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This is how a righteous ruler who rules his kingdom with high moral standards is described in Buddhism. Buddha taught us that a righteous ruler must develop ten merits (Dasa Kusal). Those are, Refrain from killing beings. Refrain from stealing belongings of other people. Refrain from sexual misconducts. Refrain from lying. Refrain from divulge secrets. Refrain from speaking harsh words. Refrain from speaking meaningless words. Refrain from desire for others' belongings. Refrain from hate others. Refrain from following and practicing fictitious worshiping and free from false believes. In the teachings of Buddha, it is also said that the righteous ruler after [...]

Every burning problem in the world today has been generated based on the lust, hatred, and ignorance. People kill other beings keeping these three as a basis for their killings. Furthermore, they steal, commit adultery, tell lies, and consume alcohol and drugs based on these three things. In fact, these are the causes for most of the crises in the world today. The Supreme Buddha taught us the reason for wars to exist in the world as follows. When we see a figure from our eyes we feel a sensation due to the connection (Passa) of eyes, the figure, and specific [...]

If a person feels sorry for someone when he is suffering and hope for him to free from that suffering, then it is called kindness. The first person to preach about becoming kind towards others is the Most Compassionate One, the Buddha. It was because of his great compassion towards all beings.

The Supreme Buddha taught us that everything in this world comes to an end at one point. If someone could see this truth of forming things due to a cause and the end of those things when the cause seize to exist, then he will start to disgust the suffering with a proper knowledge about it. He becomes an “Aarya” (one who follows the Noble Eight-Fold Path) by overcoming the state of being “Prutagjana” (a person who is prone to do terrible things that could lead his reincarnation in hell because of his lack of proper knowledge of what Buddha taught). [...]

When we say ‘world’ what exactly do we mean? You will say it is this earth we are sitting on, but we will use the same name to describe another planet if we live in that. However, Buddha saw the ‘world’ in a more profound manner. He showed us what exactly is present as the world. In fact, you recognize the world from what you see, hear, smell, taste, feel, and think that come into your mind. If you could not see, hear, smell, taste, feel, or think since you were born, then where is the world that you described before? [...]

The Supreme Buddha taught us that the world is not something which was created by one Mighty God. Buddha further showed us the world as something that has been formed due to a cause. Once the cause is gone, the world ceased to exist. None of the things in this world created automatically. Everything is created with a cause attached to it. If in case something is formed as a result of a person’s creation, then that person must have been created too. This means, there has to be another creator who created that first person at one point in the [...]

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 not are [...]

As a Buddhist, you can become a wealthy person. If you act according to what our teacher told us, you can even protect your money you earned genuinely. The Supreme Buddha taught us some valuable details regarding this topic in a discourse known as Vyaghghapajja Sutta. Anyone who earns money by working in farming, business, government sector, or any other area should have four items to become a rich person with respect to money and as well merits. Utthana Sampada (Effort):- One should build the ability to work hard and skillfully overcoming any laziness tactfully. Also, should be capable of organizing [...]

OK. Let us think about this example for a second. Let us say that you need to cross a road full with traffic all the time. A person who is nearby tells you “today is your day that you die if you try to cross the road without any consideration about the vehicles in this road. Still, you got something that you could prevent your death today. That is, you must carefully check both sides of the road and cross it when there is no danger from a moving vehicle. Then, you will be able to cross the road without any [...]

Most people have a desire to listen to someone telling their future. They do not care whether it is true or not, they just want to listen to something that can make them happy. Even after they found out that their fortune-teller lied to them, they go back to the same thing over and over. Do you remember there was a fortune-teller who told that the world is going to end in year 2000? It did not happen, but people believed him until we passed that time. The people even cannot remember it now. If someone tells something like that again, [...]