EACH YEAR on February 17, Buddhists throughout Sri Lanka light brass lamps and offer burning incense to commemorate the anniversary of the death of an American-born Buddhist hero. In Theravadan temples, saffron-robed monks bow down before his photograph, and boys and girls in schools, houses across the country offer gifts in his memory. May the …
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Jun 02
A Course in the Pali Language – Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi
Pali is the language used to preserve the Buddhist canon of the Theravada Buddhist tradition, which is regarded as the oldest complete collection of Buddhist texts surviving in an Indian language. Pali is closely related to Sanskrit, but its grammar and structure are simpler. Traditional Theravadins regard Pali as the language spoken by the Buddha …
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Jun 02
Visuddhimargaya – Ven Buddhaghosa Thero
විස්තරාර්ථ සන්න සහිත විශුද්ධිමාර්ගය බුද්ධඝෝෂ අටුවාචාරීන් වහන්සේ Source : Dhamma Books බුද්ධඝෝෂ හිමියන් භාරත බෞද්ධ සාහිත්‍යයේ අතිශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ ග්‍රන්ථ කර්‍තෘවරුන් අතර බොහෝ විචාරකයන්ගේ පැසැසුමට ලක්වූ කීර්තිදරයෙකි.” මහාවංශය තුළින් බුද්ධඝෝෂ හිමියන්ගේ තරමක ජීවන තොරතුරු දැනගත හැකි ය. මහාවංශයේ සදහන් පරිදි බුද්ධඝෝෂ හිමියන් උපත ලබා තිබෙන්නේ බුද්ධගයාව ආසන්නයේ බව සදහන් වේ. බුද්ධඝෝෂ හිමියන් තම ගුරු රේවත හිමියන් ගේ …
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May 30
Irritation – Ven Ajahn Brahmavamso Thero
Irritation Irritation is part of life. How you deal with it is what matters. Ajahn Brahm introduces several techniques to help deal with it, including positive reinforcement and the similes of the empty trash can and Ajahn Mosquito.
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May 29
Anuruddha Master of the Divine Eye – by Hellmuth Hecker
The Buddha’s father, King Suddhodana, had a brother, the prince Amitodana, who had five children. Among them was Ananda, who was later to be the Buddha’s faithful attendant, and Mahanama, heir to the Sakyan throne. A third brother was Anuruddha. Among those who were pre-eminent in a particular skill was the venerable Anuruddha, who was …
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May 26
Pina Saha Kusalaya
පින සහ කුසලය පින සහ කුසලය පිලිබදව විවිධ මතිමතාන්තර නිතරම ඉදිරිපත් වීම දක්නට ලැබේ. මෙය අර්ථ වශයෙන් දෙකක් යන් න එක මතයකී. “පින” යනු කුසල යෙහි ලෞකික කොටස බව තව මතයකී. ථෙරවාදය අසුරෙන් සම්පාදනය වී ඇති මෙම ලිපියෙන් පින සහ කුසලය පිලිබදව මනා විග්‍රහයක් ඔබට ලබා ගත හැකි ය. [pdf]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/pdfs/EBooks_Aathaapi_Dilations_01_Pin_and_Kusal_2008_Nov_27_v12.pdf[/pdf]
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May 25
The Incontrovertible Teachings – Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi Thero
Apannaka Sutta – Majjhima Nikaya No. 60 Effect on conduct: avoidance of wholesome action; leads to unwholesome deeds of body, speech, and thought. Reason: not seeing the danger in unwholesome states & benefits in renouncing them eBook [pdf]http://www.dhammikaweb.com/pdfs/M0007_MN-60_WrongViews.pdf[/pdf] Audio [mp3]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2011/03/M0007_MN-060.mp3[/mp3]
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May 23
Remembering the Ven. Dr. Hammalawa Saddhatissa Thera
Venerable Dr. Hammalawa Saddhatissa (M.A., Ph.D, D.Litt) was born in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1914. He was ordained as a Buddhist monk in 1926. Proficient in Pali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese and Hindi, he studied at the Universities of Benares, London and Edinburgh. He received his Ph.D from the University of Edinburgh in 1963. He was …
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May 22
The Buddha and His Teachings
by Venerable Narada Mahathera THE WHEEL OF LIFE – PATICCA-SAMUPPĀDA “No God no Brahma can be found, No matter of this wheel of life, Just bare phenomena roll Dependent on conditions all!” — VISUDDHI MAGGA The process of rebirth has been fully explained by the Buddha in the Paticca-Samuppāda. Paticca means “because of” or “dependent …
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May 13
Abhidhamma Researches in Buddhist Psychology – Ven Nyanaponika Thera
The Abhidhamma Pitaka, or the Philosophical Collection, forms the third great section of the Buddhist Pàli Canon (Tipitaka). In its most characteristic parts it is a system of classifications, analytical enumerations and definitions, with no discursive treatment of the subject matter. In particular its two most important books, the Dhammasangaõã and the Paññhàna, have the …
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