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The third Noble Truth is that there is emancipation, liberation, freedom from suffering, from the continuity of dukkha. This is called the Noble Truth of the Cessation of dukkha (Dukkhanirodha-ariyasacca), which is Nibbāna, more…

“­­­­­­­­­­­Kes gaha pawa wena ratawala   minisunne Us nidahasa pinisa satanata         sarasenne His mola thibeddi me waga          nothakanne Es gedi dekata hena gahilada       sinhalune” (Oh! Sinhala folk, are your eyes too…

On the 2584 Birth Anniversary of Gautama Buddha on 16th May, 2022, ( Buddha Purnima day), I was all the time introspecting about Buddhist philosophy and inevitably started thinking about the great Buddhist country Tibet, which is now…

The Second Noble Truth is that of the arising or origin of dukkha (Dukkhasamudaya-ariyasacca). The most popular and well-known definition of the Second Truth as found in innumerable places in the original texts runs as follows: ‘It is…

What is the Noble Truth of Suffering? Birth is suffering, aging is suffering, sickness is suffering, dissociation from the loved is suffering, not to get what one wants is suffering: in short the five categories affected by…

Out of the monarchy and oligarchy systems of governments which existed during the Buddha’s time, the system of monarchy was the most powerful. There was a continuous power struggle among the rulers of the sixteen main states of India,…

The focus of this short article is to subtly bring up the Buddhist teachings on politics and economy and analyze the characteristic features of an immoral leader. Political theoretical concepts are discussed in a very sensible manner in…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The most common and widely known formulation of the Buddha's teaching is that which the Buddha himself announced in the First Sermon at Benares, the formula of the Four Noble Truths. The Buddha declares that these…

By Bhikku Bodhi Though right concentration claims the last place among the factors of the Noble Eightfold Path, concentration itself does not mark the path's culmination. The attainment of concentration makes the mind still and steady,…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The eighth factor of the path is right concentration, in Pali samma samadhi. Concentration represents an intensification of a mental factor present in every state of consciousness. This factor, one-pointedness of mind…