Training Oneself in Non-Recklessness by Practicing Austerity (Dhutanga)
Life is full of uncertainties and danger awaits those who are reckless with their lives. The Lord Buddha once said
Looking for a Good Neighborhood
A good neighborhood is essential for living in peace. If our neighborhoods are noisy, dangerous, hot, do not have trees, and are crowded, we will not live in physical peace.
Thai Youth In The High Tech Era
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.
What is the definitive meaning to the saying “Good deeds brings wholesome results and bad deeds produce retribution”?
What is the definitive meaning to the saying “Good deeds brings wholesome results and bad deeds produce retribution”? Luangphaw can you please help clarify this for me because people nowadays believe that doing good deeds does not necessary lead to good results. However, they believe that misdeeds can yield benefits. What has led them to think in this way?
Meditation is not difficult
Close your eyes and clear your mind. Imagine that you are lying down on the grass and looking up at the stars at night. You feel relaxed and comfortable. Just close your eyes and rest your focus at the center of your abdomen.
This is Mine! Don't Dare To Touch It!!
Anyone that doesn’t know how marriage brings pain, please listen to this! Her husband said she was a good person there was nothing wrong with her at all and he still loved her but he couldn’t explain why he loved another woman. What retribution caused this? How could she rectify this so that the retribution would not follow her to the next life? DMC has the answers.
The Casting of Khun Yai Chand’s Gold statue
“If it was not because of Khun Yai, I would not be who I am today, and there would not be Wat Phra Dhammakaya and all of its overseas meditation centers today”
why do people like to do bad deeds, even though they know that it is not good and how can we correct this?
I would like to ask you why people like to do bad deeds, even though they know that it is not good. And how can we correct this?
Not Leaving One’s Work Undone.
It’s inevitable for us to avoid our life’s duties since we were bom starting from our duties as children, as brothers, as sisters, as pupils, as people, as husbands, as wives, as parents, as monks, as nuns, as leaders, as slaves, etc.
Many single men today believe that sleeping with prostitutes and that they are not being unfaithful to anybody. These ladies have consented to the activity. Is this thinking right or wrong?
Many single men today believe that sleeping with prostitutes does not go against the third Buddhist precept, which is to avoid adultery. This is because they feel that they are not being unfaithful to anybody. These ladies have consented to the activity. Is this thinking right or wrong?
