Monks, novices and nuns walking meditation, Laos “Bhikkhus, live under a protector, not without a protector. One without a protector lives in suffering. There are…
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“Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu may be endowed with faith but he is not virtuous; thus he is incomplete with respect to that factor. He should fulfill…
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Meditation practice At Savatthi. “Bhikkhus, dwell with your minds well established in the four establishments of mindfulness. Do not let the Deathless be lost on…
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A small girl practicing meditation at a monastery, Laos “Bhikkhus, I do not say that there is a termination of volitional kamma that has been…
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Photo by Pixabay from Pexels At Sāvatthī. King Pasenadi of Kosala sat to one side, and the Buddha said to him, “So, great king, where are you coming from…
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Mindfulness of Breathing practice At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans at Mātulā. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” “Venerable…
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The Picture of Venerable Somchitt and Venerable Thavixay On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Sakyans where there was a town of…
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Photo by Jeffrey F Lin on Unsplash “Bhikkhus, this saṃsara is without discoverable beginning. A first point is not discerned of beings roaming and wandering on hindered by…
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Photo by Tirachard Kumtanom from Pexels At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Koliyans, where they have a town named Kakkarapatta. Then Dīghajāṇu the…
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Offering food to monks On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Vesālī in the hall with the peaked roof in the Great Wood.…
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Photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash “Bhikkhus, the destruction of life, repeatedly pursued, developed, and cultivated, is conducive to hell, to the animal realm, and to the sphere…
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Developing Mindfulness of Breathing “Bhikkhus, these six things are unsurpassable. What six? The unsurpassable seeing, listening, acquisition, training, service, and recollection. And what is the unsurpassable seeing? Some…
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Photo by Jan Kroon from Pexels Then King Pasenadi of Kosala went up to the Buddha in the middle of the day … The Buddha said to him, …
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Photo by Pixabay/Pexels Then one of the mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what…
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Photo by Jake Ingle on Unsplash Then Janussonin the brahman went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly…
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Photo by Aleksander Solberg on Unsplash At Sāvatthī. King Pasenadi of Kosala sat to one side, and the Buddha said to him, “So, great king, where are you coming…
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Photo by Greg Rosenke on Unsplash THUS HAVE I HEARD: At one time the Lord was staying near Sāvatthī in the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at…
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