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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": Art of Giving (Dana)

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Saturday, August 29, 2009. Art of Giving (Dana). DANA is a Pali word that can be translated as giving, generosity, charity, and liberality. It occupies an important part in the Buddha's teaching, which is often formulated under three headings - dana, sila, bhavana (giving, morality, meditation or mental cultivation). That dana is one heading underscores its importance. Buddhists should take heed and cultivate a good spirit of dana. For y...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": Paying monks contradicts Buddhist code

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Sunday, September 6, 2009. Paying monks contradicts Buddhist code. April 7, 2009. STcom News: Paying monks contradicts Buddhist code. The Buddhist code of discipline states that monks and nuns cannot accept money for themselves, or instruct someone else to keep it for them to spend as they like or to invest in businesses, financial instruments or properties. They are also not allowed to buy and sell things for themselves using money.

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": Anumodana - Transference of Merits to all Celestial Beings.

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Anumodana - Transference of Merits to all Celestial Beings. The person who is inviting others to rejoice does not actually "share his merits," although this expression is often seen. How can merits (a poor translation of puñña which means all kinds of actions which cleanse and purify the mind of the doer) be shared indeed? Good kamma or puñña is not like a cake which can be cut up into pieces and handed round!

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WAiB - Periodicals & audiovisual resources

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Now defunct) was an online Buddhist journal with frequent articles on women and Buddhism - check out their archive of articles from back issues. For instance, Tantric Buddhism and Sexuality: A Conversation with Two Feminists. Is a new, once-a-week (or so). E-zine for buddhists and nonbuddhists with information, reviews, articles, quotes, news, humo. You can rest assured your e-mail address is not given to anyone for any reason. Period. Is the Web journal of the Insight Meditation Society. The Institute f...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": 文明进香须知

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Saturday, August 29, 2009. 大众正确进香，文明进香，使烧香拜佛的行为更加有益身心健康，避免盲目从众，避免焚烧大香大烛等，特撰此文。 我国是世界上最早加工和使用香料的国家，烧香的历史达三千年之久。古人发现各种香料有提神醒脑和沉心静气的作用。一柱清香，直达肺腑，上清下明，身心安泰，对修身养性，启迪智慧，有很明显的功效。在古老的祭祀中，香成为联系人与神的媒介，通过虔心焚香设拜，可以上达天听，下及幽冥，感应道交，不可思议。佛教的创始人释迦牟尼佛开启智慧人生的先导，让我们通过禅定的修习，渐入佛道，如暗夜中的明灯，济度无量众生之苦。释迦牟尼佛是大孝之子&...佛前进香，一般以烧香为主，即将塔香、散香、末香、线香等点燃，上供诸佛菩萨，忏悔业障，虔诚祈祷，以改往修来。 依次排队进三宝殿堂，在佛前顶礼三拜，许下自己的愿望，祈求佛菩萨保佑，再顶礼三拜。切不可跪太久，以免让他人等候&...Posted by Garlic Sage. How to Prostrate...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": Making Choice

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Monday, December 21, 2009. In old India, there lived a King who loves hunting. One day, he went hunting with his great Doctor. While hunting, the King was pricked by a strange plant on his middle finger. The finger became swollen and painful. The doctor applied a special cream to the wound and bandage the King's finger. The King then asked: "Will my finger be alright? The Doctor answered: "Good or bad who knows? Back to the Kingdom, the ...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": How to Prostrate in a Buddhist Temple

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Saturday, August 29, 2009. How to Prostrate in a Buddhist Temple. The style of bowing we use in this monastery is much the same as you will find it in many Buddhist, South-East Asian countires. Begin by kneeling, facing toward the shrine - or whatever you are bowing to. The usual posture is to rest on the heels with the toes 'pointing' - as opposed to laying flat on the floor. Raise the hands in the gesture of anjali. Art of Giving (Dana).

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": September 2009

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Sunday, September 6, 2009. Practising Alms Food-Collecting (Pindapata) in Singapore. According to the spokesman of Palelai Buddhist Temple (PBT), alms food-collection and consumption is a duty of the Theravada Buddhist monk and this is enshrined in the ordination procedure of the monk. As part of the ordination procedure, every newly ordained Theravada Buddhist monk will be given the following admonishment by his preceptor:. Venerable Ji...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": December 2009

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Monday, December 21, 2009. In old India, there lived a King who loves hunting. One day, he went hunting with his great Doctor. While hunting, the King was pricked by a strange plant on his middle finger. The finger became swollen and painful. The doctor applied a special cream to the wound and bandage the King's finger. The King then asked: "Will my finger be alright? The Doctor answered: "Good or bad who knows? Back to the Kingdom, the ...

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See": Devotional Practices & Objects

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Ehipassiko - "Come and See". Find out what I'm doing, Follow Me :). Saturday, August 29, 2009. Devotional Practices and Objects. This is a simple explanation of the meaning b. Ehind Buddhist devotional practices one see in shrines and temples, such as bowing, prostrating, lighting incense and candles, offering of flowers and fruit, which is common in all traditions. Buddhist Shrines and Images. While it is difficult to imagine Buddhism without the Buddha image or. Buddhists pay respect to the Buddha to s...