The Theravada Tipitaka Press has recently released a new book in their series of bilingual Pali primers. In case you are unfamiliar with the concept: In South-East Asia traditionally to learn the “sacred” language of the Buddha beginning students would…
One of the most wonderful spiritual videos that I’ve seen in the last 5 years of awakening, including the deepest universal message of the Creation and the cosmos, A balsam for the connected human soul with wonderful visions of Mother…
There is a beautiful translation of the Mohechikuang available. The translation was done byĀ Bhikkhu Dhammapala who was also working on the Gandhara texts some time. In case you don’t know who Zhiyi was, here aĀ little Buddhist history: A contemporary of…
Here is aĀ very beautiful description by the Buddha on the progressive stages a meditator goes through until he realizes Nirvana. It sheds some additionalĀ light on the progress of insight meditation which the later commentary literature called “insight-knowledges” or “vipassana nyana”….
The Buddhist world has seen its fair share of “gurus” and “masters” who introduced “secret meditation techniques” and found instructions nobody had ever seen before because they “allegedly” got lost or distorted over time – only to be (re-)introduced by…
2300 years ago emperor Ashoka‘s son, a Buddhist monk by the name of Mahinda, was sent to Sri Lanka to propagate the Buddha’s message Ā to the people of Sri Lanka. He met the king, who happened to be on a…
Yesterday I stopped by at the new asapuwa in Tampa where Bhante Vimala gave a very very interesting little Dhamma talk, which I wanted to share with you. It was not planned or anything, but you know me, I like…
Theragatha v.127-128 āāTiį¹į¹aį¹ me tÄlapattÄnaį¹, gaį¹ gÄtÄ«re kuį¹Ä« katÄ; Chavasittova me patto, paį¹sukÅ«laƱca cÄ«varaį¹. āāDvinnaį¹ antaravassÄnaį¹, ekÄ vÄcÄ me bhÄsitÄ; Tatiye antaravassamhi, tamokhandho padÄlitoāāti. == (English) Using three palm leaves I made myself a hut on the bank or river Ganges….
Can a practice that we undertake which does not purify our mind be truly considered “cultivation of the mind”? Let’s forget our concepts and ideas about “meditation” for a moment and look at some words of the Awakened One on…
This is the disciple of the Buddha, living in the house. He has confidence in the Buddha’s awakening. He trains himself to purify his actions and his speech. He cultivates generosity, learns to sacrifice and let go. And this is…
