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Day03Vipassana_InstructionPart_2.MP3Vipassana Instruction (Part 2)2043 viewsDay Three: part 2: Vipassana Meditation Instruction given at the 2009 10-day Vipassana Retreat at Bodhi Tree Forest Monastery, Australia.
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Buddha_in_his_words.pdfThe Buddha’s Teaching In His Own Words 2038 viewsThe present Wheel booklet contains Chapter 12 of Bhikkhu Nanmoli’s classic compilation, The Life of the Buddha according to the Pali Canon. The purpose of that book, now in print for 27 years, had been to construct a biography of the Buddha by piecing together all the relevant material scattered throughout the Vinaya and the Sutta Pitakas. Since the Buddha’s life was in many respects inseparable from his teaching, Ven. Nanamoli had included, in the middle of the book, an anthology of texts dealing with the teaching, which he entitled “The Doctrineâ€.
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white_jambala.jpgWhite Jambala Thangka2036 viewsWhite Jambala Thangka
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01__Eight_Great_Places_Part_1.pdfThe Eight Great Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage 012036 views1. PDF: As more and more Buddhists begin to realize the importance of performing a pilgrimage following the Buddha’s exhortation, the need for a simple guidebook becomes evident. The basic four pilgrimage sites (Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar) were increased in terms of the great events of the Buddha’s life to eight by adding four more places considered to be the scenes of four principal miracles that he performed, namely: (i) The Twin Miracle in Sravasti, (ii) Descent from Heaven in Sankasia (iii) Taming of the drunken elephant, Nalagiri in Rajgir and (iv) Offering of honey by a monkey in Vaishali.
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lightasia.pdfThe Light of Asia (Text Only)2032 viewsIn the sumptuous Buddhist literature of the world, The Light of Asia, by Sir Edwin Arnold, is without any doubt, a unique work. It is primarily because, this is the only original poem written in English on the Buddha, throughout the long history of Buddhism. This distinction is quite necessary to be established, because there are translations of original Pali works into English and other languages. Some of these are outstanding instances of spiritual poetry. Sir Edwin Arnold, the Author of this epic poem, was initially persuaded to compose this sacred work, as a result of his deep and abiding desire to aid in the better and mutual understanding between East and West.
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lohan09.jpgLohan: GOBAKA2032 viewsLegend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans were painted by a Buddhist
monk Guan Xiu, in 891 A.D. Guan Xiu lived in Chengdu, the capital of a small
kingdom, the Former Shu, formed at the decline of the Tang Dynasty in what is
today's Sichuan Province. He was adept at the scholarly pursuits of painting,
calligraphy and poetry.
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120801-LRR-32k-Prayers-HHDL_Long_Life-Tibetan.mp3Long Life Prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama - Tibetan2029 viewsEnglish and Tibetan chanting by Ven. Sarah Thresher
Mandarin chanting by Ven. Sophia.
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Samyutta-Nikaya-An-Anthology-I.pdfSaṃyutta NikÄya An Anthology - Part I2029 viewsThe Saṃyutta NikÄya is one of the five great divisions of the Sutta Piá¹aka of the PÄli canon, the Tipiá¹aka or “Three Baskets†of doctrine, constituting the Buddha-word for TheravÄda
Buddhism. The meaning of “Saṃyutta NikÄya†is “The Collection of Grouped Discourses†and it is so called because its material is arranged into groups (saṃyuttas) according to subject, of which there are fifty-six. These again are placed into five vaggas, sections or chapters, corresponding to the five divisions of this anthology
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11_tara.jpgThe 21 Taras (11)2027 viewsThe 21 Taras [Tibetan style] (Tibetan, Sgrol-ma)
It was not until the adoption of the Yogachara system, taught by Asanga in the fourth century AD, that the feminine principle began to be venerated in Mahayana Buddhism. Around the sixth century, the goddess Tara was considered as a Sakti of Avalokitesvara (sometimes as his wife).
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lohan18.jpgLohan: PINDOLA2021 viewsLegend has it that the first portraits of the 18 Lohans were painted by a Buddhist
monk Guan Xiu, in 891 A.D. Guan Xiu lived in Chengdu, the capital of a small
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