Our great teacher, the Supreme Buddha, was able to know about the lives of heavenly beings and how they were able to be born in heavenly worlds. The following sermons are conversations great Arahants had with heavenly being. Listen to these stories very carefully. Think about your own life and how you can apply the lessons these devas have learned from their good behavior in the human world. May these stories help you to develop a desire to do wholesome actions in your precious human life.
May you practice generosity. May you keep the precepts well. May you control your bad thoughts. By practicing Dhamma, may you attain rebirth in the heavenly worlds.
This audio book of the Vimana Vatthu, Stories of Heavenly Mansions, is the perfect way to develop our faith in the knowledge of the Supreme Buddha. It is a collection of suttas from the Sutta Pitaka, found in the Khuddika Nikaya. These Buddhist teachings help us to understand the power of the actions that we do, good and bad.
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Highlights from the Audio Book
7.07 Kanthaka’s Mansion
Learn the story of the horse Kanthaka who delivered the Bodhisatta across the Anoma river on the night of the Great Renunciation.
3.02 Sugar – Cane Mansion
As a human, this poor woman was murdered because she gave a gift of faith to a monk. Things worked out ok, though. Learn about her Vimana.
2.03 Rice Crust Giver’s Mansion
Does a small gift matter? What if all we have to give is the rice burnt on the bottom of a pan? Learn about the results of someone who gave a gift like this.
