Restrain from Drinking and Consuming Intoxicants

Intoxicants: In general this means allowing alcohol and drugs being absorbed into the body through drinking, inhaling, insertion, spraying, smoking, and injection

The Fruits of Merit are Not a Miracle

Those people who are habitually pessimistic, angry, greedy, etc, always attract negative things to themselves

What is Merit?

Merit means ‘goodness’ or ‘happiness’ It is something which, if it arises in the mind, will cause the mind to become pure and free of cloudiness

The kalyanamitra Home

The word ‘kalyanamitra’ means good friend. A good friend must have all the Seven Characteristics described previously

The Right Concentration

The Right Concentration (How many kinds of meditation are there? Part 2)

Drinking Alcohol, Do We Need It?

I have heard many reasons for drinking: family problems, work problems, addiction, seductive advertising, society, health, curiosity, peer pressure, availability, and depression.

Overcoming a Crisis with a Calm Mind

Meditation will help us understand and come to terms with the loss of a loved one. With wisdom, we learn that loss is natural.

Source of Willpower

We are born as human beings and it is natural that we have to confront both positive and negative changes throughout our lives.

Luang Pu Wat Paknam and the Return of the Dhammakaya

The Great Masters of meditation have told us that the knowledge of meditation practice along the Middle Way was lost 500 years after the Lord Buddha passed away into Nibbana (Nirvana).

Learning Meditation

Learning Meditation : Sit upright with your right leg on your left leg. Place your right hand on your left hand. Let your right index touch your left thumb