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By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The Buddha divides right speech into four components: abstaining from false speech, abstaining from slanderous speech, abstaining from harsh speech, and abstaining from idle chatter. Because the effects of speech are…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The Buddha divides right speech into four components: abstaining from false speech, abstaining from slanderous speech, abstaining from harsh speech, and abstaining from idle chatter. Because…

The Sri Lankan Buddhist community in general and the Maha Sangha together with its Mahanayake and Anunayake Theros who are dedicated to upholding the noble Buddhist concepts, cultures, and traditions have very good reasons to consider…

Today is the Birth Day of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the versatile and saintly leader of our brotherly neighbour India and it is a very significant day for us Sri Lankans to refresh their cherished memories of gratefulness to him.…

Ven Bhikku Bodhi The next three path factors — right speech, right action, and right livelihood — may be treated together, as collectively they make up the first of the three divisions of the path, the division of moral discipline …

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The intention of harmlessness is thought guided by compassion (karuna), aroused in opposition to cruel, aggressive, and violent thoughts. Compassion supplies the complement to loving-kindness. Whereas loving-kindness…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The intention of good will opposes the intention of ill will, thoughts governed by anger and aversion. As in the case of desire, there are two ineffective ways of handling ill will. One is to yield to it, to express…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The Buddha describes his teaching as running contrary to the way of the world. The way of the world is the way of desire, and the unenlightened who follow this way flow with the current of desire, seeking happiness by…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The second factor of the path is called in Pali samma sankappa, which we will translate as "right intention." The term is sometimes translated as "right thought," a rendering that can be accepted if we add the…

By Ven Bhikku Bodhi The right view of Kamma and its fruits provides a rationale for engaging in wholesome actions and attaining high status within the round of rebirths, but by itself, it does not lead to liberation. It is possible for…