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𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
17 Sept, 08:36
Our Journey in Samsara Has Been Very Long"In just one aeon, the accumulation of a single person’s bones would form a heap as large as a mountain, thus it was said by the great seer.When one sees the noble truths with right wisdom— suffering, the arising of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the Noble Eightfold Path that leads to the cessation of suffering.Having wandered on for seven times at most, that person makes an end of suffering, through the wearing away of all the fetters."- Buddha, Aṭṭhipuñja Sutta
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
16 Sept, 08:25
Why does a Buddha Arise in the World?If these three things were not found in the world, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the perfectly Awakened One would not arise in the world, nor would the Dhamma and Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathāgata shine in the world. What are the three?Birth, old age, and death.But because these three things are found in the world, the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the perfectly Awakened One arises in the world, and the Dhamma and Vinaya proclaimed by the Tathāgata shines in the world.Without giving up three things, one is incapable of giving up birth, old age, and death. What three?Not giving up passion (rāga), not giving up aversion (dosa), and not giving up delusion (moha).- AN 10.76 Tayodhamma sutta
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
14 Sept, 15:16
Phuṭṭhassa lokadhammehi, cittaṁ yassa na kampati; Asokaṁ virajaṁ khemaṁ, etaṁ maṅgalamuttamaṁ.When touched by the vicissitudes of life, whose mind does not waver, sorrow-free, unblemished, and secure— This is the highest blessing.-Buddha, Maṅgala Sutta
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
13 Sept, 07:02
Hotu sabbaṁ sumaṅgalaṁ Rakkhantu sabba-devatā Sabba-buddhānubhāvena Sotthī hontu nirantaraṁMay there be every good blessing. May all the devas protect you. Through the power of all the Buddhas, may you forever be well.
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
11 Sept, 07:25
The SageThe sage wandering alone, diligent, unshaken by blame and praise; like a lion, unstartled by sounds, like the wind, uncaught in a net, like a lotus, unsullied by water, a leader of others, by others unled— he, too, is one the wise know as a sage.One who remains firm like a pillar at a ford, when others speak praise and blame; that one, free from passion, with well composed faculties— he, too, is one the wise know as a sage.Who is self-restrained and does no evil, whether young or middle-aged, the sage is restrained; unprovokable, he provokes no one— he, too, is one the wise know as a sage.
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
7 Sept, 06:51
Not Clinging to Any Feeling (SN 36.3 Pahāna sutta)When experiencing pleasure, if one does not discern feeling, the underlying tendency to desire is present for one who does not see the escape.When experiencing pain, if one does not discern feeling, the underlying tendency to aversion is present for one who does not see the escape.The peaceful neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling, taught by the one of vast wisdom; if one seeks delight even in that, one is still not freed from suffering.But when a bhikkhu exerts continuous effort, and does not neglect clear awareness; then that wise one
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
3 Sept, 10:24edited
2600 Years old Staircase to Tavatimsa Heaven - History of SankisaSankasya (also Sankissa, Sankassa) is one of the ‘Eight Great Places’ (Ashtamahasthan, in the Pali canons) of the Buddhist pilgrimage. According to Buddhist literature, it was here that the Buddha performed the ‘miracle of descending from the heavens accompanied by Indra and Brahma’.Samuel Beal in his translated account of Fa Hian – Travels of Fah-Hian and Sung-Yun, Buddhist pilgrims, from China to India mentions that: "As per legend, Bodhisattva Maitreya was born here in Sankassa as a millionaire named Siriwardhana at the period of the Buddha Gautama, and on this exact day, the day the Buddha descended from heaven Tavatimsa, Siriwardhana arrived to this area and was admitted to the Buddha’s dispensation here. "Hiuen Thsang saw a 70-foot high staircase at the spot where the Buddha had descended from heaven. On the𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
3 Sept, 08:18edited
Cultivation of MettaWhatever grounds for making merits there are associated with acquisitions, all of them do not amount to a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness.Surpassing them by far, the liberation of mind by loving-kindness shines forth, radiates, and is brilliant.One who develops loving-kindness, boundless, and cultivated with mindfulness; their fetters become weak, and they see the wearing away of attachment.Even if one harbors no ill will towards a single being, and develops loving-kindness, that is wholesome; intent on compassion towards all beings, the noble one generates abundant merit.- ITI 27 Mettābhāvanā sutta
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
29 Aug, 17:44
A Mind Free From HatredTruly, we live happily, free from hatred among the hateful; among those who are hostile, we dwell free from hostility.Truly, we live happily, untroubled among the troubled; among those who are afflicted, we dwell free from affliction.Truly, we live happily, unworried among the restless; among those who are anxious, we dwell without anxious striving.Truly, we live happily, we who possess no impediments; we shall be nourished by joy,
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
25 Aug, 10:17edited
Who burnt the Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya?Historical accounts identify several figures and groups responsible for destroying or damaging the original Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya, with the tree being replanted each time from surviving cuttings.King Shashanka: The ruler of Gauda (Bengal), is historically reputed to have cut down and damaged the Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya. Shashanka, a staunch Shaivite Hindu, persecuted Buddhists and ordered the destruction of the Bodhi tree where the Buddha attained enlightenment.King Pushyamitra Shunga: A ruler of the Shunga dynasty who destroyed the tree during his persecution of Buddhism in the 2nd century BCE.Bhaktiar Khalji: The tree has also been destroyed by various invaders, including Bhaktiar Khalji (1194 CE), and damaged by natural disasters like storms.Queen Tissarakkha: The wife of Emperor Ashoka, who ordered the original tree cut down around𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
24 Aug, 15:53edited
How Meditation Slows Skin Aging, Reduces Wrinkles, & MoreIn the Metta Sutta (AN 11.15) Buddha states 11 benefits of cultivating loving-kindness meditation, one of them is "One’s facial complexion becomes clear".Research by Elizabeth Hoge at Massachusetts General Hospital discovered that women who practiced Loving-Kindness Meditation had significantly longer telomeres than age-matched controls, suggesting a direct link between this specific practice and cellular longevity.According to research meditation can help you look younger by slowing biological aging processes and improving physical appearance through stress reduction and cellular health. Meditation significantly lowers cortisol levels, a stress hormone that breaks down collagen and elastin, which are vital for maintaining skin elasticity and preventing wrinkles.Reference: https://shamathaproject.org/
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
24 Aug, 12:14
The Power of Karma - Ajahn ThannisaroWe tend to think of karma as something negative that comes from the past and cannot be changed, and that the present moment is totally shaped by our past actions—which sounds fatalistic. But actually, that’s not how the Buddha taught karma. As he said, if everything were determined by the past, there would be no path to the end of suffering. His actual explanation was that what you experience in the present moment is a combination of three things: the results of past karma, your present karma—the choices you’re making right now, which are not necessarily determined by the past—and then the results of your present actions.As the Buddha said, your present moment experience comes from the raw material coming in from the past, but your actual experience of the present moment requires that you shape that raw material with your intentions in the𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
22 Aug, 20:02edited
Buddha's Statue found in Egypt / AlexandriaThe most significant evidence is the Berenike Buddha, a 71 cm (28 in) marble statue discovered in 2022 in the forecourt of a Temple of Isis. It is the first ancient Buddha image found west of Afghanistan, proving that Buddhist devotional practices occurred within Roman Egypt, not just among transient travelers.Dated to the 2nd century CE, it depicts the Buddha in a Gandharan style (Greco-Buddhist art) with a halo of sunrays and a lotus flower.The statue is made of Mediterranean marble (Parian or Anatolian), not Indian stone. This proves that artisans in Alexandria possessed the technical knowledge and iconographic familiarity to sculpt the Buddha in the Gandharan style for a local or regional patron. The existence of such a workshop implies a resident community of Indian Buddhists in Alexandria wealthy enough to commission religious art,
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
14 Aug, 08:49edited
What is Nirvana?Buddha describes the state of Nirvana as a transcendent dimension, as the highest bliss. Nirvana is not a physical location or a place one travels to; it is an unconditioned state and reality that transcends space and time. Because it is beyond space, it has no location ("where"), and because it is beyond time, it has no beginning or end. It is often called the "Unborn, Unbecome, Unmade, Unconditioned"Nirvana is primarily experienced as the extinction of the poisons of greed, hatred, and delusion. It can be attained in this very life (Nirvana with remainder) upon enlightenment, and fully realized upon the death of the physical body (Nirvana without remainder).Bhikkhus, there exists a base, where there is neither earth, nor water, nor fire, nor wind; neither the base of boundless space, nor the base of boundless consciousness, nor the base of nothingness, nor the𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
14 Aug, 07:53
Whatever wealth there is, here or in other worlds, or whatever excellent gem is in the heavens; there is none equal to the Tathāgata. This too is the excellent gem in the Buddha; by this truth, may there be well-being.- Ratana Sutta
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
11 Aug, 08:27edited
✨What 5 things causes Awakening in this very Life?✨In this sutta, the Buddha explains that if a monk wishes to attain the destruction of the mental fermentations (āsavakkhaya) in this very life, they must abandon the five mental bondages (cetokhila) and possess the five qualities.1) Perfect morality (sīla). 2) Devotion to mental tranquillity (samatha). 3) Not neglecting the mental absorptions (jhāna). 4) Cultivating insight (vipassanā). 5) Frequenting remote and peaceful places.- Cetokhila Sutta (AN 5.20)⚠️ Ten Obstacles to Spiritual Growth ⚠️The Buddha teaches that a monk who has not abandoned five kinds of mental barrenness (cetokhilā) and severed five mental bondages (cetaso vinibandhā) cannot achieve growth or fulfillment in the holy life.❌ The Five Mental Barrennesses (Cetokhilā)1) Doubt about the Buddha: Uncertainty or lack of confidence in the Teacher. 2) Doubt𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
11 Aug, 07:43edited
Times that are supportive for meditation practice (AN 5.54)1) Firstly, a mendicant is a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life.2) Furthermore, they are rarely ill or unwell. Their stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, but just right, and fit for meditation.3) Furthermore, there’s plenty of food, a good harvest, so it’s easy to get almsfood, and easy to keep going by collecting alms.4) Furthermore, people live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes.5) Furthermore, the Saṅgha lives comfortably, in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, with one recitation. When the Saṅgha is in harmony, they don’t abuse, insult, block, or forsake each other. This inspires confidence in those without it, and increases confidence in those
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
10 Aug, 16:26
Guarding one’s speech, well-restrained in mind, and doing no unwholesome actions with the body; purify these three modes of action, and succeed on the path taught by the sage.- Buddha, Dhammapada 281
𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
7 Aug, 07:59edited
Buddha on LazinessBy consorting with a lazy person, even a virtuous person sinks; therefore one should steer clear of a lazy person, who is weak in effort.One should dwell together with the wise, with the secluded Noble Ones; with resolute meditators, who are continuously energetic.- Itivutakka 78 Dhātusosaṁsandana suttaThe opposite of laziness is rousing of energy, diligence, vigour, continuous effort.Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu endowed with these four qualities is incapable of decline, and is near to Nibbāna.Well established in virtue, restrained in the sense faculties,𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗱𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆
3 Aug, 07:19
Form is Emptiness, Emptiness is FormWe have the mindfulness to give up evil, to be a person who is established in sila.We give up evil, making merit, and purify the mind. We practise like this and ultimately one day the mind will gather together, and it will be amazing what we can see. We see emptiness. We see rupa, form.But there is emptiness in that form. Or in that emptiness, there is form in that as well.Why is that?Because they are not different. Form isn’t different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form. Because that form is emptiness.
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