What is Merit?
Merit means ‘goodness’ or ‘happiness’ It is something which, if it arises in the mind, will cause the mind to become pure and free of cloudiness
Why is the monk’s robe saffron?
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้ ตอน What is Buddhism?
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับ what is Buddhism? พระพุทธศาสนา คือ อะไร?
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.
Core Value # 6: There is life after death
This core value surmises the continuity of life after death. Life does not simply cease when we die. Only the physical body will decompose, but our spirit will comtinue its journey. This view is shared in one way or another by nearly every form of organized religion.
When a woman is raped, or suffers from German measles during her pregnancy, possibly leading to a disability to the baby when it is born, is the abortion of a necessary nature sinful?
I’d like to ask you about necessary abortions. For example, when a woman is raped, or suffers from German measles during her pregnancy, possibly leading to a disability to the baby when it is born, is the abortion of a necessary nature sinful or not?
Author’s Preface
Buddhism is unique in teaching a way to overcome suffering, with its aim definitively to liberate oneself from the Cycle of Existence [vadda-samsara] thereby attaining the highest eternal happiness
The Kathina Ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple in 2013
Kathina Dana – The Great & Special Merit The Kathina Ceremony is a culture that all Buddhists in every era agree that its merit is great and limitless. So, it is the meritorious event of the year that the congregation is waiting for.
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้ ตอน Stopping is the key to success
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับ Stopping is the key to success หยุดเป็นตัวสำเร็จ
The Noble Eightfold Path on the Mundane Level # 7
This form of mindfulness is mindfulness that is constantly monitoring the level of wholesomeness in the mind never letting wholesomeness slip away from the mind and its intentions
