Friday, August 15, 2014

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.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

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?"

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Evidence of Vaishali link in Buddha bowl


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.