Members are invited to Join and Create Groups in the City of Shamballa to Merge Heaven and Earth and Unite Humanity as One.
As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field, so aging and death drive the life of living beings.
- Dhammapada, 135, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Live in joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the aff
Read more…Friends:
Back-2-Basics #1 = No Killing => Peace!
Avoidance of all Killing of any Being is the most Basic Buddhist training rule #1
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Never_Kill.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/
.
Jesus & Buddha
Uploaded on 1 Nov 2009
If Jesus and Buddha were to meet, they would recognize one another as fellow prophets because they were teaching the same truths.
Both stayed in the wilderness for 40 days and
Friends:
The Tipitaka Sattapanni Cave
The First Buddhist Council took place at the Sattapanni Rock Cave in:
Rajagaha now Rajgir, India. 3 months after the Buddha's final Nibbana,
500 Arahants met here to recite the Dhamm
Friends:
The Ease of Serene Forest Calm:
A radiant deity once asked the Buddha:
Those who dwell deep in the forest,
Peacefully living the Noble life,
Eating only a single meal a day,
Why is their appearance so serene?
The Blesses Buddha responded:
Dear Dhamma Friends: Food is regularly Needed here:
One can advantageously donate funds for food, which is needed here every month by clicking donate
below. Whoever gives food later gains bodily strength, vitality, vigor and health.
Or one can do a
Friends:
BACK-2-BASICS #2 = STEALING induces POVERTY!
Stealing induces Poverty! from Bhikkhu Samahita on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/bhikkhusamahita/avoidstealing
Slow Internet: http://youtu.be/y_Nv1Wgqm9Y
Any Buddhist disciple should avoid taking
How Avalokiteshvara Attained Her 1000 Arms
(The Thousand-Armed Avalokiteshvara at Shuang-Lin Temple, Singapore)
It is said the the personification of perfect Compassion, Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Bodhisattva (a great being who aspires to help all se
Eight Awareness's of Enlightenment
Manifesting Buddha Nature
By Barbara O'Brien, About.com Guide
The Eight Awarenesses, or Aspects, of Enlightenment are a guide to Buddhist practice, but they are also the characteristics that distinguish a Buddh
Read more…Faith, Doubt and Buddhism
Don't Call Me a "Person of Faith"
By Barbara O'Brien, About.com Guide
Offering incense.
Guang Niu/Getty Images
The word "faith" often is used as a synonym for religion; people say "What is your faith?" to mean "What is
danger of self:
we think too much of our own false self.
when we are down and out
we feel like giving up
and at those times
we really feel
it's good not to have self.
it's like when you were living in your old country
and
you wanted so much to leave
Friends:
~20% of Cardiac Arrests have a Near-Death-Experience!
The Cardiologist on the Near-Death Experience 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICdizzVY5h4
The Cardiologist on the Near-Death Experience 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFxc67b
Read more…Friends:
Mettã is likened to a Mother's Love:
The Blessed Buddha once said:
As a mother would risk even her own life to protect her only child, exactly
so let us cultivate immeasurable loving-kindness towards all living beings!
I am a
Read more…
In reply to the question, 'What is the best that people can possess, what brings them truest happiness, what is the sweetest of the sweet, and what is the pleasantest life to live?' the Buddha answered: 'Trust is the best that people can possess;
Read more…Friends:
What has to be Understood?
The Blessed Buddha once insisted:
The nature of Ageing and Death has to be Understood.
The Cause of Ageing and Death has to be Understood.
The End of Ageing and Death has to be Understood.
The Way to End Agei
Friends:
Prison Dhamma: Bad situation converted into Good opportunity!
Doing Time, Doing Vipassana:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8tZX3dGSM8
HD: https://vimeo.com/33065759
The Dhamma Brothers
Simile of the Blind Sea-turtle
The Buddha:
Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it,
and the east wind carried it to the west, and the west wind carried it to the east, and the north wind carried it to the south and the south
Friends:
Remembering all the Details of a 1000 Universal Cycles!
Once when the Venerable Anuruddha was dwelling at Savatthi in Jeta's Grove,
Anāthapindika's Park, a number of Bhikkhus went to the Venerable Anuruddha
and exchanged polite greeting
Half the spiritual life consists in remembering what we are up against and where we are going.
- Ayya Khema, "When the Iron Eagle Flies"
Whenever you hear that someone else has been successful, rejoice. Always practice rejoicing for others--whe
Read more…Friends:
Winning Calm & Serene Bliss by Breathing..!
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, this sweet concentration by Awareness by Breathing, when it is
developed and cultivated, is peaceful and sublime, an ambrosial pleasant
dwelling in its
