Born Off Womb, Grown In Womb
If one donates the leftover embryo, will this action sinful like abandoning a baby or getting an abortion?
Why do we need to identify our false friends?
Naturally we need to carefully observe the behaviors of those with whom we associate. It may to be easy to be able to tell what kind of a person they are because the persons may appear as our friends when is fact they could be false friends or even enemies
People think they didn’t go to the temple, they would receive merit too because they donate money. How can I explain to them?
used to invite relatives to come to the temple to make merit, but they refused and only sent money each time. They thought that even though they didn’t go to the temple, they would receive merit because it’s their money. How can I explain to them?
Super Perfection Pursuer
What did my mother do which causes her to love merit accumulation so much and had the chance to make merit with Luang Pu when he was still alive? What deed makes her, at the last period of her life, suffer with blood pressure, rheumatoid, thyroid and makes her tumble so many times that her ankles are no longer strong which obstruct her from coming to the temple? What retribution makes her not to have gum edge which causes her to be unable to wear false teeth, so it is difficult for her to eat and defecate?
World Peace
The beginning training lesson described already is meditation practice. This is the path for building peace in human society.
A Person Should Serve His or Her Spiritual Mentors
The direction above us, represents the relationships we have with others as result of our spiritual vocation i.e. our spiritual mentors, monks, or priests.
How should I answer the question,"why we were born", so that person who is unfamiliar with Buddhist’s principles can understand it easily?
Someone who is unfamiliar with Buddhist’s principles asked me the reason for why we were born. How should I answer this question so that he can understand it easily?
Is there a way to console or recommendation we can offer to encourage who wishes to commit suicide to choose life?
It’s the case of knowing someone who’s undergoing untold suffering and distress and wishes to commit suicide. Is there a way to console or recommendation we can offer to encourage him to choose life?
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#3
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
When Taiwanese Bhikkuni Teaches In A Prison
I am a Taiwanese Bhikkuni of Buddhism in Taiwan. I have been ordained for almost 30 years and have been teaching Dhamma to the prisoners who mostly are under a death sentence at the biggest jail in Taiwan for more than 20 years.
