Monthly Archives: May 2009

A Peaceful Vesakh 2553

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

Paticcasamuppada – Stop the burning flames

Famous words by the Buddha: Vuttaṃ kho panetaṃ bhagavatā:Ā yo paį¹­iccasamuppādaṃ passati so dhammaṃ passati; yo dhammaṃ passati so paį¹­iccasamuppādaṃ passatÄ«ti. Paį¹­iccasamuppannā kho panime yadidaṃ paƱcupādānakkhandhā. Yo imesu paƱcasu upādānakkhandhesu chando ālayo anunayo ajjhosānaṃ so dukkhasamudayo. Yo imesu paƱcasu upādānakkhandhesu chandarāgavinayo…