Some people think there shouldn’t be any resolution when making merit, because it is as if one is greedy or one expects something in return. I don’t know how to correct this misunderstanding.
Howard McCrary, the famous American singer, unveiled his feeling as a Buddhist monk at Dhammakaya Temple in Thailand.
Hawaiians believe that Madame Pele cursed the people who took lava stones from the Big Island back home, but many tourists don’t know it, so they take them away and after that they will become seriously sick or face business problems.
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?
An audience has a daughter who has the right eye birthmark. What has caused her daughter to be like this?
With the retribution of embezzling the budget for provisions in the past life, this family have to suffer in this life. Will they have a chance to recover from all these ailments? Also, In case of some serious abnormalities with the pregnancy and the doctor insists that abortion of the baby should be performed to save the mother what is the right decision to make according to the principle? Why women have different discomfort during menstruation? Here...we have the answers
I was introduced to the Dhammakaya Temple because of my occupation as a journalist. I was asked to do a news report on the Dhammakaya Temple. The atmosphere during that time was very serious because there were many negative news reports against the temple. It seemed suspicious to people.
How should Buddhists carry themselves during the Buddhist Lent season so that they can achieve the maximum merit?
He told me that he was studying mechanical engineering and had received a scholarship to further his studies in Japan. But he had to give up his chance to go because his family’s business selling medicine was in crisis because they had debts of 10 million baht. So he agreed to take on the burden of the entire debt on behalf of his father. He was 22 years old at the time.
