About Piṇḍapāta: Why Do Monks Go For Alms in a Village?
Why would a monk collect food from a very poor village during an economic crisis when the monastery is mostly supported by wealthy people?
Category: Teaching
What does AI think of Loving-Kindness? Here is a poem.
I asked openai chatGPT to write a Buddhist poem on loving-kindness in the style of Dr. Seuss. This is what I got.
Why Is Halloween Bad According To Theravada Buddhism?
I thought it would be good to explain why Halloween is not good according to Theravāda Buddhism.
How To Be Human and Higher
Many people want to go to Heaven or human worlds but most people do not know what is needed to go there, let alone enlightenment.
Buddhism: What Happens After Death?
A long but clear and interesting religious post on what happens after death according to Classical Theravāda Buddhism.
Only The Best For Buddha
When we give water to the Bodhi Tree, it is not uncommon to give pure bottled drinking water to it.
Stay Away From the Fools and Associate with the Wise
This small quote is from the first verse spoken by the Buddha when he was asked, “What is the highest blessing?”
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 […]