Hope you would appreciate the following breakthrough from Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi at Google Centre. [youtube]PVKC5FuGjsI[/youtube] .
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Apr 17
22 Vows of Dr. Ambedkar
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar prescribed 22 vows to his followers during the historic religious conversion to Buddhism on 15 October 1956 at Deeksha Bhoomi, Nagpur in India. The conversion to Buddhism by 800,000 people was historic because it was the largest religious conversion, the world has ever witnessed. He prescribed these oaths so that there may be complete …
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Apr 16
Kalama Sutta – Anguttara Nika
An animated rendering of the Kalama Sutta in which the Buddha offers his suggestions as to how to know which of the many religious teachings to follow. The animation is done by students of Aryaloka Computer Education in Nagpur, India. [youtube]A36tmCQ6soI[/youtube]
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Apr 15
Sri Maha Bodhi – Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
The Sacred Jaya Siri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura is reckoned as the oldest surviving historical tree in the world. It was brought to Sri Lanka by the Theri Sangamitta, daughter of Emperor Asoka and was planted in the Mahameghavana Park in Anuradhapura in 249 BC by King Devanampiyatissa. It is said to be the southern …
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Apr 15
Jaya Sri MahaBodhi – Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
ජය ශ්‍රී මහබෝධීන් වහන්සේ සිරිමහබෝ ලක්දිවට වැඩමවීමේ විස්තර කථා – මහාවංශය (පිටු අංක 77 සිට 85 දක්වා Pdf 111 ) සම්මා සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ සම්‍යක්සම්බෝධියෙන් අට වෙනි වර්ෂයෙහි කැළණි දෙස වූ මණිඅක්ඛිත (නරජුහු ) නිවෙසට වැඩි සේක. එතන්හි ධර්ම දේශනා කොට අහසට නැගී සමන්කුළු මතුයෙහි පා සටහන දැක්වූ සේක. සංඝයා සහිත වූ සේක් ඒ පර්වත පාදයෙහි සැපසේ දිවා …
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Apr 13
Budhuguna saha Ashta Vidyawan – Ven Mirahawatte Pagnasiri Thero
බුදුගුණ සහ අෂ්ඨ විද්‍යාවන් පූජ්‍ය මිරහවත්තේ පඤ්ණාසිරි හිමි බුදුරජානණ් වහන්සෙගේ අෂ්ඨ විද්‍යාඥාණ ගැන මනා විග්‍රහයක් ඔබට මෙම ධර්ම දේශනාවෙන් ලබා ගත හැක. [flv]http://assets4.dhammikaweb.com/uploads/2012/02/thebuddhistB_30279326.flv[/flv] .
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Apr 10
Practical Way to Nibbana – Ven U Thitilla Thero
It is a very short stanza; yet it covers all the teachings of the Buddha. It embodies three stages on the Highway to the Highest Happiness Nibbana. I think most of you know that stanza in Pali and therefore I need not repeat it. There are three stages of developing ourselves towards this Highest Happiness. …
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Mar 25
නාගදීපය
ජනක වෙත්තසිංහ සොළොස්මස්ථානයන්හි මහියංගණය ගැන පසුගිය බුදුසරණින් කතා කළ අතර අද අපි හඳුන්වා දෙන්නේ දෙවැනි ස්ථානය වූ ‘ නාගදීපය’ පිළිබඳව ය. බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේ දෙවන වරට ලංකාවට වැඩියේ නාගදීපයට ය. එය සිදුවූයේ බුද්ධත්වයෙන් වසර 5 කට පසුව එළඹුන එක් බක් මස අමාවක පොහොය දිනකදී ය. මේ වනවිට අප මහා ගෞතම සම්බුදුරජාණන් වහන්සේගේ ඒ උත්තුංග සම්බුද්ධත්ව මහා …
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Mar 18
Bellanwila Rajamaha Viharaya – Sri Lanka
In the temple-studded paradise island of Sri Lanka, Bellanwila Rajamaha Vihara occupies a special place. This temple is considered so sacred that there is a long cherished belief that a child who treads the ground under the shade of its scared Bodhi-tree will never fail in life. Situated in the outskirts of the city of …
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Mar 16
Women In Buddhism
In 1983 I was invited to attend an international conference on “Women, Religions, and Social Changes” at Harvard University, U.S.A. At this conference I was given a specific task to write a paper on “The Future of the Bhikkhuni Sangha in Thailand.” Even after years of involvement and commitment on the ordination issue for Buddhist …
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