Category: Buddhism for Kids

Maa Piya Uwatena – Ven Katukurunde Ñāṇananda Thero

මා-පිය උවැටන – පූජ්‍ය කටුකුරුන්දේ ඥාණනන්ද හිමි. අහිංසකා යෙ මුනයො නිචිචිචචං කායෙන සංවුතුතා තෙ යනති අචචුතුතු  ඨානං යත‍ථ ගනත‍වා න සොචරෙ -කොධ වගග, ධමමපද කළගුණ සැළකීම ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ සත්පුරුෂ ගුණයක්. කළගුණ නොසළකන පුද්ගලයා සමාජයේ හැඳින්වෙන්නේ අසත්පුරුෂයෙක්, දුෂ්ටයෙක්, හැටියටයි. කෘතඥතාව ලෝකයේ ඉතාම දුර්ලභ ගුණයක් බව බුදු පියාණන් වහන්සේ වදාළා. ඒ වගේම ඒ දුර්ලභ ගුණය තමන් වහන්සේගේ ජීවිතය …

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Who Creates Problems – Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda

Human problems are complicated. One day one of the Devas approached the Buddha and asked him how to overcome problems. The Devas said,” Lord, can you explain the mystery of the inner tangle and the outer tangle. Human beings are entangled in a tangle and I would like to ask, who will succeed in disentangling …

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What did you gain from meditation?

Ask A Meditator: What did you gain from meditation? Lot of things changed actually. the reason why I came here, I was feeling anxious & feeling anger and depression, things that people usually feel about. But I was not really ok with it.  I realized that I wasn’t going to live with it. not to …

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Making the Five Precepts Easy for Children to Understand

Once, I had the chance to observe a senior monk simplify the Five Precepts for the children. The writer was impressed with the method and would like to pass on this information to parents as a guideline. It was taught in the form of dialogue between the teacher and the children:   The Origin of …

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What is this Religion – Ven Dr K Sri Dhammananda Thero

Every man must have a religion and that religion must be one which will appeal to the intellectual mind. A man failing to observe religious principles, becomes a danger to society. There is no doubt that scientist and psychologists have widened our horizon but they have not been able to tell us our purpose in …

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Are Buddhists really idol worshippers? – Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Thero

  Many people are under a misapprehension that Buddhists pray to idols. This is due to a lack of knowledge of the teaching of the Buddha and Buddhist customs and traditions. Buddhists do not normally pray to images and idols; what they do is to pay homage to a great religious teacher who is worthy …

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How to Teach Buddhism to Children – Dr. Helmuth Klar

How can Buddhist parents best teach their own children Buddhism? Since they will seldom have the opportunity to teach it to other children, let alone the children of non-Buddhist parents. As I do not wish to theories, I shall speak only from practical experience with my own children, and so of Western children in general. …

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The Five Precepts – Buddhism for Kids

When they said “no lies“ they looked at each other, but when they said “no alcohol” they looked off camera … The Five Precepts: 1. Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures. 2. Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is …

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Simile Of The Cup – Ven Ajahn Brahm

How can one not love Ajahn Brahm? He makes you laugh, laugh, & laugh then learn all at the same time. Amazingly simple & wonderful teaching! Thanks so much [youtube]Y-QlSW5KwxI[/youtube] .

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Are Buddhists really idol worshippers? – Ven. Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda Thero

  Many people are under a misapprehension that Buddhists pray to idols. This is due to a lack of knowledge of the teaching of the Buddha and Buddhist customs and traditions. Buddhists do not normally pray to images and idols; what they do is to pay homage to a great religious teacher who is worthy …

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