Tsunami Hit Coral Resort

The famous resort, “Coral Resort”, has been often used for meditation retreat. On 26th December 2004, Sunday morning, it got hit by the tsunami disaster. What caused this resort to be completely destroyed and what merit should the owner do to prevent from suffering losses in the future? What past kamma caused the resort staffs to die in this disaster and why some of them survived? DMC has the answers

Author’s Preface

Buddhism is unique in teaching a way to overcome suffering, with its aim definitively to liberate oneself from the Cycle of Existence [vadda-samsara] thereby attaining the highest eternal happiness

Doctors and nurses by the nature of their work often are involved in birth, ageing, illness and death, but most of them are not interested in Buddhism which teaches the truth about life, why it is so? how should I persuade them to study the Lord Buddha’s

Doctors and nurses by the nature of their work often are involved in birth, ageing, illness and death, but most of them are not interested in Buddhism which teaches the truth about life, why it is so? And how should I persuade them to study the Lord Buddha’s Teachings?

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The Mind as the Origin of Peace and War

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The Enlightenment of the Buddha’s First Disciple # 1

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My friend told me that regular people like him/her who work, maintaining the precepts is enough no need to meditate. How can I explain to him/her?

I once invited a friend to meditate. My friend told me that regular people like him/her who work, maintaining the precepts is enough. It is not necessary to meditate also. How can I explain Luang Phaw’s teachings to him/her?

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