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there are many ways to induce tranquility .. listening to music, healthy eating, relaxation before meditation ... the problem is to get addicted to it, to be dependent. instead of helping with tranquility, these fantasies can imprison you more and more in samsara. “I describe three kinds of deed for...

Do people think that offering such big money will encourage some people to make stuff up in order to get some cash? Could the big money be turning this contest into a creative writing contest? chownah Rules and Application 2. Essay Application Qualifications Applicants must provide evidence that th...

A Message from the BICS CEO Robert T. Bigelow Dear Applicants, Friends and People That Share Thoughts, Thank you so much! The number of responses has been very gratifying. Thank you to all of you who have sent your heart felt letters, emails to BICS and even gifts to myself during the application p...

EXCITING NEWS! BICS ESSAY CONTEST BEST EVIDENCE FOR AFTERLIFE NEW TOTAL AWARDS $1,500,000 14 POSSIBLE WINNERS 1ST Place $500,000 2ND Place $300,000 3RD Place $150,000 AND 11 MORE WINNERS OF $50,000 EACH Applications for the essay contest have closed as of FEB. 28, 2021. All approved applications ha...

Verse 122. Merit Grows Little By Little Think lightly not of goodness, ‘It will not come to me’, for by the falling of water drops a water jar is filled. The sage with goodness fills himself, he soaks up little by little. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BO2uFNPyBqo/VuZq6mMmboI/AAAAAAAAA3M/xcn5_q8HNio71k...

Verse 39. The Wide-Awake Is Unfrightened One of unflooded mind, a mind that is not battered, abandoning evil, merit too, no fear for One Awake. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTCkmKlG6-6l_fJ7wsu9LOv8xW2Pan0vA-ZMg&usqp=CAU Explanation: For the person who’s mind is not dampened ...

Indian Buddhist Scholar Publishes Book on Relations in Abhidhamma Philosophy Indian Buddhist scholar Prof. Bimalendra Kumar has released a revised and updated edition of his book titled Relations in Abhidhamma Philosophy. The author describes the book as based on the topic of dependent co-arising, ...

Thus Have I Heard

Buddha Thus Have I Heard, This is the story of the life of the Lord Buddha as an animation in Thai language translated to English

Official site: http://buddha-thushaveiheard.com/

Jātakas | Animated Buddhist Stories These videos illustrate the Jātakas, didactic tales based on past lives of the Buddha and his disciples.. a set of animations produced by Wat San Fran (a Thai temple in San Francisco) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUszMM1p0-I&list=PLVuzoIVk88hhJTjHs3yrmTjf7oBou...

Is Nibbana a product of Mara? Of course not.. reaching Nibbana is not a simple state of peace. When the Buddha reaches Nibbana it is clear that he will investigate whether there is still any suffering. The Buddha sees Mara, he knows what Mara can and cannot do. When the Buddha is fully awake, he se...

The Buddha and Buddhism shows the way out of this matrix or simulation. "The middle way discovered by a Perfect One avoids both these extremes; it gives vision, it gives knowledge, and it leads to peace, to direct acquaintance, to discovery, to nibbana. And what is that middle way? It is simply the...

The Buddha and Buddhism shows the way out of this matrix or simulation. "The middle way discovered by a Perfect One avoids both these extremes; it gives vision, it gives knowledge, and it leads to peace, to direct acquaintance, to discovery, to nibbana. And what is that middle way? It is simply the ...

Thanks for submitting applications to the BICS Essay Contest. Due to the very large number of applications received just prior to the February 28 deadline, BICS will be processing applications for the next few days. If you have NOT heard from us by March 5, 2021, your application has been unsuccess...

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