"Na Tam Kamm Katam Sadhu, Yeh Kutva Anutappati." - Tathagata BuddhaThat is, it is not right to do that work, which you have to repent doing.Once upon a time, Tathagata Buddha used to live in Shravasti when an incident happened. At that time a farmer was working in his field. The thieves had distributed the … Continue reading It Is Ok To Do That Work, Which You Do Not Have To Regret Doing.
Buddha Dhamma
How should one behave towards a FRIEND?
"Deeso Disam Yantam Kayira Veri Va Pan Verinam.Michhapanihitam Chitam Papiyoo' Na Tato Kare." - Dhammapada 42 As Much Harm Is Done To The Enemy Or To The Enemy By Enemy, The Mind That Has Gone On The Wrong Path Does More Harm To A Man Than That. Friend is the one who is helpful in … Continue reading How should one behave towards a FRIEND?
Bhumisparsha Mudra
Mudras are a Non-Verbal mode of communication and self-expression, consisting of hand gestures and fingerpostures. They are symbolic sign based finger patterns taking the place, but retaining the efficacy of the spoken word, and are used to evoke in the mind ideas symbolizing divine powers or the deities themselves. The composition of a mudra is … Continue reading Bhumisparsha Mudra
Buddhas_Teaching : “One Should Live In The Present”
In one village, some children were playing and building sand houses by the river. Someone's foot would hit someone's house and it would shatter, there would be a quarrel over this. A little bit of childish beating would also happen. Then he would sit on top of the house in front of him out of … Continue reading Buddhas_Teaching : “One Should Live In The Present”
BUDDHA AND THE ELEPHANT
Gautama Buddha saw the qualities embodied in the elephant as worldly manifestations. Even Buddha has been associated with the elephant since birth. More than 2,500 years ago there was a king named Suddhodana of the Shakya dynasty. Who was married to Mahamaya, the Princess of Kolian, who was beautiful and intelligent as well. Suddhodana was … Continue reading BUDDHA AND THE ELEPHANT
IMPORTANCE OF “MEDITATION” IN BUDDHISM
Through meditation an ordinary person can also turn into an extraordinary person. If you want the world as much as you want, you must first of all have yourself. That's why the Buddha said, "Atta Dip Bhav" means first you wake up and then wake up the world. If you have mental imbalance, lack of … Continue reading IMPORTANCE OF “MEDITATION” IN BUDDHISM
WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING A BUDDHIST?
Professor Richard Francis Gombrich, a eighty-three-year old British Indologist and Boden Professor at Oxford University spent forty years of his life practicing the Buddha Dhamma and studing Pali Language, he tells us Exactly What It Means To Be A Buddhist, we have all been well guided by this explanation. 1} Being a Buddhist means not … Continue reading WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING A BUDDHIST?