In this post, we are going to look at the general outline of Buddhist practice. The outline will show the overarching structure, process, and principle of Buddhist meditation, by which …
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“After the meal, when I have returned from the alms round, I enter a grove. I collect some grass or leaves that I find there into a pile and then …
Here is the passage for our gathering today. “Thus Uddaka Rāmaputta, my companion in the holy life, placed me in the position of a teacher and accorded me the highest …
Read MoreHow was the Buddha able to obtain enlightenment after his going forth?
The passage for Today’s talk is from Majjhima Nikaya as thus. “ I had three palaces, one for the rainy season, one for the winter, and one for the summer. …
Read MoreGotama Siddhartha – A prince born of a silver spoon near the Himalaya mountains.
The passage for Today’s talk is from Anguttara Nikaya. “He acquires unwavering confidence in the Sangha thus: ‘The Sangha of the Blessed One’s disciples is practising the good way, practising …
Read MoreRefuge in the Sangha: The faith in the people as the evidence that enlightenment is real.
The passage for today’s gathering is from Majjima Nikaya 26.Ariyapariyesana Sutta. “I considered: ‘This Dhamma that I have attained is profound, hard to see and hard to understand, peaceful and …
Read MoreRefuge in the Dhamma – The faith in the cosmic truth open to us.
Yoga Class cancellation Due to other schedules, we have to cancel yoga class on those days indicated below. Sorry for inconvenience. 9 of January, Wednessday 7pm, Yoga class. 2 of …
“When a bhikkhu has known that covetousness and unrighteous greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind and has abandoned it; when a bhikkhu has known that ill will…negligence is …
Read MoreRefuge in the Buddha – Faith in limitless possibility within us.
“Cunda, as to those various views that arise in the world associated either with doctrines of a self or with doctrines about the world: if [the object] in relation to …
“The brahmins honor this not only out of faith, Master Gotama. They also honor it as oral tradition.” “Bhāradvāja, first you took your stand on faith, now you speak of …
Read MoreBuddhist Faith – Be honest, humble, and open and do not believe without thinking carefully.