Someone asked me: the objective of maintaining the 8 precepts is to be celibate. If he is able to maintain the third precept, the other subordinate precepts such as the sixth, seventh, and eighth precepts, he does not need to maintain those. Is this tru
Someone asked me: the objective of maintaining the 8 precepts is to be celibate. If he is able to maintain the third precept, the other subordinate precepts such as the sixth, seventh, and eighth precepts, he does not need to maintain those. Is this true?
The Practice of Austerities#1
Once passing the 30 steps of Buddhist practice, we should find that we still have many impurities that can be improved upon. Consequently
Ascetic Practice.
After having padded the 30 steps of life, we found that there are many bad habits such as improper manners we display that are is need of much improvement.
What are Sila Vata (religious or monastic precepts)? How are they different from the 5 precepts?
I heard Luang Phaw talk about Sila Vata (religious or monastic precepts). What are they? How are they different from the 5 precepts?
Overview : 2. The Path of Self-Mortification
According to the Buddha, the practice of self-mortification [attakilamathanuyoga] is fruitless
The Process of Human Reformation
Having discovered that all troubles in human society can be traced back to defilements our minds, it is necessary for us to get to the root of the problem by finding a process of reformation which can effectively remove these defilements.
The 38 Ways to Happiness :- Dhamma Practice (2)
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fifth Group of Blessings. Blessing Sixteen :- Dhamma Practice.
How to spread loving-kindness and make it work
A teacher who had experienced a swarm, she and her students were saved because of the loving-kindness spreading. How can you do to spread loving-kindness and make it work!
The Attainment of Nirvana
Nirvana is the place where suffering cannot access. It is above the rule of the Three Characteristics In that place there is no birth. Getting old, suffering from disease, death, or rebirth
The practitioner stands his mind in the center of the body
The 3rd kind of meditation:- The practitioner stands his mind in the center of the body
