Year: 2016

The prince would take every opportunity to convey spiritual meanings and to encourage others to follow spiritual paths. The Young Prince As the young prince grew up he mastered all the traditional arts and sciences without needing any instruction....

Prince Siddhartha’s Marriage When the people of the Shakya kingdom realized that the prince intended to leave the palace they requested the king to arrange a marriage for him in the hope that this would cause him to change...

He seated himself beneath the Bodhi Tree in the meditation posture and vowed not to rise from meditation until he had attained perfect enlightenment. A Suitable Place for Meditation Siddhartha then made his way to a place near Bodh...

KĀLĀMA SUTTA Buddha’s teaching of Liberal Thinking (From the Anguttara Nikāya) WHAT IS BUDDHA DHAMMA The originalPāliterm forDhamma,which literally means that which upholds or sustains (him who acts in conformity with its principles and thus prevents him from falling...

Awakened One A Buddha is a person who is completely free from all faults and mental obstructions. In general, ‘Buddha’ means ‘Awakened One’, someone who has awakened from the sleep of ignorance and sees things as they really are....

Turing the Wheel of Dharma Forty-nine days after Buddha attained enlightenment he was requested to teach. As a result of this request, Buddha rose from meditation and taught the first Wheel of Dharma. These teachings which include the Sutra...

Do not rely upon other conditions. We do not need to wait for better conditions before starting to practise, because we can transform any circumstances, whether good or bad, into the path to liberation and enlightenment. In the practice...