Take the opportunity to learn the teachings of the Buddha through these Dhamma articles. They cover a wide variety of topics that help us to put the teachings into practice in our daily lives. You may also be interested in other resources to learn the Buddha’s teachings.
What Increase Matters?
We have a very rare opportunity to learn things that we should give priority to in this life. Normally, if we don’t know the teachings of the Supreme Buddha, then we give priority to insignificant [...]
The Correct Way to Celebrate Vesak
We all love to celebrate our important days like birthdays, the day we get married, successful moments and festivals as well as on special religious days. But do we really celebrate knowing the purpose of [...]
Archaeologists’ discovery puts Buddha’s birth 300 years earlier
When Professor Robin Coningham's youngest son Gus was five, he was asked at school what his father did. "He works for the Buddha," said the boy. Which led to a bit of confusion, recalls Coningham. But it turns out Gus was not that far off the mark. Last week it emerged that a team led by Coningham, a professor of archaeology and pro-vice-chancellor at Durham University, had made a startling discovery about the date of the Buddha's birth, one that could rewrite the history of Buddhism. After a three-year dig on the site of the Maya Devi temple at Lumbini in Nepal, Coningham and his team of 40 archaeologists discovered a tree shrine that predates all known Buddhist sites by at least 300 years.
AN 8.6 Worldly Conditions Dutiyalokadhamma Sutta
How do we experience the world? Are we disturbed by the ups and downs of life? How can we educate ourselves so our happiness is stable in a changing world? “Monks, the eight [...]
AN 7.74 Araka Sutta
As we go about our lives it is easy to loose track of how quickly time is passing. When faced with the natural difficulties of life, we can try to convince ourselves that tomorrow [...]
AN 4.111 Kesi Sutta: To Kesi the Horsetrainer
What kind of teachings do we need to hear for us to fully embrace the changes we want to make in how we live our lives? Fortunately the Buddha taught in different ways to [...]