The Seven Factors of Enlightenment

 

The Paliword Sambojjhaæga is a combination of two words, Sambodi and Aæga. Samodi means normally "enlightenment", but in this context it also means the through knowledge of the Dhamma, the through knowledge of the objects of meditation, which are nāma and rupa. The Paliword Aæga means "factor". So the factors of Enlightenment mean components of through knowledge of mind and matter (Dhamma).

Pa Auk Sayadaw - Minfulness of Breathing - (Ānāpāna) Meditation Instruction

 

The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Acinna

The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Bhaddanta Acinna, also commonly referred to as "Pa-Auk Sayadaw" ("the Sayadaw"), is the Abbot and principal teacher of Pa-Auk Tawya Forest Monastery, Mawlamyine, Mon State, Myanmar. "Sayadaw" is a Burmese honorific title meaning "respected teacher."

Sakka's Questions(Vipassanā)

Vipassanā

Sakka-panha Sutta (DN 21) -- Sakka's Questions (excerpt). Sakka, the deva-king, asks the Buddha about the sources of conflict & hostility, and about the path of practice that brings them to an end. This discourse ends with a humorous account about Sakka's frustration in trying to learn the Dhamma from other contemplatives. It's hard to find a teacher when you're a king.

Homage to Him, the Exalted One, the Worthy, the Fully Enlightened One.

Homage to Him, the Exalted One, the Worthy, the Fully Enlightened One.
Homage to the Blessed One, Accomplished and Fully Enlightened.
Homage to the Blessed One, the Consummate One, the Supremely Enlightened One.
Homage to the Blessed One, the Perfect One, the Fully-Enlightened One.

UN Secretaries General Collection

 

Do you know all of them? They were/are UN Secretaries General. According to Wikipedia, the Secretary-General of the United Nations or sometimes abbreviated UNSYG, is the head of the United Nations Secretariat which is one of the principal organs of the United Nations. They also acts as the de facto

Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice

 

 

 

Author: Ian Harris.
Publisher: Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2005
Size: xvi + 352 pages
ISBN: 0-8248-2765-1

Book Review

This extremely impressive work has been reviewed several times. Ashley Thompson’s discussion in Buddhist Studies Review (24, 2 [2007]: 250-56) includes a metaphor for Harris’s work that is worth

The symbol of Buddhist flag and its colors

 

The Buddhist Flag, first hoisted in 1885 in Sri Lanka, is a symbol of faith and peace used throughout the world to represent the Buddhist faith. The six colours; Blue (nila), Yellow (pita), Red (lohita), White (odata), Scarlet
(manjestha), and the mixture of these six colours(prabaswara) of the flag represent the colours of the aura that emanated from the body of the Buddha when He attained Enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree. The Horizontal Stripes represent the races of the world living in harmony and the Vertical Stripes represent eternal world peace. The colours symbolize the perfection of Buddhahood and the Dharma.

The Blue light that radiated from the Buddha's hair symbolises the spirit of Universal Compassion for all beings.