Benefits of Meditation 1
Meditation is important to the lives of everyone, not least the life of the householder, family life and life in society – contributing to peace in the world.
How Good Deeds Can Bring Good Outcomes
It has always ben a challenge to develop human beings to resist the temptations to do bad deeds
Overview : 3. The Middle Way
The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self-mortification
The Roads That Lead to Ruin
Many young recent graduates are usually diligent and focused when they start their first jobs. Some days they even work overtime with the hope of getting a big salary at the end of the month
Being Responsible for the Environment
Besides, taking the three responsibilities: self, society, and ethical economy, good people are also responsible for the environment. Air, water, soil, forest, and weather are important for our living.
Buddha Images: The image of Faith
Thai souls are peaceful. The peace is natured in Thais since the break of dawn. The Lord Buddha taught all Buddhists to practice peaceful mind by three ways of merit cultivation-giving (alms), precepts and meditation; Thais take these ways of peaceful mind since the break of new day.
Concepts for the instilling of Core Values
All that has been mentioned in the forgoing chapter are virtues which need to be instilled in the hearts of the people destined for self-improvement-because anyone with positive core values has the seeds of growing up into the sort of person for whom society is crying out.
Conclusion: The Characteristics of a Virtuous One
It was due to the great compassion of the Lord Buddha that he deigned to teach Noble Discipline, not only for monks, but for householders too, in the form of Noble Self-Discipline for Householders [gihivinaya], as a guideline for achieving happiness in life and developing society.
Make Resolutions “To Sell All The Houses”
I must confess to Luang Phaw that in the past, I disliked the temple and do not understand about the temple. But after I came to the temple, my life has become better and better and that’s very astonishing.
