If meditation practitioners have suitable qualities and practice in an appropriate place, the practice will yield even more positive results. The characteristics of a suitable practice location include: It can be seen that the Lord Buddha places importance on individuals who can solve problems more than on convenient places. If it is not possible to …
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Cape Town Meditation Centre organized a merit-making Kathina ceremony. The contributor groups and more than 200 congregants, both Thais and South Africans, set up a procession of various kinds of flowers, Dhammachakra flags, and national flags, marching around the Cape Town Meditation Centre and moving into the centre of the ceremony. Kathin Chairman’s Committee and …
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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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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 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 by focusing on 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵. Once you meditate for a while, you will experience inner happiness and relaxation or other things such as your body feeling light or expanding. The key is to not focus on wanting this experience until forget how …
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Global Conflict or World Peace: The Choice is Yours Many times, in various countries, efforts have been made to create world peace through different methods, such as sports competitions, treaty negotiations, global conferences, or presenting peace awards. However, these actions have not effectively resolved human conflicts. As conflicts escalate, they lead to wars, but the …
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Today, teaching monks share knowledge about how to deal with anger and the method to spread kindness. So many times we struggle to still our minds, one of the reasons is 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐨. The vengeance will slowly boil your mind and suffer you. By 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 …
On 27 August, Cape Town Meditation Centre organized a 𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲. The ceremony started by monks shared the reason for the centre to spread peace worldwide. Followed by group meditation led by monks. After that, the participants 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 to all the monks to aid sick monks and the exceeding amount will be donated …
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Earth Day is a day that reminds us to protect our planet from the harm caused by human activities. The United Nations has been working to raise awareness about the environmental issues that threaten our planet’s survival. We believe that to achieve sustainable protection, we must focus on our minds because our actions are influenced …
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