"Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine." What is the concise meaning?
I would like to ask you about what the old ancient Thai people used to say regarding Sodhmantra (general Pali term for the chanting of the Lord Buddha’s Dhamma) and Bhavana (Pali term for actual meditation): “Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine.” What is the concise meaning?
Children Who Are Addicted to the Internet
We live in the era of the information super highway. Children are addicted not only to television, videos and cell phones, but also to the internet.
Helps for Flooding in Myanmar, August 2015
The World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth Organization, Dhammakaya Foundation and Luangpor Intarayana’s team from Dawei provided needed supplies such as rice and canned foods, as well as 5 trucks loaded with aid packages to flooded areas to help victims in many cities of Myanmar.
“Protection of Mes Aynak : the Unique Buddhist Archaeological Heritage of Afghanistan”
Lectures and Panel Discussion on “Protection of Mes Aynak: the Unique Buddhist Archaeological Heritage of Afghanistan” on Saturday 2, March 2013, at 13.00-17.00 at The National Assembly Hall, the House of Representatives
How to teach Dhamma to judges and civil workers?
I was assigned by the Civil Court Chief Official to teach Dhamma to judges and civil workers once a month starting in January. 2005 (B.E. 2548), and that troubled me because judges usually live in their own world. Everyone would like to dig deep into their thoughts and psyche. I would like to ask for Luang Phaw for suggestions how to teach Dhamma to this group of people.
The Path to Serenity
If someone comes to ask about the fundamentals of business strategy, you can tell people the details of every step for obtaining efficiency and profit.
The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 2
The mindfulness of the feeling in the feeling is to see and consider the feelings [vedana] both inside and outside, the whole of the time
Making Choices to Cooperate, Employ, or Coordinate with Others for Social development, Management, etc.
People who are enthusiastic, patient, and charitable do good things, and therefore these people are the ones with whom we want to cooperate.
My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin but she has no sense of responsibility. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?
My daughter loves merit and is afraid of sin. She wakes up in the morning to do the morning chanting. Then she sleeps almost until noon. In the evening, she does the evening chanting and then watches TV until late at night. She has no sense of responsibility and relies on her parents to take care of her although she is a full grown adult. Will she gain merit from behaving this way? How should we guide her so that she realizes what she is doing?
Black Magic and Three Wives
One man got 3 wives. The first wife and the second one were suspicious that he was under a spell of black magic from the third wife so they coordinated together to find someone to help resolve the black magic. After he had passed away for 8 days, his third wife prepared a ceremony to receive Dhamma from Kuan Yin Goddess. They said, this ceremony was from the higher class in Taiwan, and it can powerfully dismiss the recipients name from hell.
