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Kamma
1 _”Cetanāhaṁ, bhikkhave, kammaṁ vadāmi. Cetayitvā kammaṁ karoti, kāyena vācāya manasā.” Oh monks, it is intention that I call kamma.Intentionally someone does an action by body and collects kamma.Intentionally someone speaks and collects kamma.Intentionally someone thinks things with the mind and collects kamma. 2 “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kammānaṁ nidānasambhavo?”How does kamma form? “Phasso, bhikkhave, kammānaṁ…
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Chattamanavaka Gatha | The greatest protection one could get in his life
The heavenly result of recollecting the qualities of the Triple Gems wholeheartedly.
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MN 19: Dvedhāvitakkasutta – Two kinds of Thought
Read this Sutta to find out how the Bodhisatta removed all unwholesome thoughts!
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AN 8:41 The Uposatha With Eight Factors, In Brief
The proper way to think when observing the eight precepts.
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SN 56:48 Dutiyachiggaḷayuga Sutta: A Yoke With a Hole
What are your chances of being born in the human world? What are the chances of being born when we can hear the Dhamma?
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The Verses of Arahant Nun Rohiṇī
Hear how Arahant Rohinī praised the Sangha to her father when she was still a lay woman.
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Snp 2.1 Ratana Sutta: Jewels Discourse
This sutta was given by the Supreme Buddha when there was a great famine and infestation of dangerous non-human beings in Vesali. Still we chant this sutta for protection today.
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Snp 2.4 Maha Mangala Sutta: Discourse on Blessings
The Supreme Buddha teaches a humble devata about ways that we can collect blessings into our lives.
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Snp 1.8 Karaniyametta Sutta
The Supreme Buddha teaches how to practice loving-kindness meditation.
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AN 5.31 With Princess Sumanā
Learn about the power that giving has in our life, whether we are born the human world, in the heavenly world, or if we become a monk.
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SN 10:12 Ālavaka Suttaṁ: Discourse to Ālavaka the Demon
The Supreme Buddha defeats the Demon Ālavaka with the power of his wisdom.
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AN 7.67 Nagaropama Sutta, The Simile of the Citadel
“Mendicants, when a king’s frontier citadel is well provided with seven essentials and gets four kinds of sustenance when needed, without trouble or difficulty, it is then called a king’s frontier citadel that cannot be overrun by external foes and enemies. With what seven essentials is a citadel well provided? Firstly, a citadel has a pillar…