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- Thu May 28, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: "Buddhist Paths: to the Forest or to the Palace?"
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1017
"Buddhist Paths: to the Forest or to the Palace?"
Louis Gabaude: "Buddhist Paths: to the Forest or to the Palace?" Abstract: Buddhist studies in the West have been conditioned first by Greek and then by Christian conceptions of religion as a set of beliefs, doctrines or dogmas. This perspective may not take into account the initial confl...
- Sun May 24, 2020 3:36 pm
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Passing of the abbot of Wat Pa Ban Tad
- Replies: 17
- Views: 27712
Re: Passing of the abbot of Wat Pa Ban Tad
Video from his funeral:
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Theravada is actively growing in the West. What is your take on what the future of that may bring?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5959
Re: Theravada is actively growing in the West. What is your take on what the future of that may bring?
A good article by David Brazier: So now we face a situation where Buddhism in the West has absorbed a mulitude of values and attitudes that have no connection with Buddha, but have their roots in Europen history and North American concerns. http://eleusis.ning.com/group/buddhism/forum/topics/unmoder...
- Mon Feb 10, 2020 9:47 am
- Forum: Pāli
- Topic: what is the pali text for this chanting clip?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1686
Re: what is the pali text for this chanting clip?
With translation:
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:24 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Funeral of Luang Por Baen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6478
Re: Funeral of Luang Por Baen
The funeral pyre
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:23 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ajahn Mun honoured by UNESCO
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2724
Re: Ajahn Mun honoured by UNESCO
Today is the 150th birth anniversary of Luang Pu Mun
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:49 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Funeral of Luang Por Baen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6478
Re: Funeral of Luang Por Baen
The funeral pyre is still burning...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:43 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Funeral of Luang Por Baen
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6478
Funeral of Luang Por Baen
Luang Por Baen died on the 16th January 2020 (same day as Ajahn Chah) at his monastery Wat Doi Dhammachedi in Sakhon Nakhon, Thailand. He was a senior Dhammayut forest monk close to Luangta Maha Boowa and known for his strict adherence to the Vinaya and meditation practice. He instructed his discipl...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:21 am
- Forum: Shrine Room
- Topic: Ajahn Chah Memorial Day January 16th 2020
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4882
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Monastery may be destroyed by fire in the next few days
- Replies: 83
- Views: 11307
Re: Monastery may be destroyed by fire in the next few days
The great fire in Surin resulted in lot of suffering: a huge destruction of property and a great sense of loss. Some folks even went out of their minds. People came in a stream to see Luang Pu Dune and to bemoan the good they had done in the past, saying, "We've been making merit at the temple ...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:15 am
- Forum: Ordination and Monastic Life
- Topic: Money or assets while ordaining
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1914
Re: Money or assets while ordaining
Generally it is recommended to new candidates to relinquish control over their funds, e.g. by handing them over to a relative, in case they choose to leave the robes within the first few years (which is quite common). In that case they would have something to fall back on rather than expect the mona...
- Wed Nov 27, 2019 11:10 am
- Forum: General Theravāda discussion
- Topic: Ajahn Mun honoured by UNESCO
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2724
Ajahn Mun honoured by UNESCO
A United Nations agency has recognised two prominent Thai monks as “important figures” in promoting world peace. They are the late Somdet Phra Mahasamanachao Kromphraya Wachiryanawarorot, the 10th Supreme Patriarch, and Ajarn Mun Bhuridatta, who established the Thai forest monastery tradition, which...
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 9:51 am
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Pope visits Thailand
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6636
Re: Pope visits Thailand
Notice the European-style architecture of the Bangkok temple in which the meeting took place. The relationship of the Catholic church with Thailand has a long history.
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:16 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Pope visits Thailand
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6636
- Wed Nov 20, 2019 2:57 pm
- Forum: Connections to Other Paths
- Topic: Pope visits Thailand
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6636
Pope visits Thailand
The Pope receives a copy of Phra Malai manuscript as a gift in Bangkok. They have probably chosen this text because it also talks about heaven and hell and good and bad karma, and how beings can be saved through intervention from above (Phra Malai going down to visit hell and those beings are saved ...