as a centre for moral training. Another way of viewing this is that temple is a place that teaches people to be ‘human’

Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta

Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (บทธัมมจักกัปปวัตตนสูตร ภาษาอังกฤษ)

Things to do at Wat Phra Dhammakaya

Wat Phra Dhammakaya is best known for its immense size and modern design. The sheer size of the temple makes it impossible to fully explore Wat Phra Dhammakaya in a single day,

Monks blessed H.M. the King since the king's 84th Birthday Anniversary

Over 900 Monks from Pathum Thani province chanted and meditated for blessing the King at Dhammakaya Temple