The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Sixth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twenty:- Restraint from Drinking Intoxicants.
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.
Her dad was a first-rate Crime Prevention Policeman. Whatever province he moved to, the robbers would be scared. He also liked to perform merits at several temples. Her mom is a kindhearted person. Her brother is a moody guy. When he was a teenager, he preferred to associate with guys who were likely to be womanizing, hunting and fishing. As an adult he likes to drink, flirt and gamble. However, he was the person who ended up taking care of our parents more than the others.
ชีวิตในครอบครัวของหญิงคนหนึ่ง...คุณพ่อของเธอเป็นอดีตตำรวจมือปราบที่เก่งมาก ย้ายไปอยู่จังหวัดไหน โจรผู้ร้ายก็จะเกรงกลัว ท่านชอบทำบุญตามวัดต่างๆ มีวัดประจำครอบครัวในแต่ละจังหวัดที่ท่านย้ายไปอยู่เสมอ...คุณแม่ ก็เป็นผู้สูงอายุที่ใจดี น่าอยู่ใกล้...คุณปู่-คุณย่า ต่างก็เป็นคนใจบุญ โอบอ้อมอารี...พี่ชายของเธอ มักจะทะเลาะกับเธอ และคุณพ่อ อยู่บ่อยๆ แต่อย่างไรก็ตาม เขาก็ได้เป็นผู้ได้รับโอกาส ดูแลคุณพ่อ-คุณแม่ มากกว่าลูกคนอื่นๆทั้งหมด
He used to throw a live turtle into a fire, when it crawled out, would throw it back into the fire again many times until it died. Not too long after that he asked for an ordination. Three months later he put on his robe and poured the petrol all over himself and lit the fire.
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.
The 38 Ways to Happiness. The Fourth Group of Blessings. Blessing Twelve :- Raising our children.
The Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta is one of the most important teachings for Buddhists to know. It is so important because it acts like a master-plan for all the subsequent teachings on Buddhism given during the Buddha’s lifetime
The Kathina Ceremony originated in the Buddha Time because the Lord Buddha saw the importance of changing the monks’ old saffron robes so he gave the permission that each monk could change his old saffron robe. Then, it becomes the tradition that has been done for over 2,000 years.
