The Five and Eight Precepts

Aug 4, 2008 | Articles

The Five Precepts The Buddha’s teaching is not a system of salvation by faith but a path to enlightenment and liberation from suffering. The path unfolds in three main stages: moral discipline (sila), concentration (samadhi), and wisdom (pañña). These three...

The Six Paramitas

Aug 8, 2007 | Articles

Those who aspire for the supreme enlightenment of Buddhahood, practice the career of a bodhisattva. In countless lives through the round of rebirths, they strive to fulfill six spiritual perfections, which they must develop to the peak of maturity. These six...

The Ten Courses of Wholesome Karma

Aug 8, 2007 | Articles

Three of the body: 1. Abstaining from killing or taking life, oppression and harassment; possessing kindness, compassion and helpfulness. 2. Abstaining from filching, theft and exploitation; respecting the property rights of others. 3. Abstaining from misconduct and...

The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha

Aug 21, 2004 | Books

A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya Translated by Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi Publisher: Wisdom Publications; Subsequent edition (March 25, 1995) The Majjhima Nikaya, or “Middle-length Discourses” of the Buddha, is the second of the five nikayas, or...

The Way to Buddhahood

Jul 21, 2004 | Books

Instructions from a Modern Chinese Master By Ven. Master Yin-shun Publisher: Wisdom Publications (January 25, 1998) The Way to Buddhahood is a monumental treatise by the foremost Chinese scholar-monk of modern time, In this book the Master synthesized all the...