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About Buddhism
Buddhism originates in the life and teaching of the Buddha, whose proper name was Siddhartha Gautama. Born into a royal family in north India (now Nepal) in the fifth century B.C., Gautama was raised...
View ArticleArahants, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas
I. Competing Buddhist Ideals The arahant ideal and the bodhisattva ideal are often considered the respective guiding ideals of Theravāda Buddhism and Mahāyāna Buddhism. This assumption is not entirely...
View ArticleDana ── The Practice of Giving
Contents Introduction (Bhikkhu Bodhi) The Practice of Giving (Susan Elbaum Jootla) Giving in the Pali Canon (Lily de Silva) Giving from the Heart (M. O’C. Walshe) Generosity: The Inward Dimension...
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Letter from Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi on Buddhist holiday
VESAK 2012 Remembering the Buddha and his teachings with joy, gratitude, and generosity Dear Friend, The most important holiday in the Buddhist calendar, Vesak, is just around the corner. Starting on...
View ArticleThe Noble Eightfold Path — The Way to the End of Suffering
Contents Preface Abbreviations I. The Way to the End of Suffering II. Right View III. Right Intentions IV. Right Speech, Right Action, and Right Livelihood V. Right Effort VI. Right Mindfulness...
View ArticleGoing for Refuge & Taking the Precepts
Contents Preface Going for Refuge I. The Reasons for Taking Refuge 1. The dangers pertaining to the present life 2. The dangers pertaining to future lives 3. The dangers pertaining to the general...
View ArticleTo the Kalamas
(Aṅguttara Nikāya, 3:65) Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was wandering on tour together with a large Sangha of monks when he arrived at a town of the Kālāmas named Kesaputta.47 Now...
View ArticleCulakammavibhanga Sutta (Majjhima Nikaya No. 135)
I. General statement of “law of karma” “Beings are (1) the owners of their actions; (2) the heirs of their actions; (3) their actions are their origin (yoni = womb), (4) their kinsman, (5) their...
View ArticleSN 15. Anamatagga Saṁyutta
Connected Discourses on Without Discoverable Beginning 1 (1) Grass and Wood “Bhikkhus, this saṃsāra is without discoverable beginning.254 A first point is not discerned of beings roaming and...
View ArticleThe Ten Qualities of the Buddha
(to go with MN 27) I. Tathgata: “Thus Come” or “Thus Gone” “Thus Come” (tathā āgata): come to Buddhahood in the same way as all the Buddhas of the past have come, i.e., byfulfilling the Ten...
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