![In the Sallekha Sutta, the Discourse on Effacement, translated from Pali by Venerable Nyanaponika Maha Thera, Maha Cunda visits the Buddha, who was staying at Savatthi, in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s monastery and we may read what the Buddha told him about the arising of wholesome thoughts and the avoidance of unwholesome actions.](https://www.buddhistdoor.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2275edd62c26fbc92a936a58583e88a9-e1623163949846-768x572.jpg)
![In the Sallekha Sutta, the Discourse on Effacement, translated from Pali by Venerable Nyanaponika Maha Thera, Maha Cunda visits the Buddha, who was staying at Savatthi, in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s monastery and we may read what the Buddha told him about the arising of wholesome thoughts and the avoidance of unwholesome actions.](https://www.buddhistdoor.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2275edd62c26fbc92a936a58583e88a9-e1623163949846-768x572.jpg)
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Gratitude Is Being Taken for Granted
Dr. Ernest Chi-Hin Ng
29 September 2020
Tapping into Buddhist wisdom to develop this most…
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Seeing Non-self
Prof. David Dale Holmes
17 August 2020
Extracts from the Samyutta Nikaya
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The Consequences of Moral and Immoral Actions
Prof. David Dale Holmes
14 October 2019
We are the owners and heirs of our kamma
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Concerning Intoxicants
Prof. David Dale Holmes
9 July 2019
On the kammic consequences of indulgence
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Norman Fischer: Engaging our Moral Imagination in a Rapidly Changing World
Justin Whitaker
6 June 2019
Art, creativity, service, and realization
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The Ten Powers of the Tathāgata
Prof. David Dale Holmes
3 June 2019
Insight into the supreme powers of the Tathāgata
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On Karma and Rebirth
Prof. David Dale Holmes
13 December 2018
What the Buddha said about the karmic results…
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Anicca Vata Sankhara: Concerning Conditioned Phenomena
Prof. David Dale Holmes
7 August 2018
On impermanence and the process of becoming and…
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Concerning Right Action and Right Livelihood
Prof. David Dale Holmes
7 April 2017
What are Right Action and Right Livelihood according to the teachings of the Buddha? First, comes the consideration of Right Action: having learned to discipline
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Concerning Right Speech
Prof. David Dale Holmes
17 March 2017
The path to providing wisdom, healing division, and creating…