The bodhisattva was once born as a golden a golden peacock with a body the size of a cart and eyes like bright red berries and its mouth pink like coral
It is difficult for a person to have the right thought to persistently cultivate good deeds and virtues for themselves
The person with openness to criticism refers to someone who learns easily and is gentle in response to teaching
The Morning Alms Round in Samut Prakarn province on Sunday April 10th, 2011. One of the historic Buddhist events in Thailand.
Very often I felt like surrendering and didn’t understand why the more merit I made the more degrading my life was until I became penniless. I felt as if I was in the dark. However, no matter how bad it was I would not give in and I chose to fight to my death. I changed from being downhearted to taking up the challenge. Finally I found out the best solution was not to think about it and to motivate myself to keep on making merit with an assurance that one day the merit will certainly yield fruit.
When we die we can not carry anything with us, not even a single needle. The only way you can take wealth with you is by giving your wealth away in order to make merit
A wise person will behave in the following ways: 1. They will support others to do the right thing and encourage them to reject negative habits e.g. smoking, drinking alcohol, using drugs and stealing
She questioned that even though she did not regretted in donation each time, why she lost a lot of money. What has caused her to be like that?
This is a proverb the Lord Buddha taught, reflecting the precious value of wisdom. The foundation of human life is based on a great number of problems
