Meditation Center of D.C. arranged the Sunday activities
Wat Phra Dhammakaya London, UK, Arranged the Ceremonies of Offering Sustenance to the Buddha and Lighting Lanterns to Worship the Buddha in Honor of Vesak Day 2015
Some people have compared the Bodhisatta’s renunciation of his life and someone committing a suicide. Please explain how the two are different.
I must confess to Luang Phaw that in the past, I disliked the temple and do not understand about the temple. But after I came to the temple, my life has become better and better and that’s very astonishing.
In reference to the uncomplicated and immidiate benefits of giving, these mertorious acts make our faith more firmly rooted and create greater opportunities to acquire more wisdom.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Second Group of Blessings. Blessing Six :- Setting oneself up properly in life
She was born in the family that everybody accomplished in their life. Her father is a smart and well-educated people. Her mother has a very high IQ. Her sister always gets the first place of the class. However, she is different and looks like a looser among the winners. Even her marriage did not go smoothly. She has many suffering. Only her grandmother gave her an encouragement. Once her grandmother passed away, she intended to do the merit for her grandmother for one year. Then she will commit suicide. Fortunately, she found DMC before she did that.
The medium visited the land and said that the land could not be sold because the previous owner allowed, and there was some underground treasure that needed to be dug up first; if we didn't dig it up, the land couldn't be sold, and this treasure was guarded by a Naga who would give this treasure to the real owner.
Training them in virtue: The first ‘good friends’ to each and every one of us in the world are our parents or guardians. As such
Very often I felt like surrendering and didn’t understand why the more merit I made the more degrading my life was until I became penniless. I felt as if I was in the dark. However, no matter how bad it was I would not give in and I chose to fight to my death. I changed from being downhearted to taking up the challenge. Finally I found out the best solution was not to think about it and to motivate myself to keep on making merit with an assurance that one day the merit will certainly yield fruit.
