Making Good Buddhism
“When a bhikkhu has known that covetousness and unrighteous greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind and has abandoned it; when a bhikkhu has known that ill will…negligence is …
Read MoreRefuge in the Buddha – Faith in limitless possibility within us.
“Cunda, as to those various views that arise in the world associated either with doctrines of a self or with doctrines about the world: if [the object] in relation to …
“The brahmins honor this not only out of faith, Master Gotama. They also honor it as oral tradition.” “Bhāradvāja, first you took your stand on faith, now you speak of …
Read MoreBuddhist Faith – Be honest, humble, and open and do not believe without thinking carefully.
Translated by Doshine Avalokiteshvara,when practicing the profound perfection of wisdom,did light up and saw thatfive aggregates were of emptinessand he overcame all suffering and misfortune. Sariputra!Form is emptinessand emptiness is …
“And while this discourse was being spoken, there arose in “the Venerable Kondañña the dust-free, stainless vision of the Dhamma: “Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.” …
“Bhante, there are some ascetics and brahmins who come to Kesaputta. They explain and elucidate their own doctrines, but disparage, denigrate, deride, and denounce the doctrines of others. But then …
Read MoreBudhism should be regarded as a religion among many.
“Bhikkhus, I shall teach you a discourse on the root of all things. Listen and attend closely to what I shall say.” … “Here, bhikkhus, an untaught ordinary person, who has …
Bhikkhus, I am freed from all snares, both celestial and human. You too, bhikkhus, are freed from all snares, both celestial and human. Wander forth, O bhikkhus, for the welfare …
Read MoreTeach the Dhamma in the World for the Happiness of People
