Our Buddha’s Teaching has now traversed more than two thousand five hundred years since the Blessed One passed into Final Nibbāna — since the day He took His leave of us. Yet before He departed, He entrusted us with a…
The first thing I would like everyone to come to know is this: know yourself. Every person has lived with themselves since birth — yet those who truly know themselves are exceedingly rare in this world. This is not unique…
From birth through to the age of thirty, one may go out and enjoy oneself, make merry, and earn a living however one sees fit — by all means, carry on. But bear this in mind: before the age of…
Let this be left as a reminder: do not be complacent. Our lives will not exceed one hundred years, and we must all eventually depart from this world. Therefore, what must be attended to with urgency is this — strive…
The human body is subject to decay and decomposition from the very moment of birth. The impurity and deterioration that originate from our own bodies will, in turn, cause the surrounding environment to become foul, degraded, and damaged. And if…
A person who lacks responsibility — wherever they stand, walk, sit, lie down, pick up, or make use of anything — leaves that place and those things in a state of disorder and uncleanliness. Wherever uncleanliness takes hold, things in…
In the matter of thinking well, speaking well, and acting well — one must diligently train these into habit. Without such training, one risks falling into unwholesome thinking, unwholesome speech, and unwholesome action. And the risk is not merely for…
Dear students, the period in which you are students is, in truth, the time when you must make the fullest of your youth — for once this period has passed, you will have no choice but to shoulder the burdens…
Carelessness is directly proportional to uncleanliness — the more careless one is, the greater the disorder and filth one creates. Uncleanliness is directly proportional to suffering — the greater the uncleanliness, the greater the suffering that follows. Therefore, wherever carelessness…
