Vesak Day - The International Day

The Lord Buddha's biography. How does it relate with Vesak Day? The Buddhists don't miss!!

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#2

This last metaphor clearly illustrates how no benefit can be found by indulging in sensual pleasure

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#1

Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)

How to Manage Family Life #5

We do not search for these and do not wish to encounter them. Even when they have not arrived, we are afraid that they will soon arrive

Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#3

This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification-which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas

Raising Children to Be Smart and Virtuous#3

For children that demonstrate care towards others, they must be taught to take care of themselves

Overview #2

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 7

When the factors f the Eightflfold Path arise, they do so to gether-just as the elder monk kondanna, after lidtening to the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta instantly attained the fruit of the Stream-Entry

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 6

The Three Signs of Existence [tilakkhana] that are exhibited by all material things are impermanence [aniccam], suffering [dukkham] and not –self [anatta]

The Noble Truth of the Path to the Cessation of Suffering # 5

Attaining the body in the body brings inestimable benefit to our lives vecause it is the means by which we can overcome the defilements