3 Aug 2026, 08:19 UTC214 views4 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Lay People is the topic
Saṁyutta Nikāya
SN 7.12 UdayaSutta: Udaya
Near Sāvatthī. Then early in the morning, the Blessed One, having adjusted his under robe and carrying his bowl & outer robe, went to the home of the brahman Udaya. The brahman Udaya filled the Blessed One’s bowl with rice.
Then a second time, [on the next day,] the Blessed One, having adjusted his under robe and carrying his bowl & outer robe, wen…
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20 Jul 2026, 11:33 UTC508 views13 reactionsread 7 August 2026 The Source of Suffering
The suffering that arises in the world starting with old age and death takes many and diverse forms.
But what is the source of this suffering?
When what exists do old age and death come to be?
And when what does not exist do old age and death not come to be?
The source of this suffering is attachment.
When attachments exist old age and death come to be.
And when attachments do not exist old …
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13 Jul 2026, 03:04 UTC728 views9 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
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25 Jun 2026, 04:10 UTC787 views3 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Forwarded from @BuddhistHistory
NO ANGER, NO SUFFERING
Whoever returns insult to one who is insulting,
returns taunts to one who is taunting,
returns a berating to one who is berating,
is said to be exchanging with one another,
sharing company with that person.
But I am neither exchanging nor sharing your company,
Brahmin. It's all yours.
How can anger arise in one who is angerless,
In the tamed one of righteous living,
In one liberated by perfec…
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25 Jun 2026, 04:10 UTC928 views4 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Forwarded from @BuddhistHistoryPhoto
What needs to be done, I will do.
The duty of one whose energy is strong;
the duty of one who longs for awakening:
that I’ll do, I won’t fail.
See my energy and vigor!
Teach me the path,
the direct route
whose objective is freedom from death.
I’ll know it with wisdom,
as the Ganges knows the ocean.
- Thag 2.24
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24 Jun 2026, 19:12 UTC636 views3 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Photo
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24 Jun 2026, 19:12 UTC575 views1 reactionsread 7 August 2026 Accurately evaluating ourselves and our practice without over-estimation or under-estimation is not easy. The inner evaluator is just another voice in our head, and for a long time is not a particularly reliable one. Meditators often give too much significance to 'wow' moments and too little significance to incremental improvements.
An example of a person able to evaluate himself accurately is the anāgāmi householde…
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24 Jun 2026, 17:38 UTC521 viewsread 7 August 2026 Photo
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24 Jun 2026, 17:38 UTC524 viewsread 7 August 2026 Sticker
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24 Jun 2026, 17:26 UTC628 viewsread 7 August 2026 The Way to the Far Shore
Alone, the dispeller of darkness
is brilliant, a beacon:
Gotama, vast in wisdom,
Gotama, vast in intelligence.
He is the one who taught me Dhamma,
apparent in the present life, immediately effective,
the untroubled, the end of craving, to which there is no compare.
Being diligent, I see him in my mind’s eye day and night.
I spend the night in homage to him,
hence I think I dwell with him.
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19 May 2026, 19:38 UTC≈1,030 views9 reactionsread 7 August 2026 To Be a Person Is to Be a Māra - Phra Ajaan Funn Ācāro
When you see all four of these noble truths, that’s when you truly become a monk. If you don’t see them, then no matter how much else you may know, it’s all just book-knowledge. But once you see the four noble truths, you see the Dhamma. You can’t keep on living in this world anymore. What would you live for? There’d be nothing at all that you would gain. Think …
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