The Great Imperial Crystal Ball of Bavaria is a sacred principle crystal ball that was named by the Most Venerable Phrathepyanmahamunee (Luang Phaw DhammaChaiyo), the Abbot of Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Thailand.
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
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)
This is an attitude to the world which sees the importance of sharing what one has with others, whether it be the things we eat, the things we use, our time, our knowledge or a helping hand, It doesn’t mean that everything needs to be equally shared, but it means that a person shouldn’t believe that it ought to be ‘every man to himself’.
All those who are living will one day depart from this world, but before they depart, they are usually ill, lying on a hospital bed
The first time when I began the Dhammakaya Meditation method : I was sitting on the floor on a 10cm high and round meditation cushion in the half lotus position or kneeling with my lower legs turned back.
One woman has encountered lots of mystery stories in her life. She met the white water buffalo and the strange horse, called “Kwan”. She felt as if she traveled to the past. Are there stories real? DMC has the answers.
The refined mind is clear, bright, and free from defilements. To refine one’s mind is not easy because one has to work against the temptations thrown up by the mental defilements.
All trees living together in the woods can live for a long time because each of them helps bump against a storm together.
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