so have u do yours today ??

in mahayana, the best way to do charity is to chant the 6 syllables, om mani padme hum

This post has been edited by will4848: Aug 27 2017, 11:42 AM

I wandered [through] many births in saṁsāra,
searching for the house builder (craving) [but] found
[him] not; repeated birth is suffering

O house-builder! You are seen. You shall not build a
house again. All your rafters are broken. Your ridge-pole
is shattered. My mind has attained the unconditioned,
obtaining the destruction of craving.

- The Buddha, KN, Dhp 153-154

This post has been edited by Chrono-Trigger: Aug 27 2017, 12:41 PM

yup...is kuan yin mantra .... but recite this mantra, actually you are giving n not receiving ....
om mani padme hum contains the essence of the entire buddhist teaching.....
to accumulate merit, yes, we can do many things ..... but since we live in the duality world ...
every action we do, there is a reaction force that against it ....
in other words, there is no "complete 100%" good action that we accumulate massive/huge merit bcos of our own mental defilement...
in mahayana, there is few type of "energy" that can help us thru the buddhahood journey ....
1. self determination (internal force) ... need a lot of hard work, only the extraordinary sentient being can do this
2. buddha/bodhisattva power (external force) .... by chanting the buddha/bodhisattva name ..
3. power of mantra
4. power of vow

this is a good site to start

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/begin.html

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/index.html

for very specific subjects it is indexed here

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html

long holiday can learn buddhism

This post has been edited by will4848: Aug 31 2017, 08:27 PM

here got another link talking about 8 consciousness .... but in cantonese

got 10 chapter, each chapter about 1 n half hour ....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV2fHzSLSao...K9tJ6AzSk5XKpYE

This post has been edited by will4848: Sep 1 2017, 04:21 PM

This is an excellent lecture on early buddhist text on mind mapping (psycho and physio analysis) which touches on how the interlink and interdependence of consciousness-organ-object works with feelings-perception-formations. and through this understanding, it provides a base through which one can observe and practice to experience these phenomenons ie through mindfulness/meditation practices.



This post has been edited by danokchonger: Sep 2 2017, 11:10 PM

the path to Pratyekabuddha ...... 12 Dependent Origination ......

10 chapter, average about 35min/chapter .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlIa9ItcUTs...RDjC16q7MLVnHOE

2 incalculable aeons and 100,000 world cycles!

This post has been edited by will4848: Sep 6 2017, 12:04 AM

what this ??

I banana, can you tell me what this word means? Came across in some lectures.

龙天护法 ?

is it heavenly general?

This post has been edited by Chrono-Trigger: Sep 6 2017, 09:18 AM

龙天护法 is the dharma protector ..... or sometimes call 天龙八部 ....
there are 8 type dharma protector sentient being that written in sutra ...(some are human n some are non human)
1.Deva
2.Naga
3.Yaksha
4.Asura
5.Garuda
6.Kinnara
7.Gandharva
8.Mahoraga

heavenly general can be or may not be the dharma protector .... depend on, do they also practice buddhism ...

This post has been edited by will4848: Sep 6 2017, 02:45 PM

every precept u take, there are 5 护法 protect u ....
if u take all the 5 precept there is 25 dharma protector protect u ...
to take precept is easy but to maintain n do it mindfully is difficult ....
for eg, abstain from lying ..... actually do u know that everyday we are lying ??? just that we dont notice it ...
same for the mantra, if u recite a mantra there are many 天龙八部 protect u ...
why ? ... cos most of the 天龙八部 they also practice the same mantra, so when u recite n they heard u , then u already "orang kita"
deswai mantra is very powerful, especially "om mani padme hum" ....

so how many protect you now?

should be 0 as i said easy to say not easy to do

佛說十善業道經 The Discourse on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action

any guide on taking 1 of the precept ?