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WBSY Sangha Unity Declaration
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WBSY Sangha Unity Declaration
…delegates from more than thirty countries assembled here for the fourth conference of the World Buddhist Sangha Youth at Wat Phra Pathom Chedi on this 14th day of December 2007 declare that we dedicate o…
…nowledges the 2550 Buddha Jayanti, dedicated to the health of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej on his 80th birthday, and highlights the need for harmony within the Sangha as expressed in the Buddha's w…
Hold On Tightly: A Journey of Meditation and Patience
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Hold On Tightly: A Journey of Meditation and Patience
…OLD ON TIGHTLY How does one get left behind? When Luangpi Chittachai Mahachitto was not busy with his responsibilities during the temple's construction, he spent a lot of time meditating. He had a 'dre…
บทความนี้นำเสนอการเรียนรู้เกี่ยวกับความสำคัญของการถือมั่นในสมาธิและการปฏิบัติตามเส้นทางสู่ความรู้แจ้ง โดยใช้คำสอนของหลวงปู่ชิตตชัย มหาชิตฺโตเป็นกรณีศึกษา การเดินทางสู่การบรรลุธรรมต้องใช้ความอดทนและมีส
The Importance of Merit in Achieving Success
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The Importance of Merit in Achieving Success
…Most Venerable Luang Por Wat Paknam, who built a large alms house ca­pable of feeding many monks at his temple. His accomplishment brought him a lot of joy and a lot of merit. Even after his death, it st…
This passage discusses the significance of merit in achieving success, specifically in the context of bu…
Understanding Merit and Its Impact on Life
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Understanding Merit and Its Impact on Life
… guest asked me to tell her why her husband had died young. I replied that he died early because of his karma. In his past life, he committed numerous acts of killing and cruelty to animals. He had to fa…
This text offers insights into the power of merit and how it helps individuals overcome obstacles and ac…
Building Up Merit and Understanding Transience
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Building Up Merit and Understanding Transience
…elp someone, first take a good look at yourself and determine if you are really capable of helping this person. If his problems are beyond your abilities to solve, then accept that and practice equanimit…
In this text, the author emphasizes the significance of merit and demerit as the only true possessions we c…
Making Resolutions for Virtuous Living
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Making Resolutions for Virtuous Living
… born with good health and a strong body that is free of illness to live a long life, and to leave this world happy at the time of death. *Fools* (palai): spiritually defective persons. A fool is someon…
การทำบุญถือเป็นโอกาสที่ดีในการตั้งปณิธาน เพื่อให้เราได้อยู่ห่างจากคนที่ไม่ดีและมีชีวิตที่บริสุทธิ์ในทุกช่วงชีวิต การตั้งปณิธานนี้รวมถึงการสร้างความเข้าใจในธรรมะ การมีสุขภาพที่ดี และสามารถทำบุญได้อย่าง
Leaving Home: A Journey of Forgiveness
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Leaving Home: A Journey of Forgiveness
…him. He became so enraged that he cursed me to deafness for 500 lifetimes. I was very frightened of his curse! On the day he died, I was out in the rice field. By the time I returned home, he had alread…
In this poignant narrative, a young girl recounts the turmoil within her family as her father, under the in…
Historical Development and Techniques of Dhammakaya Meditation
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Historical Development and Techniques of Dhammakaya Meditation
**Historical Development to present** Phramongkolthepmuni devoted his time from 1916-1959 to teaching Dh…
Phramongkolthepmuni dedicated his life to Dhammakaya meditation from 1916-1959, emphasizing team meditation. Since then, his disciple…
The Joy of Good Deeds
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The Joy of Good Deeds
"Venerable, but recently he lived here among his kinsfolk rejoicing, and just now he went again to a place of rejoicing and was there reborn." "Yes,…
บทความนี้สำรวจความสุขที่เกิดจากการทำดีในชีวิตนี้และชีวิตหลังความตาย โดยเน้นความสำคัญของการกระทำที่มีคุณธรรม ผู้ที่ทำความดีจะมีความสุขทั้งในปัจจุบันและอนาคต เมื่อพวกเขาเห็นความบริสุทธิ์ของการกระทำที่ดี
The Rebirth of Tambadathika: A Lesson in Dhamma
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The Rebirth of Tambadathika: A Lesson in Dhamma
…iscourse, Tambadathika accompanied Venerable Sariputta for some distance and then returned home. On his way home a cow (actually a demon in the guise of a cow) gored him to death. When the Buddha came t…
After the death of Tambadathika, who was gored by a demon disguised as a cow, the Buddha reveals his rebirth in the Tusita deva world. Despite a life of evil deeds, Tambadathika attained *anūṇa maha* …
Confronting Grief: A Tale of Loss and Understanding
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Confronting Grief: A Tale of Loss and Understanding
… to bear the grief that arose within him. Accordingly, when he had performed the funeral rites over his daughter's body, he went weeping to the Buddha. Said the Buddha, "Householder, how is it that you c…
In this touching narrative, a father mourns the loss of his modest and conscientious daughter, Sumana, and …
The Virtue of Clear-Minded Youths
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The Virtue of Clear-Minded Youths
… with Virtue and Insight, who is established in the Dhamma, who has realized the Truth and performs his own duties, is loved by all men. At the end of the discourse the five hundred boys attained Sotapat…
In this discourse, the Buddha praises a monk, Maha Kassapa, for his virtue and insight, noting that he is r…
The Power of Mind in Creating Happiness
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The Power of Mind in Creating Happiness
… him like a shadow that never leaves him. **Explanation:** All that man experiences springs out of his thoughts. If his thoughts are good, the words and the deeds will also be good. The result of good t…
บทกลอนที่ 11 ระบุว่าปรากฏการณ์ทั้งหมดในจิตมีจิตเป็นผู้ส่งนำ และหากใครพูดหรือกระทำด้วยจิตที่บริสุทธิ์ ความสุขจะติดตามเขาราวกับเงาที่ไม่เคยจากไป ความคิดที่ดีจะนำไปสู่คำพูดและการกระทำที่ดี ซึ่งผลลัพธ์จะเ
The Story of the Disciples of Non-Buddhist Teachers
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The Story of the Disciples of Non-Buddhist Teachers
6 The Story of the Disciples of Non-Buddhist Teachers While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke these verses, with reference …
In the context of the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha narrates a tale involving disciples of non-Buddhist ascetics known as Titthis. These disciples prohibited their children from mingling with those of t…
Reflections on Life Choices and Consequences
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Reflections on Life Choices and Consequences
If in the latter years of his life he had not squandered his wealth, but had applied himself to business, he would have become th…
บทความนี้สำรวจเกี่ยวกับผลที่เกิดจากการเลือกชีวิตในด้านการเงินและศาสนา แสดงให้เห็นถึงความสำคัญของการใช้ชีวิตอย่างมีคุณธรรม แม้ว่าเขาจะมีโอกาสที่จะสร้างความมั่งคั่งหรือเข้าสู่หนทางของความศักดิ์สิทธิ์ แต
The Story of Uggasena the Treasurer's Son
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The Story of Uggasena the Treasurer's Son
2 The Story of Uggasena the Treasurer's Son This instruction was given by the Teacher while he was in residence at Veluvana with reference to Uggase…
This narrative recounts the tale of Uggasena, the son of a treasurer, who becomes enamored with a female…
The Teacher and the Acrobat
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The Teacher and the Acrobat
…. My exhibition has failed completely! The Teacher, perceiving the thought that was passing through his mind, addressed the Elder Moggallana, "Go inform the treasurer's son that the Teacher desires him t…
In this narrative, a Teacher enters a city only to realize that the audience shifts their attention entirel…
The Teachings of Letting Go
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The Teachings of Letting Go
…ang into the air from the top of the pole, turned fourteen somersaults in the air, and alighting on his feet, balanced himself once more on the tip of the pole. The Teacher said to him, "Uggasenā, a man …
In this passage, a man named Uggasenā demonstrates the importance of letting go of attachments to the past,…
The Value of Stream-Entry
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The Value of Stream-Entry
… for the money.""Take the money, dear son," said the father. But the son refused to touch it. Then his father saluted the Teacher and said, "Reverend sir; today the demeanor of my son pleases me." "How …
This excerpt tells the story of a father who offered his son money for taking the Uposatha precepts and …
The Favorite Jatakas: A Tale of Betrayal
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The Favorite Jatakas: A Tale of Betrayal
Then he woke his wife, and they went together and lifting her up, bed and all, threw her into the river. And the cro…
In this compelling Jataka tale, a wife and her husband conspire to kill her mother-in-law after the wife's …