The Ministry of Culture launched the procession of car carrying the Buddhist Lent Candles 2013
The Ministry of Culture launched the procession of car carrying the Buddhist Lent Candles 2013.
Making merit since the Earth Day
Donors who made merit since the Earth Day
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#1
Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)
The Executioner Behead a Prisoner
Before the execution, the primary swordsman drank a large amount of alcohol to calm himself. Just when he was about to make the killing blow, his energy level dropped greatly until he was unable to sever the prisoner’s neck immediately. The primary swordsman lost his footing because he struck his blow at the wrong moment. So he ended up obstructing the path of the second swordsman who was raising his sword to administer a follow-up blow.
Dhammachai Dhutanga 2012
Why do we arrange this dhutanga? Who will get the benefit from it? Who participate to arrange it?
When the monks go for the offering rounds, can they wear a pair of sandals?
I would like to ask about when the monks go for the offering rounds; can they wear a pair of sandals? For nowadays some areas are not suited to walk bare footed.
The Power of Personal Dhammakaya Image :- Mr. Wasana Thuanthong
Mr. Wasana Thuanthong, a Thai farmer, unveiled his experience about the power of merit from building the Personal Dhammakaya Images. He had been sick of the large intestine cancer and joined the medical trial, he is the only one who survive while the other eight participants passed away.
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.
Everyone’s goal of life can be classified into 3 levels : 2. Middle goal of life
The aim is at not only trying to have sufficient in this entire life, but also to set future life goals, by using every possible opportunity to act in meritorious ways
Naga at Bungkarn province
Naga is one of the animals in the celestial realms. One of them had seen the Lord Buddha coming back from giving the sermon to his mother in the Tavatimsa Heaven, it believed more and began to blow its fire to worship the Lord Buddha on the last day of Buddhist Lent. However, the naga in this new did not blow fire but the people and visitors were interested in it. Why?
