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When you try to get rid of fear or anger, what happens?

2 January 2, 2021

When you try to get rid of fear or anger, what happens? You just get restless or discouraged and have to go eat something or smoke or drink or do something else. But if you wait and endure restlessness, greed, hatred, doubt, despair, and sleepiness, if you observe these conditions as they cease and end, you will attain a kind of calm and mental clarity, which you will never achieve if you’re always going after something else. ~ Ajahn Sumedho
Mind’s ultimate nature

Comment January 2, 2021

Mind’s ultimate nature, emptiness endowed with vividness,
I was told is the real Buddha.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of hierarchy.

Mind’s ultimate nature, its emptiness aspect,
I was told is the real Dharma.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of political correctness.

Mind’s ultimate nature, its vivid aspect,
I was told is the real Sangha.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with thoughts of equal rights.

One cannot disassociate emptiness from vividness.
This inseparability I was told is the Guru.
Recognizing this should help me
Not to be stuck with depending on chauvinist lamas. Continue reading →
Chabbaggiya Bhikkhu Vatthu

Comment January 2, 2021

Verse 130: All are afraid of the stick, all hold their lives dear. Putting oneself in another’s place, one should not beat or kill others.

The Story of a Group of Six Bhikkhus

While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (130) of this book, with reference to a group of six bhikkhus.

After coming to blows the first time, the same two groups of bhikkhus quarrelled again over the same building. As the rule prohibiting beating others had already been laid down, the group of six threatened the other group with upraised hands. The group of seventeen, who were junior to the chabbaggis, cried out in fright. The Buddha hearing about this laid down the disciplinary rule forbidding the raising of hands in threat.

Then the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:

Verse 130: All are afraid of the stick, all hold their lives dear. Putting oneself in another’s place, one should not beat or kill others.

Dhammapada Verse 130
Chabbaggiya Bhikkhu Vatthu

Sabbe tasanti dandassa
sabbesam jivitam piyam
attanam upamam katva
na haneyya na ghataye.

Source: Tipitaka
ទស្សនៈសម្តេចព្រះសង្ឃរាជ ជោតញ្ញាណោ ជួន ណាត

1 January 2, 2021

១-មនុស្សល្ងង់ លង់នឹងអំនួត
២-មនុស្សឆ្កួត លង់នឹងអំណាច
៣-មនុស្សកាច លង់នឹងកម្លាំង
៤-មនុស្សពូកែចម្បាំង លង់នឹងអាវុធ
៥-មនុស្សមោះមុត លង់នឹងចំណេះវិជ្ជា ។
៦-បើឥតគំនិតងងឹងតលុះមរណា
៧-បើឥតសិក្សាល្ងង់លុះក្ស័យ ។

— អានដោយ សុស ចិន្តាមុនី
The Buddha and His Dhamma

1 January 1, 2021

Buddhism originated with an Indian prince known as the Buddha, who taught in Northeast India in the fifth century BC. Two centuries later, with the support of the Emperor Asoka, Buddhism spread over the greater part of India and from there traveled the full breadth of the Asian continent. In several tidal waves of missionary zeal it rose up from its Indian homeland and inundated other regions, offering the peoples among whom it took root a solid foundation of faith and wisdom upon which to build their lives and a source of inspiration towards which to direct their hopes. At different points in history Buddhism has commanded followings in countries as diverse geographically, ethnically, and culturally as Afghanistan and Japan, Siberia and Cambodia, Korea and Sri Lanka; yet all have looked towards the same Indian sage as their master.

Though for historical reasons Buddhism eventually disappeared from India by about the twelfth century, before it vanished it had profoundly transformed Hinduism. In our own time Indian thinkers as different as Swami Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi, and Nehru have looked upon the Buddha as a model. In the twentieth century, too, while Buddhism has lost much of its following in the East, it has begun to have a growing impact on an increasing number of people in the West, and in its own quiet way it is sending down firm roots in several countries of the Western hemisphere. Continue reading →
Angulimala — The Murderer Who Became a Saint

Comment January 1, 2021

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King Pasenadi’s chaplain was a learned but superstitious Brahmin named Bhaggava Gagga. It was his job to cast horoscopes, advise about the best time to embark on various projects and ward off evil influences with spells and mantras. He was filled with joy when his wife gave birth to a boy, but when the baby’s horoscope was drawn up, his joy turned to dread. The horoscope indicated that the boy would grow up with criminal tendencies. Filled with superstitious fear, the parents decided to name the boy Ahimsaka, ‘Harmless’ in the hope that this would counter the influence of the stars. “The boy grew up into a fine youth who was good at his studies and obedient to his parents. But to make sure that the boy would never turn bad, they constantly stressed to him the importance of obeying them and doing what he was told.

Eventually, he left home for Taxila to do his higher studies. In those days, young Brahmins would go to Taxila and live in the house of a learned Brahmin to learn traditional lore and in return, work in his home. The relationship would be like that between father and son. Ahimsaka was a particularly obedient student which earned him special attention from his teacher but it also created jealousy in the other students. They decided to try to turn the teacher against Ahimsaka. According to plan, they went one by one to the teacher and whispered that his favourite student was trying to usurp his position. At first the teacher dismissed this as nonsense, but gradually the seeds of doubt were sown, and they eventually sprouted into suspicion and the teacher became convinced of Ahimsaka’s hostility to him. “This young man is strong in body and quite capable of doing me harm. I must get rid of him and make sure he never comes back,” he thought to himself. One day, the teacher called Ahimsaka and said: “You have successfully finished your studies, now you must bring me my fee.” “Certainly,” said Ahimsaka. ” What do you demand as your fee?” “You must bring me a thousand first fingers from the human hand.” “Surely you don’t require this of me?” responded the horrified Ahimsaka. “You have taken from me and in return you must now do my bidding. Go now and bring a thousand fingers.” The teacher’s hope was, of course, that in the process of carrying out this task Ahimsaka would be killed and he would never have to see him again. Continue reading →
Most beautiful Buddhist chanting in Pali by Venerable Vajiradhamma

1 December 31, 2020

No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again. — Buddha

A New Year is like a blank book, and the pen is in your hands. It is your chance to write a beautiful story for yourself. Happy New Year. — shutterfly

Jendhamuni in Boston on December 28, 2020.
Buddhist Theravada Pali Chanting by Venerable Vajiradhamma

Comment December 31, 2020

One of the best Pali Buddhist Chanting. It is a very peaceful, tranquil, pleasant and harmonious chanting.

This Chanting has helped many people to become peace, calm and tranquil, build mindfulness while listening and/or chant attentively, re-gain confidence from fear and uncertainty, bring happiness and positive energy for those who are in sick and those in their last moment in this very life (as hearing is thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process). May you get the benefits of this chanting too.

This compilation consists of Recollection of Buddha (Buddhanusati or Itipiso), Recollection of Dhamma (Dhammanusati), Recollection of Sangaha (Sanghanusati), Mangala Sutta, Ratana Sutta, Karaniya Metta Sutta, Khandha Sutta, Bhaddekaratta Gatha, Metta Chant, Accaya Vivarana, Vandana, Pattanumodana, Devanumodana, Punnanumodana and Patthana.

This compilation is made possible by Venerable Samanera Dhammasiri getting the permission from Venerable Vajiradhamma Thera to compile and distribute, and co-edit and proofing.

Website: www.dhammalink.com
សីលប្រាំ

Comment December 31, 2020

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សីលប្រាំ — អានដោយ សុស ចិន្តាមុនី

រីឯសីលប្រាំ ព្រះពុទ្ធទ្រង់ផ្តាំ ធ្វើចិត្តឲ្យស្អាត
ទី១ហៅថា បាណាតិបាត ហាមឃាត់ដាច់ខាត
កុំសម្លាប់សត្វ ។

ទី២អទិន្នា យើងទាំងអស់គ្នា ត្រូវចេះអារកាត់
កុំលួចទ្រព្យគេ ឲ្យប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន ក្រែងមានវិបត្តិ
ដិតដល់ខ្លួនយើង ។

ទី៣កាមេ ទាំងយើងទាំងគេ កុំជែងចចើង
ប្រពន្ធប្តីគេ ទាបថោកឥតថ្កើង ត្រូវលះវៀរឡើង
កុំយកខ្លួនបៀត ។

ទី៤មុសា ព្រះពុទ្ធហាមថា ធម៌មុសាវាទ
កុំភូតកុហក់ ប្រវ័ញ្ចមិត្តញាតិ ធ្វើឲ្យឃ្លៀងឃ្លាត
អស់ទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ ។

ទី៥សុរា ចុងក្រោយហាមថា ឲ្យប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន
កុំសេពសុរា មេរ័យវិបត្តិ ត្រូវចេះដុសខាត់
រក្សាសីល៥ ។

បើយើងរក្សា សីល៥ជាប់ណា នោះត្រូវចងចាំ
ថាយើងស្លាប់ទៅ មិនមានសាំញ៉ាំ អុ្នកជាប់សីលប្រាំ
ទៅកាន់ឋានសួគ៌ ។
Understanding the mind as it is

1 December 31, 2020

If we meditate on the mind, we can understand the mind as it is. With this understanding, whatever good qualities need to be developed will be developed, and whatever negative qualities need to be abandoned will be abandoned. Along the way good qualities, such as faith and confidence in the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, the energy to practice, love, and compassion, will become stronger and stronger. All of this is just through understanding the mind as it is. ~ Thrangu Rinpoche

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Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

Should anyone wish to ridicule me and make me an object of jest and scorn why should I possibly care if I have dedicated myself to others?

Let them do as they wish with me so long as it does not harm them. May no one who encounters me ever have an insignificant contact.

Regardless whether those whom I meet respond towards me with anger or faith, may the mere fact of our meeting contribute to the fulfilment of their wishes.

May the slander, harm and all forms of abuse that anyone should direct towards me act as a cause of their enlightenment.