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Are You Ready for Old Age?
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Time is passing.
Things are changing.
From the smallest cells of your body
To the biggest stars in the universe,
Nothing is permanent.
A flower blooms and fades away.
A tiny plant grows to a huge tree and dies.
Living beings arise and pass away.
Life is a flux of energy of constant change.
The moment you are born is the moment you start getting old.
Birth and Death are nothing but changing.
Are you ready for old age?
Do you think it’s too early to get ready?
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Art of Giving
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Giving is done out of compassion. Out of anger too. People give away, thinking it is a duty some practise charity. But what exactly is in your mind when you give?
Some give for the Name. Some others give to receive. Some give to be detached. But what exactly is your purpose of giving?
"Offer to the Buddha and that’s the best" says someone.
"Offering to monks bear the greatest fruit" says another.
But what did the Buddha say?
Giving is an art. Let’s learn the noble way of giving.
Once mastered it well, it brings happiness in this life and lives to come. |
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| Bodhi Puja and Satta Bojjhanga Chanting |
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Bodhi-tree is highly respected by the Buddhists. They consider it as an object of veneration. It is because great ascetic Siddhārta attained Buddha hood under the shade of this tree. “Bodhi” means the Enlightenment. In Buddhist arts this tree is used as a symbol of Enlightenment.
In the second week of his enlightenment Buddha stood at a certain distance gazing at Bodhi tree which sheltered him during his struggle for enlightenment with motionless eyes, as a mark of profound gratitude. Here, the Buddha taught us the first moral lesson, the gratitude.
The Buddha recommended Bodhi-tree as an object of veneration and “Ānanda Bodhi-tree” was planted according to the instructions of the Buddha.
Buddhists make offerings like flowers, lights, incense to Bodhi-tree as a mark of great reverence. It is not paying respect to a tree. It is paying respect to the Buddha hood, Enlightenment which is the last goal of all the Buddhists.
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Dependent Origination by Piyadassi Thera
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Healthy Thoughts by Ven. Kanugolle Rathanasara
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We all like to listen to beautiful stories. In this book this aspect of human nature is used to touch the mind of children and teach qualities like loving kindness, compassion, altruistic joy and gratitude.
Healthy food for physical development and healthy thoughts for spiritual development are equally important. In order to raise children according to Buddhist morals we have to train them to pay respect to their parents and elders, follow the advice of teachers, associate with good friends, speak truthful and kind words and help others. |
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Practical Advice for Meditators by Bhikkhu Khantipalo
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Secret of a Good Relationship
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How to have a good relationship in your working place, with your partner, with friends and relatives?
How to be a friendly, attractive, and nice person whom every one likes?
Ten kinds of benefits that you can enjoy here and now, through practicing a Buddhist technique.
If you learn to practice this technique,
- There is no need sleeping tablets for a comfortable sleep
- No need to spend a lot of money to have a beautiful and charming face
- No need to run after the friends but they will come after you,
- You will be popular among your friends, relatives
And not only that, even among non human beings.
But what is this technique? A powerful Mantra? A Miracle? |
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| The Buddha : His Life and Teaching by Piyadassi Thera |
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| The Buddha and His Dhamma by Bhikkhu Bodhi |
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Two Lectures on Buddhism
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| The Buddha’s Teaching In His Own Words by Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli |
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