Meditation Articles and Techniques

This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification-which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas Meditation Meditation for Beginners   Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#3     Sugar-cane juice and poison: It can be compared to a mixture of sugar-cane juice and poison.   2. Self-Mortification[attakilamathanuyoga]   This is the practice of self-denial or self-mortification-which is a non-Buddhist practice. It is one of many practices favoured by non-Buddhist ascetics such as Niganthas. In fact, even amongst the ascetics who practice self-mortification there are many different schools: some refuse to wear clothes, some always stand in order to defecate, some use their bare hands to clean up after defecation, some accept alms from a maximum of only one mouthful of food per day, some accept alms from only on benefactor per day, only one particular woman benefactor per day, some fast for ten..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Every parent wants their child to be healthy and good. However, there are many parents who do not understand that in order to have a good child they have to practice good behavior Meditation Meditation for Peace   Teaching Your Unborn Child     Every parent wants their child to be healthy good.   Every parent wants their child to be healthy and good. However, there are many parents who do not understand that in order to have a good child they have to practice good behavior and be prepared to become a father and a mother even before they are married. They should not wait to begin after the baby has arrived. By then, they will not be good role models for their child. It is then unlikely that he/she will grow up to be the good child that his/her parents desire. Hence, it is good to introduce the subject of Transferring Good Behavior to the Baby in the Womb.   Transferring good behavior to the baby according to Buddhist teachings should be performed even before the b..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

This last metaphor clearly illustrates how no benefit can be found by indulging in sensual pleasure Meditation Meditation for Beginners   Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#2     Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta   This last metaphor clearly illustrates how no benefit can be found by indulging in sensual pleasure. All these dangers of indulging in sensual pleasures are the reason why the Buddha taught in the dhammacakkapavattana Sutta that Buddha taught in the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta that those leading the monastic life must avoid the extreme of indulging in sensual pleasure.   Furthermore, in the Mahadukkhakhands Sutta (The Greater Discourse on the Stems of Suffering) (M.i.83ff.), delivered at Savatthi, the Buddha expounds the dangers of sensual indulgence, in detail which exceeds even that of the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta.   “O! Monks! What is indulgence of the senses? The senses are..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Everyone feels excited when there is a new addition to the family. Some of these families are so elated they invite monks to receive offerings at their homes for seven days Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Birth of a Meritorious Person     We are born into the same world, yet we do not know how we came to be.   Everyone feels excited when there is a new addition to the family. Some of these families are so elated they invite monks to receive offerings at their homes for seven days. Some celebrate for seven days and seven nights. While excitement is a natural reaction to an impending birth, it is also an opportunity to reflect upon an impending birth, it is also an opportunity to reflect upon an important birth, it is also an opportunity to reflect upon an important question: what makes us different? What determines our differences?   We are born into the same world, yet we do not know how we came to be. We do not know where our planet is situated in the..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Buddhism contains teachings on ways to maintain a warm, gentle family that have been used as a reference by people for thousands of years Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Mother of Great Kindness within the House     Buddhism contains teachings on ways to maintain a warm, gentle family   Buddhism contains teachings on ways to maintain a warm, gentle family that have been used as a reference by people for thousands of years. It is also certain that many modern theories about family dynamics can be found in Buddhist doctrine. Moreover, Buddhist texts contain an even more thorough understanding of family dynamics than today’s theories.   The points contained in Ten Suggestions from a Father to His Daughter on Her Wedding Day resulted in a daughter becoming an important figure in her husband’s family. Her becoming an important figure in her husband’s family. Her husband, his parents, and his relatives gave her love, respect an..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha) Meditation Meditation for Beginners   Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta: The Sermon#1       Dhammacakkapavattana   Something which you will find at the beginning of every sutta are Ananda’s words ‘Euam me sutam…’: i.e. ‘Thus have I heard (directly from the Lord Buddha)’.   On one occasion, the Blessed One was staying at the Isipatana Deer Park close by the town of Benares [Varanasi]. At that place, the Buddha summoned the ‘group of five’ [pancavaggiya] and addressed them thus:   O! Bhikkhus! Monks who wish to overcome suffering must strictly avoid the two extremes of practice, namely:   1. Sensual indulgence [kamasukhallikanuyoga] 2. Self-mortification [attakilamathanuyoga]   1. Indulging in sensual pleasures [kamasukhallikanuyoga]   Sensual indulgence is being ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

In the book Thirty-eight Universal Steps to Eternal Happiness, compiled for the summer program for ordained monks by the Venerable teacher Monk Somchai Tanavuddho, Meditation Meditation for Peace   Keeping Love Alive (Cherishing Love)     Meditation – meditation clears our mind, and a clear mind opens the door to wisdom   In the book Thirty-eight Universal Steps to Eternal Happiness, compiled for the summer program for ordained monks by the Venerable teacher Monk Somchai Tanavuddho, the subject of cherishing love was discussed. Since husbands and wives should carefully consider this subject, we wish to present a discussion on cherishing love in family matters from a Buddhist perspective.   How to Cherish Love   Living together as husband and wife can be difficult or easy. If one poses a question asking how husband and wife can live together happily, no two answers will be the same. Some will say that it depends on their astrological fate and desti..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

We do not search for these and do not wish to encounter them. Even when they have not arrived, we are afraid that they will soon arrive Meditation Meditation for Peace   How to Manage Family Life #5     The Frightened Mind is fear and anxiety of loss or discontentment   The Frightened Mind is fear and anxiety of loss or discontentment, which are:   1) Loss of Fortune is losing what one already possesses, such as loss of money, a house, a child or a spouse. 2) Loss of Prestige is loss of authority, rank, or the power to control. 3) Gossiping is direct or indirect criticism. 4) Suffering is both mental and physical suffering.   We do not search for these and do not wish to encounter them. Even when they have not arrived, we are afraid that they will soon arrive. When they arrive, we pray for them to leave. After they leave us, we are still afraid that they will return.   Since we encounter the ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification Meditation Meditation for Beginners   Overview #2     the Higher Training of the Mind   3. The Middle Way   The Middle Way [majjhima patipada] is a path of practice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence tice that avoids the extremes of either sensual indulgence or self –mortification. It is a path of practice that is conducive to taming the mind, supreme knowledge, virtuous knowledge, the extinguishing of craving and for liberation from defilements. It is the practice of the Noble Ones, fitting for monks who have gone to the trouble to raise themselves from the status of householders. Monks should practice the Middle Way according to the Noble Eightfold Path [atthangikamagga], namely:   1. Right View [Samama Ditthi] 2. Right Intention [Samma Sankappa] 3. Rig..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Body like a doormat means dedication all of one’s energy and dedicating one’s life to performing good deeds with virtuous actions Meditation Meditation for Peace   How to Manage Family Life #4     Family members will be pleased and proud to be a part of a family that prizes this honest way of living.   3) Body like a doormat means dedication all of one’s energy and dedicating one’s life to performing good deeds with virtuous actions, and thoughts, without attitudes or conditions.   Our grandparents used this metaphor that compares the body to a doormat to teach us; they want to remind us, whatever task we perform, it must be an honest task. We must perform it using all of our knowledge, ability and virtue. We must not have an attitude or be arrogant. We must not be afraid of hard work and we must be able to dedicate our life to the task to produce the best results.   Our grandparents also improved their lives b..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara Meditation Meditation for Beginners   Overview #1     The inaugural teaching which the Lord Buddha preached to the  ‘Group of Five’ was the Dhammacakkapavattana Sutta.   Introduction   After the Enlightenment which transformed Siddhattha Gotama into the Lord Buddha beneath the Bodhi tree on the banks of the River Neranjara, Bodhgaya on the full moon night of the month of Visakha (May), the Buddha sat further to absorb the bliss of his enlightenment and further to consider the dhamma which he had learned, for a period of another seven days before finishing his meditation. The Buddha then moved to continue his consideration of the Dhamma under the Ajapalanigrodha Tree for another seven days. The Buddha then spent another seven days doing the same underneath a Jik Tree. From there he spent anot..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

With a thorough understanding of the first three factors, it is time for the marriage to continue on to a higher level of morality with more strength and stability Meditation Meditation for Peace   How to Manage Family Life #3     Dhamma that Creates a Beautiful Mind   Dhamma that Creates a Beautiful Mind   With a thorough understanding of the first three factors, it is time for the marriage to continue on to a higher level of morality with more strength and stability. If the husband and wife lack the morals in being together, they will not be able to sustain the love they have towards each other on a long-term basis, since the heart of the family is based on the foundation of morals embraced by the husband and wife.   We should train ourselves to become independent prior to marriage. Our grandparents introduced Dhamma for Laypersons as a guideline to self-training. Even after we get married and have a family, we still have to practice Dhamma for La..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

If you want the children to be disciplined and responsible (Mai Sab), you must train the children to be repeat thinking, repeat talking and repeat doing in the subject of rules and regulations Meditation Meditation for Beginners   What To Do To Make Your Children Good All The Way Through      you must train the children to be repeat thinking, repeat talking and repeat doing in the subject of rules and regulations.   From the five lessons, the conclusion is:   1) If you want the children to be disciplined and responsible (Mai Sab), you must train the children to be repeat thinking, repeat talking and repeat doing in the subject of rules and regulations.   2) If you want the children to be clever (Mai Ngo), you must train the children to be repeat thinking, repeat talking and repeat doing in the subject of respect.   3) If you want the children to be generous (Mai Lang Num Jai), you must train the children to be repeat thinking, repeat talking and..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

An independent person is a person with knowledge, ability and virtue. In summary, this person must have Dhamma for Laypersons Meditation Meditation for Peace   How to Manage Family Life #2     How to Manage Family Life   Self-Dependence   An independent person is a person with knowledge, ability and virtue. In summary, this person must have Dhamma for Laypersons.   A person who has the Dhamma for Laypersons (Gharavas-dhamma) must display four regular habits:   1. Habit of Responsibility – Whatever the task at hand, he must do it to the best of his ability, in terms of quality, time, budget, and caring for the quality of mind.   2. Habit of self-training and self-improvement – The study and research in various areas to improve one’s knowledge, ability, and virtue for continuous progress.   3. Habit of endurance – Whatever the task, he is able to overcome all obstacles until the task is..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The practice of regulation one’s emotions prior to getting married is an important foundation of maintaining a marriage Meditation Meditation for Peace   How to Manage Family Life #1     Basic Thoughts Prior to Marriage   The practice of regulation one’s emotions prior to getting married is an important foundation of maintaining a marriage. But if both parties never learned to control their emotions in the past, elevating their virtues after they have married would not be possible. Instead, it will turn in a negative direction where both will hurt each other in devastating ways, and in the end, they will no longer be able to withstand each other; divorce seems to be the only solution. So learning to regulate one’s emotions prior to marriage is the best way to prevent divorce.   Basic Thoughts Prior to Marriage   The belief that holds true, regardless of how many millions of years have passed, is that once a ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

How To Plat Providence Towards Desire Of Money To Children Parents have to teach children to understand that: Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Plant Habits into Children To Be Kind And Generous (Mai Lang Num Jai)#4     Money can’t buy all happiness.   How To Plat Providence Towards Desire Of Money To Children   Parents have to teach children to understand that:   1) Money can’t buy all happiness.     It can’t buy family,     Or lead to solving problems,     Or understanding each other,     Or purity of minds.   2) Human being’s happiness comes from:     2.1) Having money.     2.2) Spending money.     2.3) No crookedness in work.     2.4) No debts.   Thins happiness occurs when the money is from honesty.   3) If we have crooked..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The truth is that we should avoid simulation towards sexual misconduct. Parents should be careful because catching the wrong point can be harmful for children and cold kill the children in cold blood  Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Plant Habits into Children To Be Kind And Generous (Mai Lang Num Jai)#3       Train Children To Be Provident Towards Sexual Misconduct.   Train Children To Be Provident Towards Sexual Misconduct.   The truth is that we should avoid simulation towards sexual misconduct. Parents should be careful because catching the wrong point can be harmful for children and cold kill the children in cold blood.   There’s a family with a 4 year old daughter in kindergarten. The person who brings the danger is nobody else but the child’s own mother. The mother is a beautician as her career and sells cosmetics. She always puts on makeup for her daughter since them. The daughter thinks it looks pretty. When the daughter grows up, she just keeps on do..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Sacrifice means generosity in living together as a family. Placing the well-being of the family ahead of ourselves Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Heart of the Family#4     A marriage is dependent upon the sacrifice of two individuals.   4) Sacrifice or caga is the means to correct the problem of selfishness.   Charity means sacrifice.   There are 3 types: 1) Sacrifice of material objects 2) Sacrifice of comfort 3) Sacrifice of negative emotions, not keeping them in your mind. It is the basis for preparing one’s mind for meditation.   Sacrifice means generosity in living together as a family. Placing the well-being of the family ahead of ourselves.   A marriage is dependent upon the sacrifice of two individuals. If there is no sacrifice, then the family can not be supported. If a particular family does not practice sacrifice for the benefit of others in th..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Parents teach children not to be harmful by using behavior rules. They teach them to be intelligent by using respecting rules. The way to teach children to be generous in by planting patience into them  Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Plant Habits into Children To Be Kind And Generous (Mai Lang Num Jai)#2      Drinking alcohol.   Train children to be provident towards their desire drive to use drugs and alcohol.   It also includes all bad drives (abai ya mook), which cause you to lose conscious self-control and the impair-ment of decision making.   Abai ya mook (bad drive) means the entrance to destruction.   The grandparents said that whoever gets concerned with bad drives will lose control of decision making and make wrong decisions. For example, when we are drunk, we might be able to hit our parents until they require hospitalization or until they die.   There are at least 6 kinds of bad drives.   1) Drinking alcohol. 2) Going out..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The way to practice self – control is to be alert and to train oneaelf without exception, by giving oneself more knowledge, ability, and goodness everyday Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Heart of the Family#3     The Heart of the Family   2) Self-control or dama corrects the problem of foolishness, of not keeping up with people, the world and of surrendering to defilements.   Dama means having self control.   The way to practice self – control is to be alert and to train oneaelf without exception, by giving oneself more knowledge, ability, and goodness everyday.   Self – control can also be referred to colloquially as, “loving to train oneself.” And sometimes the elders may refer to it as, “Don’t let yourself be foolish.”   The way to increase one’s knowledge, ability and goodness in every way is to follow these 4 guidelines:   2.1) You must find a good teacher. That means that regardless of whether a per..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

A chemical engineer who coped with the water - common water, drinking water and waste water - becomes a monk and loves meditation. What does he find from meditation? Meditation Testimonials My heart sings “Change the World” song Edited from the Inner Dreams Kindergarten Program broadcasted on DMC I pay the highest respect to Luang Phaw I am Phra Harit Jotiratano, 34 years old.  I have been ordained since the Dhammadayada Mass Ordination Program, Batch “Worship Phrarajbhavanavisudh’s Dhamma as his 67th Birthday Anniversary.”  Now I am being trained as the Navaga Monk, 1st year, at the 3rd terrace in Dhammakaya Temple.   Phra Harit Jotiratano Before becoming a monk, I was a chemical engineer and working in the environmental field.  My work was about the common water and drinking water productions and the waste water treatment.  Moreover, I used to do plating as well.  This is my second ordination.  For the first one, I met the ordination booth of..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Parents teach children not to be harmful by using behavior rules. They teach them to be intelligent by using respecting rules. The way to teach children to be generous in by planting patience into them  Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Plant Habits into Children To Be Kind And Generous (Mai Lang Num Jai)#1     Parents teach children not to be harmful by using behavior rules.   Parents teach children not to be harmful by using behavior rules. They teach them to be intelligent by using respecting rules. The way to teach children to be generous in by planting patience into them.   What is patience? (Od-Ton) Od means to want to have but doesn’t have. Ton means to not want to have but does have. Patience means knowing to maintain our normal circumstance when it is affected by anything that we want to have or not.   How does patience cause generosity?   If someone can’t be patient, s/he will not be able to help him/herself. And then s/he will not be able to help other..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

When a person thinks a bout selecting a spouse, or thinks about getting married and having a family, one must prepare oneself because nobody can avoid the four Problems previously mentioned Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Heart of the Family#2     Dhamma for Laypersons: the Heart of a Stable Family   Dhamma for Laypersons: the Heart of a Stable Family   When a person thinks a bout selecting a spouse, or thinks about getting married and having a family, one must prepare oneself because nobody can avoid the four Problems previously mentioned.   Although the solution is not simple, that does not mean there is no path to correct and prevent them from occurring. If each person realizes what the heart of the family is and everyone takes the best possible care of the family’s heart, the problems will be resolved in the end.   The Lord Buddha gave a Dhamma discourse pertaining to a method that can be utilized as a basis for daily life and a means of establishing a stabl..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Bat Ti San Tan means “greeting”. It means that you know how to greet a good person to come in your group Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#8     The parents must use greetings to train them.   Why Respecting Welcoming And Greeting (Bat-Ti-San-Tan) is Clever (Mai Ngo)   Bat Ti San Tan means “greeting”. It means that you know how to greet a good person to come in your group.   From the grandparents’ experiences they give us 3 important useful factors:   1) To practice talents for examples to the children.   Many parents have children who are lovely but at the same time the parents always wonder how to train the children to be talented. In Buddhism, we have an easy lesson to train the children to be talented. But most of the time they don’t know that this is a lesson for talent..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

When our hearts cease to function, it means we have passed away from this world. This is the same for the family. If the heart of the family stops functioning, the family Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Heart of the Family#1     The Heart of the Family   When our hearts cease to function, it means we have passed away from this world. This is the same for the family. If the heart of the family stops functioning, the family. If the heart of the family stops functioning, the family has essentially died even if everyone lives in the same house. A strong, warm and healthy family is the highest achievement in a marriage. But what is most important in setting up a family? It is crucial for two loving people to understand this before they start a family.   The following subject matter is very important for all families; whoever wants to get married, whoever wants to have children, whoever wants to have a husband or a wife must study these pages to gain a deep under..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Being successful 100 times can’t guarantee that the 101 st time will be also be successful. It’s because the heart of success is “being careful.” Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#7     It is a bad drive (abai ya mook). alcoholic drinks   Why Are We Intelligent If we Respect Being Careful?   “Careless people, even if they’ re alive, are not different from the dead.”   Being successful 100 times can’t guarantee that the 101 st time will be also be successful. It’s because the heart of success is “being careful.”   Careless people will make mistakes all the time. The more mistakes they make the more they will lack confidence.They will dare not to do anything. Then they will have no resume (list of experiences needed to apply for a job). They will also have an inferiority complex, and have envy of others. They will continually search ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Education either in the reality or in the Dhamma consists of 4 factors. The parents must know that the wisdom of their children comes from 4 factors Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#6     Education either in the reality or in the Dhamma consists of 4 factors.   Why Are We Clever If We Respect Education?   Education either in the reality or in the Dhamma consists of 4 factors. The parents must know that the wisdom of their children comes from 4 factors:   1) having good people as teachers. 2) Listening to teachers. 3) Thinking along with the teachers’ words. 4) Behaving as per the teachers’ instructions.   The first factor relates to the quality of the teachers. The other 3 relate to the respect for education of the students.   Without these 4 factors, it’s hard for children to be intelligent. For example, i..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Once those who are chained in prison are free from the confinements, They will be free and happy. Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana and are free from all defilements, Will have a blissful mind just like those Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Blissful Mind     The Blissful Mind   Once those who are chained in prison are free from the confinements, They will be free and happy.   Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana and are free from all defilements, Will have a blissful mind just like those   Who are free from prison?   The danger for human   From the minute that we were born, we immediately encountered lots of dangers which can destroy us every single second. It is as if we were swimming in the darkness in the middle of the cruel sea. These dangers can be mainly categorized into two types, which are   1. Built-in Dangers:   Everyone without exception co-exists with dangers since the day they were born. These dangers, which are always around us, are:   -&..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Parents have to teach children who the bhikkhus are: The word “Phra Sangha” is combined by 2 words: “Phra” means great and “Sangha” (pronounced Song) means group Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#5     "Phra Sangha” means the group of people who have great minds.   Why Are We Clever If We Pay Respect To The Bhikkhus?   Parents have to teach children who the bhikkhus are: The word “Phra Sangha” is combined by 2 words: “Phra” means great and “Sangha” (pronounced Song) means group.   “Phra Sangha” means the group of people who have great minds.   What makes their minds great?   They have no more kilesa; meaning no more greed,, anger, and delusion in their minds.   The way to get rid of greed, anger, and delusion is not easy.   Then there are 2 kinds of monks:   1) Som Mutti Sangha means a person who ordains as a monk in ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

“Lotuses Have leaves that a drop of water cannot cling to Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana will have the minds That Subtle Defilement cannot stay in them Meditation Meditation for Peace   Freedom from Subtle Defilements     In this case, it means subtle defilements which absorb and slightly cover our minds.   “Lotuses Have leaves that a drop of water cannot cling to Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana will have the minds That Subtle Defilement cannot stay in them.”   What is a mind that’s free from Subtle Defilements?   In this case, it means subtle defilements which absorb and slightly cover our minds. It causes the mind to lose its radiance. If we don’t really notice it, we will never see it.   Minds that are free from subtle defilements mean a condition of the mind that can absolutely uproot all the defilements, both gross and subtle ones. They will never be able to grow back. This cause the mind of an Arahant.   Classifi..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Also it will teach you to get rid of all kilesa (derangements and defilements). Then you will become an Arahant and go to Nibbana Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#4     The knowledge in Dhamma can help everybody to develop life in a good way.   When You Respect The Dhamma You Are Clever   Also it  will teach you to get rid of all kilesa (derangements and defilements). Then you will become an Arahant and go to Nibbana.   The aim of all the instructions is to teach humans to get rid of kilesa in order to have no more suffering from birth, old age, sickness, and death (samsara).   The Lord buddha’s dhamma can be used as the rule to measure right-wrong, good-bad, virtue-sin, proper-improper, and useful-useless in order to think, speak and perform good deeds confidently. It also develops all good habits in children later ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

A sorrowful mind refers to the condition of the mind where sorrow cracks the mind like dry leaves or soil. In some cases, it can be a result from disappointment in love Meditation Meditation for Peace   Mind without Sorrow     A sorrowful mind refers to the condition of the mind where sorrow cracks the mind like dry leaves or soil.   “All kinds of animals, even the great lion, when trapped by a hunter’s snare, will be tortured and lose its power.   Likewise, although one may have lots of power, when trapped by the snares of passion will certainly would lose power and be filled with sorrow and torture.”   Likewise, although one may have lots of power, when trapped by the snares of passion will certainly would lose power and be filled with sorrow and torture.”   What is a Sorrowful Mind?   A sorrowful mind refers to the condition of the mind where sorrow cracks the mind like dry leaves or soil. In some cases, it can be a result from disappoi..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

To protect children from bad situations occurring in the family, you must train the children to be good Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#3     Therefore, parents should teach children to be wise both in the realistic way and in the Dhamma way.   How To Train Children To Be Able To Realize The Good   To protect children from bad situations occurring in the family, you must train the children to be good. Our grandparents always say that men should become bhikkhus (monks) for at least one rainy season before marriage to learn the Dhamma for themselves and to know how to teach it to their children. And women should learn the Dhama even more. When they marry and they become parents they will both have Dhamma and will prevent the children from becoming bad. They will only teach the children to be good, and in the c..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The mind that is afraid or disappointed by Worldly Vicissitudes is worrisome that is might encounter something unpleasant or something that it is afraid of Meditation Meditation for Peace   A Mind Invulnerable to Worldly Vicissitudes     Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana, will have minds so invulnerable that Worldly Vicissitudes could never affect them.   “rocky mountains will never be shakenby a strong wind. Likewise, those who can attain Nirvana, will have minds so invulnerable that Worldly Vicissitudes could never affect them.”   What is a Mind that is Invulnerable to Worldly Vicissitudes?   1. The mind that is afraid or disappointed by Worldly Vicissitudes is worrisome that is might encounter something unpleasant or something that it is afraid of.   2. The mind that is swayed by Worldly Vicissitudes is a mind that is elated by happiness or the pleasant things that the mind receives.   3. Vicissitudes in the Wo..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

People, after they are born as humans, whether they are a child or an adult, cannot observe who is a good person and who is a bad person because they are not clever (no common sense) Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#2     Teach very strictly from a young age all of the good habits.   When You Respect The Lord Buddha You Are Clever   People, after they are born as humans, whether they are a child or an adult, cannot observe who is a good person and who is a bad person because they are not clever (no common sense). S/he may be a graduate with many a degree such as B.S., M.A. or PhD, but will be unable to tell who is good or bad. If you cannot tell the difference then someone may cheat you or lie to you (hoodwink you) or more than that, you can bring a bad person into your house. The household will then have a problem. The family will lose their good name. They will always have problems and wil..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Nirvana is the place where suffering cannot access. It is above the rule of the Three Characteristics In that place there is no birth. Getting old, suffering from disease, death, or rebirth Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Attainment of Nirvana     It is Nirvana that we can attain while we are alive in our human body.   Is there anywhere that suffering cannot access? –No Prince Siddhartha, why did you decide to enter the monkshood then?-To find the place where suffering cannot access. Did you find it ? – Yes. Where is it? – Nirvana. Has there been anybody who followed you there? – Plenty And where is Nirvana? – That’s a good question. We are here to study the path that leads to that place.   What is Nirvana?   The word ‘Nirvana’ has a variety of meanings such as:   - Extinguishing. This means the extinguishing of defilements or of sufferings. - Escape. This means the escape from suffering or from the three prisons of the Triple World.   Nir..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

All of the parents in the world want their children to be clever. The cleverer they are the more the parents will be proud of them. How to raise the children to be clever is not easy because there are different categories of cleverness Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Build The Habits Of The Children  To Be Sincere And Clever (Mai Ngo)#1      They are clever in the way of the world.   All of the parents in the world want their children to be clever. The cleverer they are the more the parents will be proud of them. How to raise the children to be clever is not easy because there are different categories of cleverness. Some can be clever to rob or deceive you. Some are clever but are really tricky etc. They can be clever in the wrong way. This type of cleverness always makes trouble but never ends.   The thing that the sincere parents want is the type of cleverness that makes the children grow up and progress in their life where they are able to make their living by them-selves, be useful to others and mostly ..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

The Path to the Cessation of Sufferings: This is the way to get away from all the sufferings Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Four Noble Truths#2     The Lord Buddha is just like a doctor who can clearly see the cause of suffering.   The Forth Noble Truth: The Path to the Cessation of Suffering   The Path to the Cessation of Sufferings: This is the way to get away from all the sufferings. Normally, those who are in suffering can not see the cause of sufferings. Therefore, they usually blame that their suffering derives from supernatural power, or a punishment of God. They try to find the way to get rid of their suffering in the wrong way; some of them arrange some ritual ceremony for the Gods to help them. This is as if one suffer from malaria, instead of trying to cure the decease at its cause, he listens to others who told him that he has such decease because the ghosts or the..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Dhamma rules are also important to childrens’ lives because it’s factor for them to judge what is good and what is bad. Meditation Meditation for Beginners   How To Plant Habits In Children So They Will Become Disciplined And Responsible (Mai Sab)#5     It’s our nature that we shouldn’t kill any life because everyone loves his or her own life.   5) Dhamma Rule Behavior   Dhamma rules are also important to childrens’ lives because it’s factor for them to judge what is good and what is bad. When they grow up, they will be able to control their thinking, speaking and doing to be in the Dhamma rules frame. It leads them to develop themselves to be mature and so forth.   To have Dhamma rule behavior, kids need to know the 5 Dhamma rules:   1) Not killing any life. 2) Not stealing. 3) Not behaving wrongly with regards to sex. 4) Not lying. 5) Not drinking alcohol. &nb..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Each country in the world has a constitution as the blueprint for the rest of the laws of the country to expand upon. Similarly, every religion has the teaching which is the blueprint of all the rest of them Meditation Meditation for Peace   The Four Noble Truths#1      that is a mother with a new baby who cannot take her baby to work , but must leave the baby in the creche or with a maid.   “Those who swim in the ocean, but cannot see the shore But have to keep on swimming around and around anyway Without knowing where the destination is. Likewise, those who does not attain The Four Noble Truths Have to be born and reborn repeatedly in the cycle of birth and death without knowing when the end is.”   Blueprint of the religion   Each country in the world has a constitution as the blueprint for the rest of the laws of the country to expand upon. Similarly, every religion has the teaching which is the blueprint of all the rest of them.   And the blueprint of Buddhism is The Four No..... Read More about Buddhist Meditation Techniques