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Virtue in Buddhism is the procedure to control one’s bodily actions and the words. It is the way the Buddha taught us to manage our actions in fulfilling the path to realize Dhamma. This virtue also helps the disciple’s effort of developing three parts, the Samma Vacha, Samma Kammanta, and Samma Ajeeva, of the Noble Eightfold Path. There is also a number of benefits that you can enjoy in this life because of this virtue. In fact, the virtue can be protected by lay people as well as the monks. Buddha taught the laypeople to observe five precepts in their day [...]

This is a question that everyone has at present. Everyone who did not see gods have the question about their existence. They think whether the deities exist or not? In order to answer this question, we need to learn what the wisest person of the world, the Gautama Buddha, told us about it. Therefore, let us see what Buddha taught us about the existence of the deities.   One day, a Brahmin named Sangārava of the Bhāradvaja clan asked a question from Buddha.   “Dear Gautama Buddha, is there any gods?” “Dear Bhāradvaja, the fact of whether the deities exist or [...]

There were various arts or techniques of fortune-telling over the past as similar to today. People tried finding their luck and peace by following them. They were charmed by it. However, our teacher showed us that the light emits from these methods is like a light of a firefly. On the other hand, the light comes out from Dhamma of the Four Noble Truths is like the light of the Sun. The light emits by the fireflies vanishes when the Sun comes up and brightens the world. This is why it is not useful to follow these illusions in [...]

The meaning of the word Bhavana (meditation) is the development. It is the development of mind and wisdom. Generally, a normal person’s mind gets obstructed by defilements called Pancha Niiwarana from the truth unendingly. A mind which is blocked in this way is an undeveloped one. It is not strong. Also, it cannot realize the truths of the world. This kind of mind is not concentrated or open to the truth. Therefore, a mind is first strengthened by meditation making it to be focused and strong, so it becomes suitable to develop the wisdom. Afterword, it will navigate the [...]

The Supreme Buddha saw the endless journey of birth and death of all beings. It is remarkable how insightful the way he taught us about the reincarnation. He saw the way we are trapped within this journey without even knowing it. He described about this situation in his whole life, so that we can get at least some idea about how dangerous this journey is. Buddha taught us that if there is someone who is born in this world today, then that person should have been born somewhere prior to this life. If he could not realize Dhamma in [...]

Since lay people follow the path to Nibbana with their worldly attachments, their journey is slow like a walk of a peacock. In fact, a monk’s progression is fast like a movement of a swan because his journey is free from any attachments. Thus, a person who would like to attain Nibbana promptly will give up all his attachments and becomes a monk. If the person who joined the monkhood is a male, then he will be called a Bhikkhu while a female be called a Bhikshuni. These Bhikkhu and Bhiksuni start to protect a higher set of percepts [...]

The religious text of Buddhism is known as ‘Thripitaka.’ It includes forty five years of teachings of Lord Buddha. These discourses of Buddha included in Thripitaka were transferred from one era to another by great disciples (Arahants) of Buddha by memorizing them. About one thousand years ago, these discourses were then written down in scrolls under the guidance of these Buddhist Bhikkhus in Sri Lanka. Those sacred discourses of the Lord Buddha written in Pali (the language of Buddha) are what we are using today. We are ready to grant you the passage to those discourses of Buddha at [...]

What the Buddha taught us was the Four Noble Truths. All of the Buddha’s teachings including every skill correspond to good deeds and insightful information consisted of these four noble truths. It is like the foot print of the largest elephant in the forest. Foot prints all other animals can be fitted into that elephant’s foot print. Have you thought of an answer to the question ‘what is suffering’ before? It was the Gautama Buddha who found a complete answer to this question. In the Buddha’s first sermon, which is called ‘Dhamma Chakkha Pavattana Sutta,’ he gave a brief description to [...]

There is a great deal of suffering in a life of anyone who was born to this world. Buddhism helps understanding this realty and reveals the one and only path to free one’s self from this entire suffering. Buddhism is the Dhamma that consists of discourses preached by the Buddha. The Dhamma was well taught with a comparable beginning, middle, and an end. Irrelevant of the time of practicing, the Dhamma can be understood in this very own life. Anyone can be asked to come and witness it. Like a person uses a mirror to see the reflected image of himself, [...]