Category Archives: Dharma Sharing

The seventh lunar month is here. Are you afraid? People said that this is the month where ghosts roamed the Earth freely, especially when the Gate of Hell opens in the middle of the month. It is also widely believed to be an inauspicious month. Is that so? It is a month steeped in taboos and rituals such as the burning of paper offerings, ancestor worships, chanting, etc. But, do you know the origins of all these? To find out more, read on.

Dear Dhamma Friends,

Below was the Dharma talks given by Bhante Gavesi during the December retreat in Kuching year 2013     01 Briefing and Walking Meditation 02 Wrong Thoughts and Sitting Meditation Instruction 03 What is Mindfulness 04 Sustaining the Mindfulness and …

黃慧音 – 吉祥勝利偈 ① Bahum sahassa mabhinimmita sayudhantam Girimekhalam uditaghora sasena maram Danadidhamma vidhina jitava munindo Tantejasa bhavatu te jayamangalani. With a thousand arms and created weapons that (Elephant) Girimekhala with Mara, risen with fierceness together with his army, Through …

  Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. If …

MINDFULNESS WITH BREATHING: GETTING STARTED by Buddhadasa Bhikkhu (adapted and translated by Santikaro Bhikkhu) Sit up straight (with all the vertebrae of the spine fitting together snugly). Keep your head upright. Direct your eyes towards the tip of your nose …

According to Buddhism when a person dies he or she could be re-born in any one of the 31 planes of existence. Some of these are “deva worlds” where beings who have developed good Karma are reborn. On the other …