Today, the teaching monk shared his view about gifts since Christmas is nearing. He implied that the best gift one could give to oneself is meditation because once you meditate every day and learn how to calm your mind down, you will experience happiness from inner peace. The happiness that no one could take away …
Today, teaching monks remind everyone about the importance of consistency by comparing meditation to running a marathon. If you have never practiced running for 5 km or 10 km before, but suddenly you have to run for 40 km it gonna be very hard. However, if you practice daily you will slowly be able to …
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Today, teaching monks share some meditation tips. Be indifferent about every experience no matter what it is. Even if you have a lot of thoughts or feel very calm and peaceful, you donโt have to worry or overjoy because these things will only disturb the calmness of your mind. When you meditate just relax your …
Today, teaching monks share knowledge about how to reduce the worries from our past mistakes. Because, if we can overcome our worries or learn how to let go it would really improve our happiness level and our meditation experience. There are 5 steps that you could take.First, donโt recall or think about your own mistakes. …
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Today, monks share knowledge about how to prepare for meditation by observing themselves from 5 thingsAir, eating, excretion, exercise, and emotion. If you have enough air ventilation you will feel fresher uplifting your mood for the entire day. Same with eating enough food not too little not too full, you will have more energy to …
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Today, the teaching monk reminds everyone about the principle of meditation which has to balance both relaxation and consciousness. Especially relaxation, if you are in an uncomfortable or sore body and you hurry to meditate without adjusting it would be like driving at high speed and suddenly hit the break. It will give you a …
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Today, teaching monks share knowledge about the importance of the Tak Bat Devo festival (Devorohana Alms-Giving Ceremony). It is the day that Lord Buddha went to the earth after teaching his mother until she could reach inner peace and happiness. As you can see in Buddhism we believe that the happiness from the inside surpasses …
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During the 7th Buddhist Lent after the Lord Buddha’s enlightenment, he ascended to the Tavatimsa Realm (the second floor of heaven) to spend the rainy season. Over the following three months, he preached the Abhidhamma Pitaka to his mother and enabled her to attain the fruit of Sotapanna. As the Buddhist Lent came to an …
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World peace starts with ourselves:sharing kindness to the war in Israel. Today, monks lead everyone to meditate and share kindness with the whole world while sharing knowledge about the mind. Our mind exists but is hard to see, so when our mind gets sick it is also hard to know. Originally, our mind was pure …
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Today, teaching monks share knowledge about ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฌ. Sila is the intention to ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. Sila has many meanings, it could mean top, coolness, or normalcy which is the quality of it because people who practice sila will be purified and granted safety and a …
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