183 The Blessing of Giving Up Evil, Mangala Sutta part 9
Today we are going to learn an important Pāli word. The word is pāpa. In English, this word mean evil. Now, when the Supreme Buddha uses this word, he means …
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182 Half a Day of Merit, a Very Big Result
Do any of you remember the simile the Supreme Buddha gave for doing very small good things? He said that just like a water pot will eventually get filled even …
181 Victory through Blameless Actions, Mangala Sutta part 8
So, tell me. Should we care what other people think of us? Should we care about being blamed by other people? This isn’t a simple question, is it? But the …
180 Growing a Garden of Good Qualities with Right Effort
Today we are going to learn one of the factors of the Noble Eightfold path that’s all about practicing the teachings. It’s called Sammā Vāyāmo. In English we can say …
179 True Help for Relatives, Mangala Sutta part 7
Have you ever helped your family before? I’m sure you have. Maybe you’ve given them gifts, or you took care of them when they were sick. Or maybe you have …
178 Don’t Decrease in Good Qualities
Have you ever known someone who was a really good person, but then slowly they started doing bad things? This can happen to any of us. Even though now we …
177 Sharing Merits with the Gods
Recently we learned about sharing merits with ghosts. But I think you know that we often also share merit with gods as well. Today we’ll hear a story about two …
176 Like Dirt Under a Fingernail, Mangala Sutta part 6
Today we are going to learn about a very important word. In Pali, the word is dhammacariyā. Can you recognize any part of that word? Dhamma-cariyā You probably know the …
175 Old Medicine for Corona Virus
I think many of you may be hearing about this virus that is spreading around the world. Today, the Bhante is going to help us think about this in a …
174 Helping Ourselves and Helping Ghosts
Have you ever offered dāna to monks and shared merits with your departed relatives? Have you ever wondered about how that works? Well, today we’re going to hear about an …
173 A Simple Method to See Suffering
Today we’ll hear an answer to an important question a fortunate person named Bhardraka asked the Blessed One
172 Shocked by Impermanance
How have you been doing with your job of being an investigator? Remember I asked you to start looking around you to see if you could find anything that lasted …
171 Super Giving with Five Factors
What do you think? Does a gift need to be very big and expensive to collect merit? No, it doesn’t. Our teacher, the Supreme Buddha taught us that how we …
170 Questions on Precepts, Jealousy, and the Next Buddha
Today we have some of your questions and the Bhantes will answer them. We’ll also practice loving-kindness meditation in a new way. You’ll want to know which direction is north, …
169 Does It Last Forever?
Today we are going to become investigators. An investigator is someone who likes to look very carefully at things and discover the truth. Because we have minds that are very …
168 Share Things, Share Happiness
Yesterday we learned three things that help us to get along with people. Do you remember what they are? Showing people loving-kindness to people with our bodies, showing people loving-kindness …
167 Harmony Happiness
Today we are going to learn advice from the Supreme Buddha on how to live in harmony with people. Do you know the word harmony? When we live in harmony, …
166 Happiness in a Dungeon
Have you ever been stuck somewhere you didn’t want to be? If we can’t be content where we are, then it’s hard to be happy. Today we are going to …
165 Happiness from Contentment
Today we are going to talk about a very special word, a word that if we can remember and practice it, it will be really easy to be happy. That …
164 Our Minds Have Power
Today we are going to think about how powerful our minds are. Just by thinking, we can collect good or bad karma. Today the Bhante is going to give us …
