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Ven Sumangalo, 02: The 8 Positive Rules for a Happy Life

Posted on July 14, 2013June 27, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Ven. Sumangalo

Second part of a booklet by the American monk Ven. Sumangalo on how to be a practicing Buddhist, concerns the 8-fold Noble Path.

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Ven Sumangalo, 01: What is Practical Buddhism?

Posted on July 7, 2013June 27, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Ven. Sumangalo

First part of a booklet by the American monk Ven. Sumangalo on how to be a practicing Buddhist, concerns the basic teachings of Buddhism.

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Ven Sanghamitta and Queen Anula

Posted on June 30, 2013June 24, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Ven Sanghamitta and Queen Anula by Mala Wijekoon

Painting of Ven Sanghamitta ordaining Queen Anula, with extracts from their stories.

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Arahat Sanghamitta’s Story now published

Posted on June 23, 2013June 28, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Sanghamittas Story

Publication of a new book about the great Arahat Bhikkhuni Sanghamitta.

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My Spiritual Father (Ven. Nyanavimala)

Posted on June 16, 2013June 12, 2015 by Ānandajoti
Ven Nyanavimala in later years

Personal recollections of the great German monk Ven Nyanavimala by Mrs. Ayoma Wickramasinghe, one of his closest devotees.

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Text and Translation of Namakkārapāli

Posted on April 14, 2013April 7, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Namakkarapali

A new text and translation of a popular Burmese chanting text, together with extracts from the commentary.

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BWV 071: The Consequences of Listening to Slander

Posted on April 6, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A jackal using slander sets two friends fighting, a bull and a lion, and eventually they kill each other. The jackal then eats their flesh. The King of men (the Bodhisatta) reflects on it in these verses addressed to his charioteer.

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BWV 070: Deeds not Words Measure a Friend

Posted on March 30, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A King of the geese is invited by the King of men to stay with him, but he declines with these words.

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BWV 069: True Friends

Posted on March 23, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta is an ascetic who is invited by the King to stay in his park. After some time the King plots to kill him, and he decides to leave. When questioned why he is going this is his reply.

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Nalin Swaris: Buddhism, Human Rights and Social Renewal

Posted on March 17, 2013February 12, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Nalin-Swaris

A new edition of this important work on the social ramifications of the Buddha’s teachings by Nalin Swaris

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BWV 068: Friendship is more Valuable than Wealth

Posted on March 16, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A rich man gives half his wealth to one fallen on hard times; but when he is in need himself the other offers him only rice gruel. He accepts it so as not to rebuff the obligations of friendship. Later the King hears about it and restores his wealth.

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The Buddha Sangha’s Constitution

Posted on March 10, 2013February 11, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Nalin-Swaris

Membership in the Buddha’s Sangha was not determined by birth, but by free choice of an aspirant and literally by formal adoption into a new type of kinship group.

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BWV 067: Reconciliation and Responsibility

Posted on March 9, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A father and a younger brother argue along the road, and the Bodhisatta reproves them with these words.

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The Buddha’s Domestic Economy

Posted on March 3, 2013February 10, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Nalin-Swaris

The Buddha’s teaching on domestic economy is a challenging charter for social emancipation compared to the crude will-to-power underlying Brahmin theology and Aristotelian philosophy.

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BWV 066: Not Listening to Divisive Speech

Posted on March 2, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A jackal tries to divide a lion and a tiger by sowing dissension so he can eat their flesh. They remain friends and the jackal flees.

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Selected Poems of Bhikkhu Moneyya

Posted on February 24, 2013November 3, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Bhikkhu Moneyya

Poems, aphorisms and musing from the American monk, Ven. Moneyya (updated Nov. 2013).

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The Buddha’s Political Economy

Posted on February 24, 2013February 10, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Nalin-Swaris

The Buddha’s economic vision steers a Middle Path that goes through and beyond the two models debated by contemporary economic planners: total control of production by the State, or the laissez faire approach, which gives freedom to market forces that are in reality forces of desire.

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BWV 065: Overstaying One’s Welcome

Posted on February 23, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

The Bodhisatta is an ascetic who is invited by the King to stay in his park. After some time the King plots to kill him, and he decides to leave.

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Theoretical Implications of the Aggañña Sutta

Posted on February 17, 2013February 9, 2013 by Ānandajoti
Nalin-Swaris

The Buddha was the first thinker in world history to formulate a theory of contractual power. The Aggañña Sutta is the earliest known discourse on politics where the source of state power is traced to popular consensus.

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BWV 064: Prudence in Giving

Posted on February 16, 2013May 3, 2020 by Ānandajoti

A royalist treats with kindness a great horseman – the King himself – who has been defeated in battle. The great horseman tells him if he comes to the city he will receive his reward. One day the man comes and the King gives him half his kingdom.

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