My friend told me that regular people like him/her who work, maintaining the precepts is enough no need to meditate. How can I explain to him/her?
I once invited a friend to meditate. My friend told me that regular people like him/her who work, maintaining the precepts is enough. It is not necessary to meditate also. How can I explain Luang Phaw’s teachings to him/her?
If we are to promote anyone to a supervisory level, what are the required qualities?
Why our temple does not have walking meditation? and why there is someone leading us through the instructions with his voice while we are supposed to be seated quietly during the sitting meditation?
I invited my friend to the temple for meditation. He wondered why our temple does not have walking meditation. On top of that, he would like to know why there is someone leading us through the instructions with his voice while we are supposed to be seated quietly during the sitting meditation?
"Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine." What is the concise meaning?
I would like to ask you about what the old ancient Thai people used to say regarding Sodhmantra (general Pali term for the chanting of the Lord Buddha’s Dhamma) and Bhavana (Pali term for actual meditation): “Sodhmantra is external medicine and Bhavana is internal medicine.” What is the concise meaning?
I’d like to know the purpose of donations in Buddhism and how many kinds of donations are there?
I would like to ask Luang Phaw why the Lord Buddha said “The Gift of Dhamma beats all other donations.”
Hearing Luang Phaw mentioned about Dhamma Dana (The Gift of Dhamma), I would like to ask Luang Phaw why the Lord Buddha said “The Gift of Dhamma beats all other donations.”
What is the principle of “Sangha Dana”? f there is only one monk who receives our gifts, it can be counted as Sangha Dana? Which one gives us more merit between presenting gifts to the Order of Monks or to a specific one?
I’d like to ask Luang Phaw about the principle of “Sangha Dana” (presenting gifts to the Order of Monks), and if there is only one monk who receives our gifts, it can be counted as Sangha Dana or not? Also I’d like to know which one gives us more merit between presenting gifts to the Order of Monks or to a specific one.
Color of monks’ robes
Why the color of monks’ robes is always either yellow or reddish brown? A foreigner once asked me this question and I could not answer him.
What are the correct ways to spend our earnings?
I know of some people who always say they’re short on money at the end of the every month even though they get paid well each month. I would like to ask Luang Phaw to recommend the correct way to spend their earnings.
Lord Buddha’s teachings contain a total of 84,000 topics. As a school teacher, which parts of the teachings I should lecture to the school students at the primary and secondary levels?
We have always known that the Lord Buddha’s teachings contain a total of 84,000 topics. For me as a school teacher, I would like to ask which parts of the Teachings I should lecture to the school students at the primary and secondary levels.
