The Lord Buddha offered us a teaching on the accumulation of merit, concerning the matter of respect. The Lord Buddha pointed out that reverence is a source of great merit, for wherever reverence arises within a person, it is a…
The saying that the body should be likened to a doormat refers to the simple fact that an ordinary doormat, when someone wipes their dirty feet upon it, never complains — not once. No doormat in any household has ever…
Whoever has a relative, a friend, or a descendant come to sincerely apologize, and yet refuses to grant forgiveness — harboring resentment and holding a grudge — will find that across however many lifetimes they are reborn, upon meeting that…
Whenever someone does something that displeases us, or whenever we have had a conflict with another person, and yet three or five years pass and we still remember it — still refusing to forgive them — so that every time…
Each and every day, one is occupied with observing one’s own body and one’s own mind — the emotions that rise and fall in response to heat and cold, to hunger and thirst, and to the pressure of physical discomfort,…
So long as the following 7 are respected, Buddhism will continue to endure in this world for a long time to come. 1) Respect for the Buddha. 2) Respect for the Dhamma. 3) Respect for the Sangha. These three are…
Paying respect through bowing and salutation is a gesture signifying that one truly recognizes and deeply appreciates the goodness of a particular person or thing — so profoundly, in fact, that one cannot remain still or indifferent, but must outwardly…
If an action causes distress to others and distress to oneself, do not do it. If it causes distress to others yet ease to oneself, do not do it. If it causes coolness to others yet distress to oneself, do…
Luang Por had searched far and wide for a teacher, yet it was simply the sight of our Master Nunspitting that told him he had finally found one. For whenever she needed to spit, the Master Nun would keep beside…
