Archives Dhamma 102
AllChoosing Virtuous Friends and AssociatesEmotional IntelligenceIntegrity in Conduct and the Principles of Wholesome SpeechMerit-Making and Unwholesome KammaMiscellaneousPrinciples of Decision-Making and Mental TrainingPrinciples of Self-Care in Times of Illness and the Preservation of One's PossessionsProfessional Advancement for Both Superiors and SubordinatesRespect and EmpathyThe Art of AdmonishmentThe Benefits of Propagating BuddhismThe Development of Good HabitsThe Development of Knowledge Alongside VirtueThe Resolute Cultivation of Wholesome ConductThe Role of the Family as a Kalyāṇamitta (Virtuous Friend) Toward Children
Knowledge and Morality Must Be Developed in Tandem
A person who possesses worldly knowledge yet harbors no morality within their heart is comparable to a grenade with no safety pin — ready to detonate at any moment, beyond anyone’s ability to control. To develop a person in worldly…
How Does the Sharing in Another’s Merit Bring Merit to Oneself?
What one shall receive with certainty is this: upon witnessing another perform a wholesome deed, the mere arising within oneself of a thought of anumodanā — even before a single word has been uttered — already brings a sense of…
Rejoicing in Merit — Rejoicing in Demerit
Luang Por wishes to offer this as a matter deserving of careful and mindful attention: whatever occurs — even when one has taken no direct part in the action of another — Should it be something wholesome and good, and…
Every Thought, Word, and Deed Is Recorded Within the Heart
In the time before Luang Por had taken ordination, there came an occasion to ask the Master Nun, “Khun Yay— kamma that has already been performed cannot be undone or altered. But is there anything that carries forward, that the…
Do Not Let There Be Regret Lingering Afterwards
Upon making merit, let this aspiration be held firmly as an accompaniment to the act: “May I never turn back and give rise to regret over the wealth with which I have made merit — for in times past, there…
One Baht Offered with Joy is Worth a Billion
One Baht Offered with Joy is Worth a Billion When one has made merit, let a firm and wholehearted aspiration accompany the act: “By the power of the wholesome merit accumulated through this act of generosity — from this moment…
The Principle of Navigating Economic Adversity
The Principle of Navigating Economic Adversity “A tree, the moment it is planted, cannot be expected to bear fruit at once — it is not yet so. In the same way, for merit to ripen and yield its fruit, one…
Establish Your Foundation Through Merit
The Great Master and the Master Nun have given this guiding principle: whatever may arise in the world, let us establish our foundation well — that is, resolve to accumulate merit to the fullest extent of our ability. For whatever…
Dwelling Within Merit
During her lifetime, the Master Nun would remind her students and disciples whenever they were about to drive out on any errand: “Drive carefully — and dwell within your merit.” We have heard this expression — “dwell within your merit”…
