Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon : The Components of the Noble Eightfold Path
The Lord Buddha explained that the Noble Eightfold Path comprises: 1. Right View [Samma Ditthi] 2. Right Intention [Samma Sankappa]
Weekend Meditation for Locals // Nov. 18-20, 2016 - Japanese Meditation Village
Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma, Japan, arranged the Weekend Meditation for Locals during November 18 – 20, 2016 (3 days and 2 nights).
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#1
Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon
The Ceremony of Making Merit since the 72nd Birthday Anniversary of the Most Ven. Phrabhavanaviriyakhun (Luang Phaw Dattajivo)
Buddhist Cosmology; e-book available
Buddhist Cosmology
Weekend Meditation // August 12-14, 2016 - Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma
Wat Phra Dhammakaya Gunma, Japan, arranged the Weekend Meditation for Locals during August 12 – 14, 2016 (3 days & 2 nights) where there were 8 meditation sessions.
First Disciple: the most seasoned in the Perfections
At the end of the Lord Buddha’s sermon, kondanna, the leader of the ‘Group of Five’, became a Stream-Enterer [sotapana]
The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering # 4
In the Lord Buddha’s first sermon to the group of five initial disciples he advocated to steer between the extremes of sensual indulgence
Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#3
This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification-which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas