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If you are able to control your mind, your surroundings will be serene and peaceful. - Jiddu Krishnamurti-

Thinking of disease constantly will intensify it. Feel always ‘I am healthily in body and mind’. -Sivananda-

We should serve others without any expectations whatsoever. When others throw thorns at us, we should be able to throw flowers back at them. -Amirthanandamayi-

Every living being in this world strives, at every moment, to be happy. Hence, even in the Buddha’s teachings, happiness is extolled as the supreme wealth. Yet this so-called wealth is not present with everyone, nor at every moment.…

On the occasion of conferring the Sri Sannasa (royal charter), in keeping with venerable ancient customs, to the Most Ven.  Narampanave Saddharma Vagishvara Sri Sumanatissa Ananda Anunayaka Thero, who has been appointed Anunayaka (Deputy…

We pause to reflect upon the life of Queen Anulā, whose spiritual hunger illuminates the deepest connection between Bhārata and Lankā. Her story is a testament to the truth that the Dhamma recognizes no borders, only hearts ready to receive…

The island kingdom of Lankā, reborn in the light of the Dhamma brought by Arhant Mahinda, hummed with a new kind of yearning. King Devānampiyatissa reigned in the magnificent city of Anurādhapura, but it was the women of the court, led by…

The status of the birth-death cycle is due to existential grasping of the skandhas and relational condition of the being. That which is non-grasping and non-relational is taught as Nirvana. -Nagarjuna-

Absent a normative ethical framework, society lacks the basis for a credible appraisal of human values. Individuals who adhere to such a framework render prosocial conduct intelligible within the social order; hence, ethical development is…

155. Now, the Blessed One has shown that when the unvirtuous have their minds captured by pleasure and satisfaction in the indulgence of the five cords of sense desires, in salutation, in being honoured, etc., the result of that kamma,…