Buddhism and Christianity

Buddhism and Christianity

Is Buddhism A Religion? Buddhism vs. Christianity vs. Judaism vs. Islam 

 

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Buddhism Education

Buddhism Education I

Buddhism Education Part II

Buddhism Education Part III

Buddhism in Everyday Life

Buddhism in Everyday Life Part I

Buddhism in Everyday Life Part II

Buddhism in Everyday Life Part III

Buddhism in Everyday Life Part IV

A Commitment to Buddhist Education

Buddhism and Buddhist Education

Buddhism and Buddhist Education Part I

Buddhism and Buddhist Education Part II

Buddhism and Buddhist Education Part III

Buddhism and Buddhist Education Part IV

 

Buddhism and Education

Buddhism and Education Part I

Buddhism and Education Part III

Buddhism and Education II

Buddhism and Education IV

Buddhism and Science

Nice To Be With You…

Nice To Be With You…

By Ven. Suy Sovann

Being with you I feel happy. Being with you I do not feel lonely. Being with you I am free from hatred. Being with you I find my way to live in the present moment. Being with you I live peacefully and happily. Being with you my mind becomes calm...

When you see a phrase, ‘Being with you’, you might have doubt what I mean. I think you get confused by reading this statement a few sentences. But actually it is simple statement which I want to express what I experienced in life. We always want to live peacefully and happily in the world. There are four kinds of expectations of human thinking, namely:

1-      Experiencing Happiness,

2-      Expelling Suffering,

3-      Living Longer, and

4-      Not to Die

These are our human expectations. How can we access our expectation? Life is suffering, isn’t it? Actually, life has not been happening in the past. That is just memory. Life is not going to happen in the future. That is just plan. So how do we live? Life exists only in the present moment. The past has already gone beyond call, and the future will never come. In our day to day living, we always think about the past and the future. Here the Buddha advises to live only in the present moment. We must be with our best friend, mindfulness or awareness all the time. What I mean by ‘YOU’ in this statement is ‘Mindfulness or Awareness’. In day to day living, all people are in need of awareness to achieve our wishes. In Digha Nikaya, Satipatthana Sutta, the Buddha says: “This is the only way, monks, for the purification of beings, for the overcoming of sorrow and lamentation, for the destruction of suffering and grief, for reaching the right path, for the attainment of Nibbana, namely, the four foundations of mindfulness. What are the four? Herein (in this teaching) a monk lives contemplating the body in the body, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome, in this world, covetousness and grief; he lives contemplating feelings in feelings, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome, in this world, covetousness and grief; he lives contemplating consciousness in consciousness, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome, in this world, covetousness and grief; he lives contemplating mental objects in mental objects, ardent, clearly comprehending and mindful, having overcome, in this world, covetousness and grief”. This is the only way that we can purify our minds from the defilements. In addition, Mindfulness or Awareness is compared to a driver of vehicle that all passengers rely on. If the driver is mindful in driving, all passengers will be safe. In the same way, all meritorious deeds are depending on our awareness or mindfulness. In the Dhammapada, the Buddha says: “Mindfulness is the way to the Deathless (Nibbàna); unmindfulness is the way to Death. Those who are mindful do not die; those who are not mindful are as if already dead”.

In short, nice to be with awareness of breathing in and breathing out in our daily living. We must be aware of what we are doing for all postures, walking, sitting, standing or lying down. Life is too short, but if a person is energetic, mindful, pure in his thought, word and deed, and if he does everything with care and consideration, restrains his senses, earns his living according to the Law (Dhamma) and is not unheedful, then, the fame and fortune of that mindful person steadily increase.

The Duties of Buddhism for Society

          In this chapter it is much more important to everyone to understand how much Buddhism has been related with society. Not only these days Buddhism is needed, but at the time of Buddha, it was also in need of Buddhism to guide the way for peace and happiness. In once occasion the Buddha said to His disciples, thus,

“Go forth, O Bhikkhus, for the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, benefit, and happiness of gods and men… Let not two go by one way. Preach, O Bhikkhus, the Dhamma, excellent in the beginning, excellent in the middle, excellent in the end, both in spirit and in the letter. Proclaim the Holy Life altogether, perfect and pure. There are beings with a little dust in their eyes, who, not hearing the Dhamma, will fall away. There will be those who understand the Dhamma.”²²

The Influence of Violence to Society

II.1. The Influence of Violence to Mankind

Human lives are always going up and down. We are shakable to what we have seen, heard, done and so on. Even though family life is also like the realm of tigers for sometimes. As it has been described in first chapter, the root causes of violence in family, society and so on are based on misunderstanding, greed, hatred and delusion (ignorance) which begin with unguarded mind of human beings.

The Main Root Cause of Violence

 I.1. The General Meaning of Violence

          In the life of worldling person, the forms of violence are very simply to arise because mind has not yet been highly developed or guarded. Violence, in Pàli term, is ‘hiçsà/ vihiçsà’ which means ‘injury, killing.^2­ The numerous people around the world are very familiar with this word and its condition since it always happens. My definition may be different than yours, but at least you will know what I am talking about throughout this term paper. So, according to Webster's Dictionary: Violence: Exerting physical force so as to injure or abuse. This definition is good, but not quite complete for our purposes. When I speak about domestic violence, I am talking about three different types of violence, namely, Physical violence, Sexual violence, and Psychological violence.

Why Visakha Puja Day!

In Buddhism, Buddhists around the world always celebrate Visàkha Pujà every year. We Buddhists absolutely remember what the Lord Buddha has done for us. Visàkha Pujà Day records the three important incidents in the life of Lord Buddha on the same day - the full moon of the sixth lunar month. The three significant separate events are:

Khmer Student-monks and Students for 2010-2011

B.A Students
Venerable Sam Seun
Nationality: Cambodian
Date of Birth: 03/02/1985
Place of Birth: Kampong Cham Province, Kingdome of Cambodia
Father's Name: Kong Seng, Farmer
Mother's Name: Chum Sarin, Farmer
Passport No. 0812090
Email:samseun77@gmail.com

Great Historical Places in Myanmar

History of Shwedagon Pagoda
Gleaming in gold and decorated with diamonds, the huge Shwedagon Pagoda (also Shwe Dagon Pagoda or Shwedagon Paya) in Yangon is a spectacular work of Burmese temple architecture and is the holiest Buddhist shrine in Myanmar.