The reality is the same for all of us. Even those who are neither Buddhists, nor Hindus, are reborn, whether they believe it or not. At least they cannot deny that they have been born, can they? So the difference between Rebirth in Buddhism, and Re-incarnation in Hinduism […]
Author: pesala
The Holy Quest
After his enlightenment the Buddha uttered the following spontaneous verse: Through many births I wandered, Seeking, but not finding, the builder of this house. Painful is repeated existence. Oh housebuilder, you are seen now. You shall build no house again. All your rafters are […]
How do you know what is right?
Good question. Short answer is, you don’t, at least not to begin with. The Pali words for the eight factors of the noble path all begin with sammā- e.g. sammā-diṭṭhi (right view), sammā-saṅkappo (right thought). However, sammā doesn’t just mean right. How do we […]
The Four Kinds of Nutriment
All conditioned phenomena arise due to one of four causes. These are known as the four foods, or four nutriments: 1. Physical food. 2. Climate. 3. Mind or consciousness. 4. Kamma (including, but not confined to kamma in past lives). Physical food is essential […]
The Way of Inquiry – The First Discourse
Not my first discourse, I hasten to add, but the Buddha’s first discourse. That seems like an appropriate place to start. If you are reading this thread then I assume that you wish to know more about the teaching of the Buddha. I will […]
What is Genuine Vipassanā Meditation?
There are many discourses on meditation, but the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta is perhaps the most important one. Sati means “mindfulness” or “awareness,” and upaṭṭhāna means setting up or “establishing.” So the discourse is about the setting up of mindfulness. There are four foundations of mindfulness: […]
A Discussion on Patience
In his discourse on the Vammika Sutta, the Venerable Mahāsi Sayādaw relates the following incident that took place in Thanbyuzayat, a town within Moulmein District, and was published in one of the Daily Newspapers. Four or five elders from that town were chatting on […]
Exorcising Evil Spirits
If you’re having a lot of difficulties in your family life, it will help to perform an Exorcism Ceremony to drive out all of the Evil Spirits. If you want, you can invite a Buddhist monk or several monks to perform this ceremony for […]
Idiot Compassion
Spoiling with too much Kindness Parents and grandparents who are too kind to children spoil their character. Doing whatever one wants, and being given everything that one asks for, is not the way for children to learn and grow up. They should be taught […]
Why are Buddhists Killing the Rohingya People?
Virtuous Buddhists observe the five precepts, avoiding killing even snakes and scorpions. It is impossible that they would kill defenceless women and children. Not all Buddhists are virtuous. Soldiers, especially, are not famous for abstaining from killing. Buddhists who are normally virtuous sometimes kill […]
