The Workings Of Kamma

Author : The Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
Publisher : Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore)
Page : 422 pages
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Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789810735128

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Over the years, as he has encountered 'Western Buddhists', meditation master the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw has seen the need for a thorough explanation of the workings of kamma in English. To that end he has composed The Workings of Kamma. It is a detailed analysis and discussion of the workings of kamma, in accordance with the Pali Texts: Vinaya, suttas, Abhidhamma, and the authoritative commentaries and subcommentaries. First, the Most Venerable Sayadaw gives a detailed discussion of how beings run on from life to life because of a belief in self, founded in craving and ignorance: he explains how those two factors are prime movers in the working of kamma. Next, he gives a comprehensive and practical analysis of the workings of kamma according to the roots of consciousness. That includes a practical and systematic analysis of the three merit-work bases: offering, morality, and meditation. Then, he analyses the ten courses of unwholesome and wholesome kamma: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, etc., and non-killing, non-stealing, etc. He discusses also the results of kamma: rebirth in hell, as a ghost, animal, human-, or celestial being. Mundane wholesome kamma unique to a Buddha's Dispensation he discusses as knowledge and conduct: necessary for future attainment of Nibbāna. Afterwards, he explains The Buddha's twelve categories of kamma: four for time of effect, four for order of effect, and four for function of effect. And he discusses how they operate over past, future, and present, and how their workings depend also on the achievement/failure of a certain rebirth, appearance, time, and means. Then comes a lengthy discussion of 'The Small Kamma-Analysis Sutta'. There The Buddha discusses how kamma accounts for the superiority/ inferiority of people. Next is a discussion of how a being's kamma 'paints a picture' of a being, who is in fact nothing more than the five aggregates. And finally, there is a detailed discussion of the gradual unworking of the potency of kamma with the insight knowledges leading up to the Stream-Entry Path Knowledge, etc. up to Arahantship. It ends with a detailed discussion of the Arahant's Parinibbāna, and what this means in practical terms. The Most Venerable Sayadaw gives many examples, with continuous reference to the Pali Texts. He cites and explains also the dangers of holding to a wrong view that denies the workings of kamma. And he explains the necessity for seeing the workings of kamma oneself with direct knowledge, explaining that one is otherwise unable to understand the Second Noble Truth: the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering. There is also a detailed analysis of the transition from one life to the next, and many charts help the reader understand the explanations on the practical level of consciousness and mental factors. [From a book published by Pa-Auk Meditation Centre, a Centre of Theravāda Buddhist Tradition]

Author : Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 419 pages
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Release : 2019-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1689270187

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Over the years, as he has encountered 'Western Buddhists', meditation master the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw has seen the need for a thorough explanation of the workings of kamma in English. To that end he has composed The Workings of Kamma . It is a detailed analysis and discussion of the workings of kamma, in accordance with the Pali Texts: Vinaya, suttas, Abhidhamma, and the authoritative commentaries and subcommentaries.First, the Most Venerable Sayadaw gives a detailed discussion of how beings run on from life to life because of a belief in self, founded in craving and ignorance: he explains how those two factors are prime movers in the working of kamma. Next, he gives a comprehensive and practical analysis of the workings of kamma according to the roots of consciousness. That includes a practical and systematic analysis of the three merit-work bases: offering, morality, and meditation. Then, he analyses the ten courses of unwholesome and wholesome kamma: killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, etc., and nonkilling, non-stealing, etc. He discusses also the results of kamma: rebirth in hell, as a ghost, animal, human-, or celestial being. Mundane wholesome kamma unique to a Buddha's Dispensation he discusses as knowledge and conduct: necessary for future attainment of Nibbāna. Afterwards, he explains The Buddha' s twelve categories of kamma: four for time of effect,four for order of effect, and four for function of effect. And he discusses how they operate over past, future, and present, and how their workings depend also on the achievement/failure of a certain rebirth, appearance, time, and means.Then comes a lengthy discussion of 'The Small Kamma-Analysis Sutta'. There The Buddha discusses how kamma accounts for the superiority/ inferiority of people. Next is a discussion of how a being's kamma 'paints a picture' of a being, who is in fact nothing more than the five aggregates. And finally, there is a detailed discussion of the gradual unworking of the potencyof kamma with the insight knowledges leading up to the Stream-Entry Path Knowledge, etc. up to Arahantship. It ends with a detailed discussion of the Arahant's Parinibbāna, and what this means in practical terms.The Most Venerable Sayadaw gives many examples, with continuous reference to the Pali Texts. He cites and explains also the dangers of holding to a wrong view that denies the workings of kamma. And he explains the necessity for seeing the workings of kamma oneself with direct knowledge, explaining that one is otherwise unable to understand the Second NobleTruth: the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering.There is also a detailed analysis of the transition from one life to the next, and many charts help the reader understand the explanations on the practical level of consciousness and mental factors.Printed copies of this book are made available for the cost of printing and shipping with zero profit.

Author : Narada
Publisher : Jaico Publishing House
Page : 534 pages
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Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8179926176

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The Buddha and His Teachings by Narada Pdf

Description The Buddha was the first most active missionary in the world.He wandered from place to place for forty five years preaching His doctrine to the masses and the intellegentsia.Till His last moment,He served humaity both by example and by percept.His distinguished disciples followed suit.Penniless,they even travelled to distant lands to propogate the Dhamma,expecting nothing in return. This treatise,written by a member of the Order of the Sangha,is based on the pali Texts,commentaries,and traditions prevailing in Buddhist countries. The first part of the book deals with the Life of the Buddha,the second with the Dhamma,the Pali term for His Doctrine.

Author : T.W. Rhys Davids,William Stede
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
Page : 753 pages
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Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9788120837720

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Pali-English Dictionary by T.W. Rhys Davids,William Stede Pdf

The merits and demerits of the work will be sufficiently plain even from the first fascicles. But one or two remarks are necessary to make the position of my colleague and myself clear. We have given throughout the Sanskrit roots corresponding to the Pali roots, and have omitted the latter. It may be objected that this is a strange method to use in a Pali dictionary, especially as the vernacular on which Pali is based had never passed through the stage of Sanskrit. That may be so; and it may not be possible, historically, that any Pali word in the canon could have been actually derived from the corresponding Sanskrit word. Nevertheless the Sanskrit form, though arisen quite independently, may throw light upon the Pali form; and as Pali roots have not yet been adequately studied in Europe, the plan adopted will probably, at least for the present, be more useful. Still, the work is essentially preliminary. There is a large number of words of which we do not know the derivation. There is a still larger number of which the derivation does not give the meaning, but rather the reverse. It is so in every living language. Who could guess, from the derivation, the complicated meaning of such words as ñconscienceî, ñemotionî, ñdispositionî? The derivation would be as likely to mislead as to guide. We have made much progress since then. As the Pali Text Society began issuing editions and translations of the Pali Canon and Commentaries in quick succession, Rhys Davids conceived the idea of the compilation of an exhaustive dictionary of Pali, based on the voluminous basic material that was being brought to light. the work took more than twenty years of devoted labor but before his death in 1922, Rhys Davids had the satisfaction of seeing its first volume published. In four volumes issued over 1921-25 the Dictionary contains every Pali word with its Sanskrit root identified and meanings given in English. Carrying over 1,50,000 textual references, the work holds the field, even today, as the best Pali-English Dictionary.

Author : Harold G. Coward,Phinit Rattanakun
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 287 pages
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Release : 1999-04-16
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780889203259

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A Cross-cultural Dialogue on Health Care Ethics by Harold G. Coward,Phinit Rattanakun Pdf

This collection of essays aims to show that ethical questions in health care can be resolved by examining the ethical principles present in each culture, critically assessing each value, and identifying common values found within all traditions. A sampling of topics: health and Buddhism in Thai culture, participation of Native North American patients in health care decisions, and concepts of health and disease in traditional Chinese medicine. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Kirti Bunchua
Publisher : CRVP
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 156518114X

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The Bases of Values in a Time of Change by Kirti Bunchua Pdf

Author : Bhikkhu Revata
Publisher : Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore)
Page : 334 pages
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Release : 2016-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Truth Taught by All the Buddhas by Bhikkhu Revata Pdf

"The Buddha of this era and the Buddhas of past eras have all taught only two kinds of truths, and nothing more than these. ‘I have taught the Dhamma that I myself have directly penetrated. All the Dhamma I taught between the day I became enlightened and the day I took final Nibbāna – all the Dhamma I have taught are true. There is nothing I have taught which is untrue.’ ‘I have not taught a Dhamma which you cannot practise. Sañjaya Belatthiputta replied, ‘All the wise will go to the Buddha. The fools will come to me. Do not worry.’ A person can poison others, but the Dhamma will never poison anyone. Depend on the Dhamma, then, and not on the person. Mentality does not originate in the brain. In fact, there is not the slightest trace of mentality in the brain."

Author : Ekacco Bhikkhu
Publisher : Pa-Auk Meditation Centre (Singapore)
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789810733308

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Modern Truths by Ekacco Bhikkhu Pdf

Author’s Note: Modern Truths contains sixteen talks on the Noble Truths plus a talk on how to decide what is and is not a teaching of The Buddha. The talks were prepared upon the request of devotees at a temple in Penang, Malaysia. All except the talk on the Path-factor Right View and that on the Path-factor Right Intention were also delivered. Again upon request, all except the talk on the four Noble Truths (‘A Modern Opportunity’, p.1ff), and the one on Right Intention (‘Beauty Is in the Eye of the Blind’ p.263), were published in Penang, in two separate books. 1) Modern Birth, Ageing, and Death (p.17ff) — 5 + 1 talks One talk on the Noble Truth of Suffering; four on the Noble Truth of the Origin of Suffering; and as an appendix, one on Right View (the first factor of the Noble Eightfold Path, the Noble Truth of the Path Leading to the Cessation of Suffering). As an appendix also a talk entitled ‘Is this the Dhamma-Vinaya?’ 2) Modern Happiness Very Difficult to See (p.117f) — 7 + 1 talks Seven talks on the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering, and as an appendix, one on the Noble Truth of the Path Leading to the Cessation of Suffering, the Noble Eightfold Path. Upon the request of devotees at a temple in Singapore, all seventeen talks (2+6+8) and their appendices are herewith published together. Since the talk on the Noble Eightfold Path, the talk on Right View, and the talk on Right Intention, were intended as the first three of a series discussing the Noble Truth of the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering, they have here been put separately under The Path Leading to Modern Happiness Very Difficult to See (p.225ff ). The talk on how to decide what is and is not a teaching of The Buddha has been put at the end, as it is not directly related to any of the four Noble Truths, but is directly related to one’s study and understanding of The Buddha’s Teachings as a whole. Inconsistencies in translation, etc., between one talk and another have been left as they are. Ekacco Bhikkhu [From a book published by Pa-Auk Meditation Centre, a Centre of Theravāda Buddhist Tradition]

Author : Ven. Narada Thera
Publisher : Pariyatti
Page : 520 pages
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Release : 2017-06-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681720609

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Buddha and His Teachings, The by Ven. Narada Thera Pdf

This is one of the clearest and most detailed introductions to the fundamental teachings of Buddhism available in English. In simple and lucid language the author explains the doctrines and concepts which form the common bedrock of Buddhism as they have been preserved by the Theravada school. The first part of the work is devoted to the life of the Buddha. The remainder of the book explains in detail the Buddha's teachings, the final chapter showing the relevance of Buddhism to the problems of modern life.

Author : Y. Karunadasa,Susan Elbaum Jootla,John D. Ireland,Ananda W.P. Guruge,Elizabeth J. Harris,Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano,Ashin Ottama,Bhikkhu Nanamoli
Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789552404061

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Collected Wheel Publications Volume XXVII by Y. Karunadasa,Susan Elbaum Jootla,John D. Ireland,Ananda W.P. Guruge,Elizabeth J. Harris,Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano,Ashin Ottama,Bhikkhu Nanamoli Pdf

This book contains eighteen numbers of the renowned Wheel Publication series, dealing with various aspects of the Buddha’s teaching. Wheel Publication No. 412–13: The Dhamma Theory—Y. Karunadasa 414–16: Teacher of the Devas—Susan Elbaum Jootla 417–18: Vangisa—John D. Ireland 419: The Buddha’s Encounters with Mara the Tempter—Ananda W.P. Guruge 420–22: Ananda Metteyya—Elizabeth J. Harris 423–24: Night and Morning with Bhikkhu Tissa—Bhikkhu Nyanasobhano 425–27: The Message in the Teachings of Kamma, Rebirth, & Samsara—Ashin Ottama 428–30: The Buddha’s Teaching—Bhikkhu Nanamoli

Author : Venerable Nārada Mahāthera
Publisher : Fivestar
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Buddha and His Teachings by Venerable Nārada Mahāthera Pdf

Many valuable books have been written by Eastern and Western scholars, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike, to present the life and teachings of the Buddha to those who are interested in Buddhism. Amongst them one of the most popular works is still The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold. Many Western truth-seekers were attracted to Buddhism by this world-famous poem. Congratulations of Eastern and Western Buddhists are due to the learned writers on their laudable efforts to enlighten the readers on the Buddha-Dhamma. This new treatise is another humble attempt made by a member of the Order of the Sangha, based on the Pāli Texts, commentaries, and traditions prevailing in Buddhist countries, especially in Ceylon.

Author : U. Nyi
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 283 pages
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Release : 2010-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781452080277

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Practical Aspects of Buddhist Ideals by U. Nyi Pdf

This book is about Paramatha dhamma, the natural law governing the ultimate realities, consisting of the natures of the mind, its associate factors, matter and the Ultimate Wisdom. It is a study of the Abhidhama Pitaka, one of the three Baskets of the Buddhist Teaching. The book's emphasis is on putting the principles into practice. The original work is in Myanmar (Burmese), written by the famed Abbot of Mahagandhayon Monastery of Amarapura, the southern town of Mandalay, for the purpose of teaching his 650 pupils. The book has been very popular on its native land, reprinted many times since its first publication. The translator is inspired by the book, prompting his desire to share it with readers of the English language.

Author : Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1688820116

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Knowing and Seeing by Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw Pdf

Knowing and Seeing is teachings given by the Myanmarese meditation master, the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw, at a two-month retreat for monks and nuns in Taiwan.In strict accordance with the standard Pali Texts, the Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw gives a practical overview of how you develop absorption (jhana) with mindfulness-of-breathing, the thirty-two parts of your own body and that of others (near and far), repulsiveness of the body, the ten kasir:ias and four immaterial states. He then explains how you use the ' strong and powerful' jhana concentration to perfect lovingkindness, compassion, appreciative joy, equanimity, recollection-of-The-Buddha , foulness , and recollection-of-death. Next, he explains how, with the light of jhana, you penetrate the delusion of compactness and see the sub-atomic particles of materiality, and see the ultimate materiality of your own body, that of others, and throughout the universe; how likewise you see the cog nitive-processes of your own mind and that of others; how likewise you examine your materiality and mentality of past lives, your present life and future lives (on this and other planes); and how likewise you develop the remaining knowledges till 'Your mind knows and sees Nibbana directly: it is fully aware of the (unformed) Nibbana as object.' The Sayadaw also answers questions from meditators at the retreat, on details regarding medi tation, related matters, and the Bodhisatta Path etc. Finally, there is a stirring talk where he exhorts us to ' breathe according to The Buddha's instructions' , followed by a talk on the most superior type of offering.This new edition has new charts, an index, additional information, and the layout, etc. has been made clearer.The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw is abbot and teacher at Pa-Auk Tawya Monastery, a meditation centre outside Mawlamyine in the Mon State, Myanmar. He has centres also elsewhere in Myanmar , in Malaysia and in Singapore.The Most Venerable Pa-Auk Tawya Sayadaw has given Dhamma talks, and conducted retreats , in also Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea , Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Singapore, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.Printed copies of this book are made available for the cost of printing and shipping with zero profit.

Author : K.T.S Sarao,Jeffery D. Long
Publisher : Springer
Page : 1423 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9402408533

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Buddhism and Jainism by K.T.S Sarao,Jeffery D. Long Pdf

This volume focuses on Buddhism and Jainism, two religions which, together with Hinduism, constitute the three pillars of Indic religious tradition in its classical formulation. It explores their history and relates how the Vedic period in the history of Hinduism drew to a close around the sixth century BCE and how its gradual etiolation gave rise to a number of religious movements. While some of these remained within the fold of the Vedic traditions, others arose in a context of a more ambiguous relationship between the two. Two of these have survived to the present day as Buddhism and Jainism. The volume describes the major role Buddhism played in the history not only of India but of Asia, and now the world as well, and the more confined role of Jainism in India until relatively recent times. It examines the followers of these religions and their influence on the Indian religious landscape. In addition, it depicts the transformative effect on existing traditions of the encounter of Hinduism with these two religions, as well as the fertile interaction between the three. The book shows how Buddhism and Jainism share the basic concepts of karma, rebirth, and liberation with Hinduism while giving them their own hue, and how they differ from the Hindu tradition in their understanding of the role of the Vedas, the “caste system,” and ritualism in religious life. The volume contributes to the debate on whether the proper way of describing the relationship between the three major components of the classical Indic tradition is to treat them as siblings (sometimes as even exhibiting sibling rivalry), or as friends (sometimes even exhibiting schadenfreude), or as radical alternatives to one another, or all of these at different points in time.

Author : Various,Ledi Sayadaw,Bhikkhu Khantipalo,Nyanaponika Thera,Padmasiri de Silva,Thich Nhat Hanh,Howard L. Parsons ,Sayagyi Thray Sithu U Ba Khin
Publisher : Buddhist Publication Society
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789552403682

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Collected Wheel Publications Volume XVI by Various,Ledi Sayadaw,Bhikkhu Khantipalo,Nyanaponika Thera,Padmasiri de Silva,Thich Nhat Hanh,Howard L. Parsons ,Sayagyi Thray Sithu U Ba Khin Pdf

Wheel Publication 231: The Essentials of Buddha Dhamma in Meditative Practice—Sayagyi Thray Sithu U Ba Khin 232–43: The Value of Buddhism for the Modern World—Dr. Howard L. Parsons 234–46: The Miracle of Being Awake—Thich Nhat Hanh 237: The Psychology of Emotions in Buddhist Perspective—Dr. Padmasiri de Silva 238–40: Anguttara Nikaya—Nyanaponika Thera 241–42: The Worn-out Skin—Nyanaponika Thera 243–44: Forest Meditations—Bhikkhu Khantipalo 245–47: The Noble Eightfold Path and its Factors Explained—Ledi Sayadaw