What is the process of dedicating merit to our dearly departed family members? How can I be certain that they can actually receive the merit?

I would like to ask Luang Phaw about the process of dedicating merit to our dearly departed family members. How can I be certain that they can actually receive the merit?

Primitive Belief

People have to face a mixture of happiness and suffering throughout their lives. It is likely that the proportion of suffering usually exceeds happiness.

Basic Meditation Technique Step #3

Now, bring your mind to focus to the center of your body, in the middle of your abdomen, two finger widths above the navel level.

Training Ourselves to Do More and More Acts of Goodness

Cloning has become a very popular issue. Scientists have been successful in cloning microbes, plants, and animals. But I am considering cloning of good habits, behaviors, and manners of good people.

Being Happy to Give and Forgive

To be happy to give and forgive, we may start by giving happiness to ourselves. We can do it in a simple way by telling ourselves every morning right after we get up, “I will be happy today.”

"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?

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.

Husband Should Cherish His Wife

The western direction, or the direction behind us, represents the relationships we have with others as a result of marrying them i.e. our spouse.

ศรีภรรยา เทพธิดาในบ้าน

เมื่อได้ฟัง พระเดชพระคุณหลวงพ่อทัตตชีโว เทศน์ในมงคลชีวิตว่า “ถ้าคนไม่มีศีลเอาไปแลกกับหมา ชาวบ้านยังไม่เอาเลย” ซึ่งก่อนหน้านั้นผมผิดศีลเกือบทุกข้อ ฟังแล้วก็ได้คิด “เอ...เรายังมีค่าน้อยกว่าสุนัขเลยเหรอ” จึงฮึด ตัดใจหักดิบทีละข้อ จนมาถึงข้อที่ยากที่สุดคือข้อ5 แล้วผมก็หยุดดื่มได้ตลอดช่วงเข้าพรรษา

Practice of Chastity#2

For married people, housewives and husbands should keep the Five Precepts, content only with their spouses, and do not betray the ones they are married with