Buddhist Answers to Question asked 009 : Who was the Buddha?

Published on Oct 1, 2014

Buddhist Answers to Questions Asked presented
by Venerable Sander Khemadhammo
Master's degree in Psychology from Radboud University-Netherlands, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand.

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Impermanence

Aniccā vata saṅkhārā,
uppādavayadhammino;
Uppajjitvā nirujjhanti,
tesaṃ vūpasamo sukho’’ti.

Impermanent indeed are formations;
Their nature is to arise and vanish.
Having arisen, they cease:
Their appeasement is blissful.

Buddhist altar makers recreate armor worn by feudal clan chief

By HIROSHI ONO, Asahi Shimbun, August 28, 2016 HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture (Japan) -- Artisans in various fields banded together to recreate a suit of armor worn by Ii Naotaka (1590-1659), a feudal lord of the Hikone domain. The Hikone Chamber of Commerce and Industry and its partners hope that armor products can become a commercial success while showcasing the excellence of local craftsmen. At the heart of this plan lies the “Hikone Butsudan” Buddhist altar manufacturing industry. According to tradition, artisans involved in manufacturing weaponry switched to producing Buddhist altars during times of peace. The “Hikone Premium Katchu,” the name of the prototype armor suit, weighs 23 kilograms, and its trunk part is 41.1 centimeters high.

Nearly 200 ancient pagodas damaged in Burma quake

By Min Kyi Thein And Esther Htusan, The Associated Press, Aug. 25, 2016 Some of the structures, constructed from the 10th to the 14th centuries, were engulfed in huge clouds of dust when the tremor struck, while others lost their iconic tips. BAGAN, BURMA -- Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient Burma city famous for its historic Buddhist pagodas began cleaning up the debris Thursday from a powerful earthquake that shook the region and damaged nearly 200 temples. << The ancient Myauk Guni Temple suffered significant damage in the 6.8 magnitude quake.  (YE AUNG THU / AFP/GETTY IMAGES)   At least four people were killed and as many as 185 brick pagodas were damaged in Bagan after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck the area on Wednesday. The tremor was centred about 25 kilometres west of Chauk, just south of Bagan.

Buddhist Answers to Question asked 008 : What is merit?

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Published on Oct 1, 2014

Buddhist Answers to Questions Asked presented
by Venerable Sander Khemadhammo
Master's degree in Psychology from Radboud University-Netherlands, Wat Phra Dhammakaya Thailand.

Who am I?

"We want to know ourselves: "Who am I?"
We are nature, a physical and mental process that is happening at this point in time. We need to be like a scientist, researching ourselves: "Why am I so angry? Why am I so anxious and worried all the time?" Once you know, suffering becomes less and less."
~ Sayadaw U Tejaniya

Mindfulness has lost its Buddhist roots, and it may not be doing you good

June 5, 2015 The Conversation

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Mindfulness as a psychological aid is very much in fashion. Recent reports on the latest finding suggested that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is as effective as anti-depressants in preventing the relapse of recurrent depression.

While the authors of the paper interpreted their results in a slightly less positive light, stating that (contrary to their hypothesis) mindfulness was no more effective than medication, the meaning inferred by many in the media was that mindfulness was superior to medication.