Meditation for Locals // July 3, 2016 - Japanese Meditation Center, Japan
On Sunday July 3, 2016, Japanese Meditation Center of Japan, Tokyo, arranged meditation and gave a Japanese sermon by Phra Thanawut Tissaro.
Life and Time
Life and Time of Luang Pu Sodh Candhasaro, Luang Phor of Paknam Bhasichareon Temple.
3. The Husband-Wife Relationship
A third important factor influencing social development is the quality of the relationship between husband and wife
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness (5)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Nineteen :- Abstaining from Unwholesomeness.
Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (6-2)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty :- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.
If You Do It, I Have To Do It, Too
Aunt Choop was the daughter of one of Luang Pu’s closest friends. She had the opportunity to help with the funeral for Luang Pu’s mother. She had always made desserts and offered the desserts and alms to Luang Pu. As soon as she learnt that Uncle Laum and Aunt La Aw would donate the land for the construction of the Memorial Hall of Phramongkolthepmuni, she promptly announced that, “ If you do it, I have to do it, too.” After Aunt Choop donated the land, she had been looking forward to the completion of the Memorial Hall.
Stab Eye, Kill Cows
The story of one woman whose parent divorced when she was an infant. Her mother was bitterly despairing of her present love life and so drank and flirted. She had to live with her aunt and take a killing cow orders for 7 years. What should she do to be free from the retributions? DMC has the answer.
Meditation is giving offenders an enlightened outlook on criminal behavior
Target Character Trait # 2 : Responsibility for the human dignity of others
Bias because of desire [chandagati]; results in unjust treatment due to the influence of personal love and pleasure.
The Test Tube Baby
Her husband and she were married for 9 years but we still did not have a child. They went to see a doctor and had artificial fertilization twice but they failed. The doctor suggested them to utilize the test tube baby process. Which process of a soul’s birth occurred during the procedure of the test tube birth? Will the doctor and her accrue any sins (negative kamma) from destroying the fertilized ova and implanting only the perfect ovum?
