"Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine." What is the concise meaning?
I would like to ask you about what the old ancient Thai people used to say regarding Sodhmantra (general Pali term for the chanting of the Lord Buddha’s Dhamma) and Bhavana (Pali term for actual meditation): “Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine.” What is the concise meaning?
What is Merit?
Merit means ‘goodness’ or ‘happiness’ It is something which, if it arises in the mind, will cause the mind to become pure and free of cloudiness
Why is the monk’s robe saffron?
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้ ตอน What is Buddhism?
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับ what is Buddhism? พระพุทธศาสนา คือ อะไร?
Core Value # 6: There is life after death
This core value surmises the continuity of life after death. Life does not simply cease when we die. Only the physical body will decompose, but our spirit will comtinue its journey. This view is shared in one way or another by nearly every form of organized religion.
When a woman is raped, or suffers from German measles during her pregnancy, possibly leading to a disability to the baby when it is born, is the abortion of a necessary nature sinful?
I’d like to ask you about necessary abortions. For example, when a woman is raped, or suffers from German measles during her pregnancy, possibly leading to a disability to the baby when it is born, is the abortion of a necessary nature sinful or not?
The Kathina Ceremony at Dhammakaya Temple in 2013
Kathina Dana – The Great & Special Merit The Kathina Ceremony is a culture that all Buddhists in every era agree that its merit is great and limitless. So, it is the meritorious event of the year that the congregation is waiting for.
Commentorial Metaphors: Indulgence in sensual pleasures:
A pig content to wallow in dung: Indulging in sensual pleasures is rather like a pig, which spends all its life wallowing in the warm mud and dung of its pigsty because it thinks that this is the ultimate happiness.
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้ ตอน Stopping is the key to success
คําศัพท์ภาษาอังกฤษน่ารู้เกี่ยวกับ Stopping is the key to success หยุดเป็นตัวสำเร็จ
Why is Soliciting Prostitute a Sin
At this time, the number of people with AIDS is increasing. One reason for this increase is that most young men believe so liciting a prostitute is not morally wrong because they believe it is not sexual misconduct when it is consensual
