Every parent wants their child to be healthy and good. However, there are many parents who do not understand that in order to have a good child they have to practice good behavior
This last metaphor clearly illustrates how no benefit can be found by indulging in sensual pleasure
Everyone feels excited when there is a new addition to the family. Some of these families are so elated they invite monks to receive offerings at their homes for seven days
Buddhism contains teachings on ways to maintain a warm, gentle family that have been used as a reference by people for thousands of years
Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)
In the book Thirty-eight Universal Steps to Eternal Happiness, compiled for the summer program for ordained monks by the Venerable teacher Monk Somchai Tanavuddho,
The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification
We do not search for these and do not wish to encounter them. Even when they have not arrived, we are afraid that they will soon arrive
Body like a doormat means dedication all of one’s energy and dedicating one’s life to performing good deeds with virtuous actions
After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara
