Friday, March 14, 2014

Dhammapada Reflection Verses 104-5

Verses 104-5

Self-mastery is the supreme victory-
       much more to be valued
  than winning control over others.
It is a victory that no other being whatsoever
      can distort or take away.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Are We to be Satisfied with our Condition?




Question: The Buddha said that we have to be satisfied with our condition. If we do that, there will be no improvement in this world, nobody will have the motivation to find new technology, science, etc. What does Bhante think?


Monday, March 10, 2014

YVK: Letter from death row: I made my peace with dad

Sabahan Yong Vui Kong, 21, is on death row in Singapore for drug trafficking. Malaysiakini is publishing Yong's final letters to Yetian, a member of the Save Vui Kong Campaign, in the next few weeks as he faces death.