What is the Role of the Buddhist Sangha in the 21st Century?
We can see from the study of the Buddha’s earliest teachings in the vinaya-pi?aka, that he originally taught only dhamma necessary for the attainment of nibb?na. The dhammas such as the
We can see from the study of the Buddha’s earliest teachings in the vinaya-pi?aka, that he originally taught only dhamma necessary for the attainment of nibb?na. The dhammas such as the
Ka?hina and Ka?hina kusala What is meant by Ka?hina? The Pali term ‘Ka?hina’ means: strong, strength, hard, solid, rigid, powerful, firm, inflexible, and stiff. Therefore, Ka?hina kusala means: ‘very strong
Scientists and Buddhist scholars gathered from all over the world for Buddhism in the Austral-Asian region at the first annual International Conference “Buddhism & Australia”. The
The early hunter-gatherer model of self-sufficient groups characterized itself with a necessary coherence and unity. This holism, forced by survival, prompted the emergence of certain
The Buddha emphasized many times that the doctrine he preached was understandable only by the wise. He also said that one who sees the dhamma can see
It is difficult if not impossible to practice the way of understanding and love without a sangha, a community of friends who practice the same
“The bowl may be overturned for a lay follower endowed with (any of) eight qualities: He/she strives for the monks’ material loss, strives for the
The role of women in Buddhism, especially in Buddhist monasticism, has been a controversial topic of late. Ajahn Brahm’s recent ordination of nun’s into his