Memorizing The Noble Eightfold Path
To help with Buddhist literacy, I made a basic video that helps people memorize The Noble Eightfold Path in English.
Category: Dhamma Talks
Suttanta Versus Abhidhamma Rivers
If I were to describe a river based on Suttanta values and again in terms of Abhidhamma and commentary values, they both will become very clear.
The Monastery Murder Massacre
The Monastery Murder Massacre that happened in Vesālī during the time of The Buddha is not well known among lay people
Basic Pali Terms for Dhamma
I have made a list of the most basic Pāḷi terms which will help you in your Theravāda Buddhist Readings and listening to Dhamma Talks.
Only In The West, Only In Asia
Most Westerners do not like the ancient commentaries or the Abhidhamma. Here is a story.
Did The Buddha Know Einstein’s Theory?
The Mass–energy equivalence is one of the most famous physics equations known to the general population. Did the Buddha know this beforehand? We all know this formula as the explanation for how nuclear energy works, but we really don’ t know much more than that. For my one of my birthdays, I asked a monk who was once a nuclear engineer from Chernobyl to explain to me how it works. He was very kind and took the time to explain it to me in very simple terms I could understand. I was very happy for this birthday gift! One of […]
Why Do Monasteries Have Skeletons?
If you go to a Theravada Buddhist forest monastery in Asia, you are likely to find a full skeleton or parts of a skeleton somewhere where it can be viewed easily. Why?
A Buddhist Monk’s Prayers For The Old And Sick
Could I say a prayer for someone with cancer? I can, and have, but there was more to say about what I could do for her.
The Real Buddha Statues
There are many features that make the Buddha a Buddha besides the iconic drooping earlobes. From time to time, I see statues of the Buddha that are just not right.
The Swastika
Today, as I was washing my bowl, I saw a local Myanmar monk with a swastika tattoo on his arm. Was he racist? No.