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Ittha Sutta: What is Welcome (AN 5.43)

"Long life is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
"Beauty is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
"Happiness is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
"Status is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.
"Rebirth in heaven is welcome, agreeable, pleasant, & hard to obtain in the world.

The Mexican Fisherman by Ajahn Brahm

In a quiet Mexican fishing village, an American on vacation was watching a local fisherman unload his morning catch. The American, a successful professor at a prestigious business school, couldn't resist giving the Mexican fisherman a little bit of free advice.

"Hey!" he began. "Why are you finishing so early?"

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Evidence of Vaishali link in Buddha bowl

PIYUSH KUMAR TRIPATHI Patna, Aug. 8: Archaeologists claim to have found strong evidence to prove that the 400kg greenish-grey granite bowl kept at the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul was taken from Bihar’s Vaishali where it was supposedly used by Gautam Buddha. The bowl is considered one of the most revered relics in Buddhism across the globe. Historians believe the artefact was used as an alms bowl (daanpatra) by Buddha.

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Ullambana Festival

The Buddhist origins of the Ullambana Festival can be traced back to a story that originally came from India. In the Ullambana Sutra, we find an account of how the Buddha taught Mahāmaudgalyāyana help his mother who was suffering in the woeful state of the Hungry Ghosts.

Dhammapada Verse 1

Verse 1

All states of being are determined by mind.
          It is mind that leads the way.
   Just as the wheel of the oxcart follows
  the hoof print of the animal that draws it,
          so suffering will surely follow
      when we speak or act impulsively
         from an impure state of mind.