The Sight of a True Monk#1

In an outward happiness. For example: seeing beautiful artwork, listening to good music, smelling of the fragrance, eating good food, touching of the softness etc

Listening Regularly to Dhamma Teachings # 1

Listening regularly to the Dhamma teachings means to seek out opportunities to hear Buddhist teachings.

Commentorial Metaphors: Indulgence in sensual pleasures:

A pig content to wallow in dung: Indulging in sensual pleasures is rather like a pig, which spends all its life wallowing in the warm mud and dung of its pigsty because it thinks that this is the ultimate happiness.

Overview : 1. The Path of Sensual Indulgence

The path of sensual pleasure [kamasukhallikanuyogal, is to seek for pleasures through the channels of the five outer senses: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and physical contact

The Noble Eightfold Path on the Mundane Level # 2

When Right Intention is described in the Suttas, it is anaIysed in to three types: 1.The Intention to remove oneself from sensual desire [nekkamma sankappa]

Contentment # 2

People like to have power because those who have power can control others. When those who would like to have power do not get power, they get discontent

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta for Pursuers of Perfection # 1

In this Appendix we delve al little deeper into the meaning of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta. The Dhaamacakkapavattana Sutta itself is a very brief teaching because it serves merely as a reminder to listeners who were already well versed in the materials covered

The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 2

Thus the Lord Buddha taught that if we can overcome our greedy attachments to the things we love in the world, craving can be overcome too

The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 4

In the Lord Buddha’s first sermon to the group of five initial disciples he advocated to steer between the extremes of sensual indulgence

The Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering # 3

The Lord Buddha compared craving to the resin of the persimmon tree or varnish which are some of the stickiest forms of sap