Monthly Archives: May 2009

A Peaceful Vesakh 2553

…to you all! May you “live long and prosper” 😉 The above image, quite appropriate for the day, is one of the most skillful artistic representations of the “Buddha visiting the devas” (looks like the 33) I have ever seen…thanks…

Paticcasamuppada – Stop the burning flames

Famous words by the Buddha: Vuttaṃ kho panetaṃ bhagavatā: yo paṭiccasamuppādaṃ passati so dhammaṃ passati; yo dhammaṃ passati so paṭiccasamuppādaṃ passatīti. Paṭiccasamuppannā kho panime yadidaṃ pañcupādānakkhandhā. Yo imesu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu chando ālayo anunayo ajjhosānaṃ so dukkhasamudayo. Yo imesu pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu…