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03__Eight_Great_Places_Part_3.pdfThe Eight Great Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage 031088 views3. 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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02__Eight_Great_Places_Part_2.pdfThe Eight Great Places of Buddhist Pilgrimage 021078 views2. 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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The_Concise_Buddhist_Monastic_Code_1.pdfThe Concise Buddhist Monastic Code 11653 viewsThe Concise Buddhist Monastic Code 1 is basically a concise guide to the Bhikkhu PÄá¹imokkha based on The Buddhist Monastic Code 1 by ṬhÄnissaro Bhikkhu. It incorporates information from The Buddhist Monastic Code 2 as well as other English translations of the Bhikkhu PÄá¹imokkha or the Sutta-Vibhaá¹…ga, including SuddhÄso Bhikkhu’s Analysis of the Bhikkhu PÄtimokkha: a translation of the MahÄ -Vibhaá¹…ga in the Vinaya-Piá¹aka, I.B. Horner’s The Book of the Discipline, K.R. Norman’s The PÄtimokkha, and Bhikkhu ÑÄṇatusita’s A Translation and Analysis of the PÄtimokkha.
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Beginners2ed_28Buddhanet29.pdfMahaSatipatthana Sutta: Great Discourse on Four-Fold Establishment of Mindfulness3111 viewsThis book explains Satipatthana or mindfulness practice by going directly and referring to this Discourse, which the Buddha originally expounded to the people of Kurus. So here we return to the basic orthodox Discourse spoken by the Buddha as a guide. In this way you gain a complete understanding of what the Buddha really taught. You can also gauge whether you are on the right track or if there is any missing part in your practice that you might need to include.
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8_Precepts_Letter_Middle-Way.pdfEight Precepts Letter to Middle-Way1549 viewsA letter from Jacquetta Gomes (Bodhicarini Upasika Jayasili), BGKT Buddhist Group of Kendal (Theravada), in response to Roger Farrington, ‘Should Buddhists be Teetotallers?’, The Middle Way: Journal of The Buddhist Society, 85 (3) November 2010, pp.167–70. The letter explains that Ajivatthamaka Sila (Eight Precepts with Right Livelihood as the Eighth clarify the alcohol issue and explain how alcohol is included in the DKP (Dasa Kusala Kamma-patha) Ten Wholesome Courses of Action.
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DP_Eight_Lifetime_Precepts.pdfEight Lifetime Precepts1133 viewsEight Lifetime Precepts are an expansion of Ajivatthamaka Sila. The first seven Precepts are the same but the eighth Precept is an amalgamation of the eighth Precept of Ajivatthamaka Sila and the fifth Precept of Panca Sila (The Five Precepts): I undertake the training rule [Precept] to abstain from wrong livelihood; and drinks and drugs that cause heedlessness.
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thai_cambodian_art.pdfThai-Cambodian Culture - Relationship through Arts1360 viewsThailand and Cambodia are very close neighbours with common borders and cultural relations. The Thai people received and adopted some arts and culture from ancient Cambodia. The pre-Thai scripts and spoken words were adopted from Khmer native language. The development of Cambodian arts can be seen in the Thai art of the Lopburi period (11th to 15th century A.D.) It was occupied by the Khmers and as such the art of this period is known locally as Khmer art which deals with Mahayana elements.
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The_Eight_Discernments_of_Eminent_Men_Sutra.pdfThe Eight Discernments of Eminent Men Sutra3219 viewsA new translation of the 佛說八大人覺經 (commonly known as the Eight realizations of Great Beings Sutra), with added commentary from the Pureland perspective.
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samadhi_in_buddhism.pdfSamadhi in Buddhism1839 views
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good_evil_and_beyond_kamma_in_the_buddha_s_teaching.pdfGood Evil and Beyond: Kamma in the Buddha's teaching2891 views
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