What is the importance of blessings, and how one bestows blessings?
In Thai tradition, on important days like New Year’s Day, or other auspicious days, younger generations always pay respect and ask for blessings from their elders. I’d like to ask Luang Phaw the importance of blessings, and how one bestows blessings.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- The Third Group of Blessings
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Third Group of Blessings “Setting Oneself up in Life”
Do not Try
A little girl was sick when she was in 8th grade. She was always depressed and couldn’t control herself. Doctor couldn’t find anything wrong with her. What did her sickness come from? And, what Kammar will the robbery get after stealing a money that she prepared for Katina?
Singburi Woman
I was the first women to pedal a 3-wheeled pedicab in Singburi. I worked until a car crashed into me and injured my left leg. I had to stop pedaling the 3-wheeler. What demerit has caused me to have a difficult life since childhood And even now I am still in difficult circumstances. But why do others see me as having a comfortable and prosperous life? The fire which occurred at the house went out on its own. Was it because of help from the great Dhammakaya teachers?
If there is a friend or relative who wishes to borrow money from us, how should we act?
If there is a friend or relative who wishes to borrow money from us, how should we act? If we don’t have anything to give, they will feel discouraged. If we lend them money often, we will be in distress.
Some people believe that drinking a little alcohol socially or consuming wine for its health benefits should not go against the Buddhist five precepts. Is this accurate?
How does the morning alms offering ceremony benefit to the economy?
What kind of knowledge does Buddhism provide for their benefit?
My students often ask the question that when other school subjects they study provide them with various types of knowledge regarding managing the Four Basic Requisites in their everyday lives, then what kind of knowledge does Buddhism provide for their benefit?
Search for the White Elephants in Surin
Surin province is the Land of Elephant. Elephant is an animal which has been recorded in the Pali Cannon that if the Bodhisattva, who would be the Lord Buddha certainly in the future, was reborn as an animal, he was not bigger than an elephant. Now, the elephants in Surin are alerted to restore the Buddhism...
The light of Dhamma to mankind
The Most Venerable Phramonkolthepmuni (Sod Candasaro), Luang Pu Wat Paknam Bhasichareon, the light of Dhamma to mankind (episode II).
