Living A Short Life Making Merit Better Than A Long One Without Any

My grandmother ordained as a Buddhist nun when she was 62 years old at the Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen Temple. She helped out in the kitchen until she died at the age of 72 due to bone cancer. She was in great pain prior to her death and she was wailing miserably. The doctor injected her with morphine at 8am and she died at 6pm on that day

Being good and being responsible

Responsibility is the mindfulness to perform those actions that promote the greater good for yourself and others. When we are responsible, we contribute to the well being of ourselves and others. To be responsible we must have brave hearts and the determination to take risks to protect society from harm.

Image in the middle of Khong River

She was honored by a society to be a role model and a Dhamma-oriented teacher. She ordained as a renunciation or Brahmin nun every summer break. She seek the white path around Thailand and has been to all good temples. Why she ends up at Dhammakaya Temple? Let's follow.

The benefits from studying on True Friend characteristics

“…the wise man [pandita] knows four kinds of True Friends well. They are: The Helpful Friend [upakaraka], the Constant Friend [samanasukhadukkha]

The Ghost Brushed Away

She was only 10 years old and her dad is polarized. All her sisters got married and stayed in a separated house. As a result, she was the only one taking care of her dad until he passes away. She likes to do a merit and always help other people before helping herself. What will be fruits of these merits that she has been doing?

Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants (6-4)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty:- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.

The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Looking After One's Extended Family (1)

The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Seventeen :- Looking After One's Extended Family.

Getting to Know Wat Phra Dhammakaya

From no land to a large tract of land From fallow fields to a graceful Buddhist temple From 1 Bhikku to tens to hundreds to a thousand and increasing From 100 laypeople to 1,000, 10,000, 100,000 and 1 million in the future

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.

Almost

I knew that he was hired to kill me for 30,000 baht of head-price. According to the gunman’s rule if you received money, you had only one way; to finish the job. If you missed, you would be killed.