Dana ── The Practice of Giving

Feb 20, 2012 | Articles

Contents Introduction (Bhikkhu Bodhi) The Practice of Giving (Susan Elbaum Jootla) Giving in the Pali Canon (Lily de Silva) Giving from the Heart (M. O’C. Walshe) Generosity: The Inward Dimension (Nina van Gorkom) The Perfection of Giving (Acariya Dhammapala)...

Sutta Study Class in October – CANCELLED

Oct 26, 2009 | News

The Majjhima Nikaya (Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha) Sutta Study Class with Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi scheduled for Tuesday, October 27th has been cancelled. The November schedule is as follows: Tuesday, November 3rd: MN 69,Gulissā ni Sutta: Gulissāni  Tuesday,...

Becoming a Buddhist Lay Disciple

Aug 14, 2008 | Articles

One becomes a Buddhist lay disciple by means of two steps: Going for Refuge to the Three Jewels and undertaking the Five Precepts. By going for refuge one makes the solemn commitment to accept the Three Jewels — the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha — as the guiding...

The Four Noble Truths

Aug 8, 2008 | Articles

All the Buddha’s teachings center around the Four Noble Truths, the formula into which he compressed the essence of his realization. The First Noble Truth teaches that life involves suffering. It is impossible to live without experiencing some kind of discomfort...

The Noble Eightfold Path

Aug 8, 2008 | Articles

The Noble Eightfold Path covers every aspect of life – intellectual, ethical, social, and psychological – and thus contains everything we need to develop ethically and spiritually, in the process benefiting ourselves and others. The steps of the path are:...