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“These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world: Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world. Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to…

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“Meditate Live purely Be quiet Do your work with mastery Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine” ― Siddhārtha Gautama

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“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws…

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“Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you've trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither…

Today is Nawam Full Moon Poya Day!

This poya day is usually celebrated on the first full moon in February. It commemorates the appointment of Arahath Sariputta (Sariyuth) and Arahath Moggallana (Mugalan) as the two Chief Disciples (Agrashavakas) of the Gautama Buddha.…

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"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live." Ensuring that your awareness is completely centred…

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Right understanding: Truly and deeply knowing, for example, that unwholesome acts and thoughts have consequences, as do wholesome acts and thoughts. Right intention: Recognizing that actions are shaped by habits of anger and…

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“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe…
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