- A lay Buddhist has faith in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha, follows the Five Precepts, and helps others do the same. Though living in the world of desires, a Buddhist avoids attachment to impermanent things.
- True happiness comes from within by following the Buddha's teachings. Spreading this inner peace and happiness to others multiplies it.
- Buddhists keep altars with Buddha images, offer flowers/incense daily, and recite verses while bowing to the Triple Gem to strengthen faith.
Buddha was not a God, nor did he claim to be. He was a man who taught a path to enlightenment from his own experience. (email forward, found this quite sublime)
Buddha was not a God, nor did he claim to be. He was a man who taught a path to enlightenment from his own experience. (email forward, found this quite sublime)
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:
"No Arab has any superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab. Nor does a white man have any superiority over a black man, or the black man any superiority over the white man. You are all the children of Adam, and Adam was created from clay.“ (Saheeh Muslim)
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:
"No Arab has any superiority over a non-Arab, nor does a non-Arab have any superiority over an Arab. Nor does a white man have any superiority over a black man, or the black man any superiority over the white man. You are all the children of Adam, and Adam was created from clay.“ (Saheeh Muslim)
The Last Dhamma Message of a Great Monk ...Ven. Dr K Sri DhammanandaOH TEIK BIN
"When one SEES the Sublime Dhamma so very clearly,
calm, joy and peace will arise in the mind certainly."
With Metta, Bro. Oh Teik Bin
Check out and Reflect on the last Dhamma Talk by the Late Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda
on "Human Life". ( An outstanding message that goes to the heart of Truth )
With Metta,
Bro. Oh Teik Bin ☸️
Write Main Teachings Of Buddhism
Buddhism is a major world religion that originated in ancient India around the 6th century BCE. It was founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be known as the Buddha, meaning “the awakened one” or “the enlightened one.” The core teachings of Buddhism revolve around the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The Four Noble Truths:
▪ Dukkha (Suffering):
Life is inherently unsatisfactory and filled with suffering. This suffering can be physical, mental, or existential.
Samudaya (Cause of Suffering):
The cause of suffering is craving or attachment, which leads to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth (samsara).
▪ Nirodha (Cessation of Suffering):
It is possible to end suffering by letting go of craving and attachment, achieving a state of liberation known as Nirvana.
▪ Magga (Path to the Cessation of Suffering):
The Eightfold Path is the way to end suffering and attain Nirvana
The A to Z of True Happiness and Peace.pptOH TEIK BIN
A Presentation of the important Dhamma teachings to understand and practice in order to attain true happiness and peace. The texts are in English. Download the PowerPoint ppt for some animation effects.
For the Video with audio narration and explanation in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkXdY0Qq1WY
The TurningPoint-PathToSuccess
About Book description
The author has sincerely shared his thoughts and compiled the important data
so as to apply to your life navigating it to a path of success!
It captures and guide for higher education and professional career, and compilation of aspiring quotes.
Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance (EFG) is working as an NGO/NPO for students - Education & Career
guidance and for Professionals for soft skills enhancements. I am working on spreading , sharing
knowledge; experience globally.All presentations have been uploaded at www.slideshare.net and search
using key word "earthsoft"
What you are today is based on deeds & decisions of the past
Life of individual can be much better if one has sought career guidance & took right decisions at
critical mile stones Exhibiting & utilising soft skills and Has avoided mistakes in past if any
Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance to be an NGO globally aiming for
Students - Career guidance to decide path aligned to the potential & interest
Professionals - Soft skill enhancements to be good human being & professional
Citizen – Learning from mistakes of others & avoiding those in own life
Be mentor using your education, knowledge & experience to contribute for a social cause & do conduct
free training/ workshop seeking help of existing platforms like rotary,etc
FREE softskill related ppt ebook content #education #career Please download zip file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzsMeXApl2pkVVg4bDY4bTdESG8/edit?usp=sharing
Kindly spread to your friends.Thank you!
- Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance
Let us make earth little softer..
A Power Point Presentation of the steps to take in one's pursuit of Happiness. Some of the messages are timeless ones from the wise.
The pics were taken from a forwarded email to me.
In learning how to manage the mind, it is important to understand the nature of the mind, otherwise known as consciousness, and how it arises.
The Buddha taught that consciousness is not something permanent that always exists. Consciousness is something that arises at each of the internal sense bases (ayatana) dependent on causes and conditions, and passes away when the causes and conditions cease.(The six internal sense bases are the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind.)
For example, eye consciousness arises dependent on the eyeand visual form. We can use a simple metaphor to illustrate this mechanism. Think of the eye as the head of a matchstick, form as the side of a matchbox. Eye-consciousness is like the flame that results when the head of the matchstick strikes the side of the matchbox, or when the eye and visual form strike each other. The meeting of the three – eye, form, and eye-consciousness – is what is known as “contact” (phassa). With contact as condition, feeling (vedana) arises. With feeling as condition, craving (tanha) arises. This is how suffering originates.
The key point to understand is that consciousness (vinnana or citta) and the mental factors or mental concomitants (cetasika) which arise with it, are the result of the meeting of internal sense bases and sensory stimuli or input(also known as external sense bases). Thus, it is possible to influence or “manage” the mind by managing the sensory input it receives.
Another essential principle to remember is that a wholesome mind, ie. a mind with wholesome mental factors, cannot arise at the same time as an unwholesome mind, that is, a mind with unwholesome metal factors. At any one time, the mind can either be wholesome or unwholesome.
It is thus important to create the causes for the wholesome mind to arise as often as possible because otherwise the unwholesome mind will arise.
Guru Yoga Practice presents highly valued Buddhist
Meditation Techniques to develop universal knowledge and
Love, to attain Peace and to purify the mind.
The Turning Point - Path To Success
About Book description
The author has sincerely shared his thoughts based on the observations and experiences so as to apply corrections to your life navigating it to a path of success!
Part 1 captures and guide for higher education and professional career, and social, religious and political happenings in society, compilation of aspiring quotes. Part 2 covers his motivational story against struggle through odd journey, methodology of planning tourism, observation of a leader, and interesting childhood memories of Bollywood.
Earthsoft Technologies is a software development & testing services outsourcing company, based in Pune, India
https://www.slideshare.net/rrakhecha/earthsoft-corporate-presentation
Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance (EFG) is working as an NGO/NPO for students - Education & Career guidance and for Professionals for soft skills enhancements. I am working on spreading , sharing knowledge; experience globally.All presentations have been uploaded at www.slideshare.net and search using key word "earthsoft"
What you are today is based on deeds & decisions of the past
Life of individual can be much better if one has sought career guidance & took right decisions at critical mile stones Exhibiting & utilising soft skills and Has avoided mistakes in past if any
Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance to be an NGO globally aiming for
Students - Career guidance to decide path aligned to the potential & interest
Professionals - Soft skill enhancements to be good human being & professional
Citizen – Learning from mistakes of others & avoiding those in own life
Be mentor using your education, knowledge & experience to contribute for a social cause & do conduct free training/ workshop seeking help of existing platforms like rotary,etc
FREE softskill related ppt ebook content #education #career Please download zip file
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzsMeXApl2pkVVg4bDY4bTdESG8/edit?usp=sharing
Kindly spread to your friends.Thank you!
- Earthsoft Foundation of Guidance
Let us make earth little softer..
These 16 dreams came to King Pasenadi on night during his sleep. But these dreams were strange dreams and it has troubled him because he does not know whether if those were sign of bad omen that would bring misfortune to him and his kingdom. However, when he approached the Buddha for an explanation, the Exalted Ones revealed one by one what those dream were meant to be. It would be good for us to know how those dreams, which happened about 2,600 years ago can relates to events that are happening around us today.
The Combo Spoon is a personal hygienic cutlery set invented by a young Malaysian, Amelia Tan. It is compact and portable to carry whenever you wished to have a meal. Not wanting to use the cutlery provided by the restaurant which is often unhygienic, you can now use this new Combo Spoon.
Green Hydro is a hydrogen generator that is designed to save fuel in a car. It uses the principle of electrolysis to break up the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. These gases are piped into the car engine directly and enhance the combustion and thus enable the car to save fuel by 15%.
More importantly, we also want to rope in the general public to play a role in fighting global warming. Hence, for every Green Hydro that we install into our customer’s car, we shall plant a tree in his/her name. This makes him/her a proud donor of a tree.
Pokok Hydro brand will be for Malaysian market while Green Hydro brand in for international market
This is another award winning innovation created by Mr. Bugs Tan. These are light weight pulley and coupling that uses the extruded aluminium technology.
The advantage that this technology has brought about is that the final product is light. It is lighter than conventional cast iron pulley / coupling by 66%.
Other advantage found in this system is that the pulley and coupling does not have any pin- holes that are commonly found in the cast iron series. Thus, it is true balance and prevents wear and tear on your rubber belts.
We received substantial research funding from the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Together with the faculty of Engineering at Universit Malaya, we carried out various research activities and perfect this product. It passed all industrial tests and performed to our expectation.
These products are now ready for commercialization and we seek suitable partners from this industry for a joint venture with us. Please contact the inventor at bugstan@gmail.com
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
2. Who is a lay Buddhist? He is one who has a deep, steady confidence and faith in the Buddha, who believes, studies and practises the Dhamma and who cherishes the Sangha. He follows the Five Precepts and tries to help others keep them. He takes refuge in the Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha. Though living in a world of desires, a Buddhist avoids becoming attached to such desires for he knows such things are impermanent.
3. The Mirror of Happiness To strengthen the faith in the Buddha-Dhamma, a lay follower should realise that true happiness lies within his own mind. By following the Way taught by the Buddha, he can experience this peace and happiness. This happiness, when it is radiated on others, will multiply in the minds of others and will then be reflected back to him again. The mind of faith is pure and gentle, always patient and enduring, never arguing, never causing suffering to others but always pondering on the Triple Gem.
4. Daily Observance of a Buddhist Buddhists usually keep an altar in the most prominent part of the house. A Buddha image is placed in the centre of the altar along with an incense burner, a flower vase and two candle stands. The Buddha image is given the highest seat in the room with nothing above it, and is never treated as ornaments. The Buddha image is treated with reverence. In the morning and evening, the Buddhist offer flowers, light candles and burn the incense sticks. The buddhist then pay reverence by bowing three times (the first time to the Buddha; the second time to the Dhamma; the third time to the Sangha). After this, he recites the ancient verses in Pali or English or in their own language.
5. A Buddhist Home When there is love in the home, the home will always be filled with happiness and laughter. But if there is discord, the home will be wrecked with sorrows. When discord arises within one’s family, one should not blame others but should examine one’s own mind and follow the right path.
6. Parents and children The Buddha taught that it is very difficult for a son to repay his parents for their love and kindness, even if he could carry his father on his right shoulder and his mother on his left for a hundred years. The only way to repay the great debt is to lead one’s parents to the Buddha’s teachings and persuade them to follow the Path. The Buddha’s blessings abide in the home where parents are held in respect and esteem. A child should honour his parents and do for them all that he is supposed to do. Parents should, in turn, do five things for their children – avoid doing evil; set examples by doing good deeds; give them an education; arrange for their marriage and let them inherit the family wealth at a proper time.
7. Husband and Wife The Buddha said that there are four types of homes: Male ghost lives with a female ghost. Male ghost lives with a goddest. God lives with a female ghost. God lives with a goddest.
8. Husband and Wife A home where both partners do all good deeds is the ideal Buddhist home. It is where members live according to Buddhist principles such that it generates an atmosphere of happiness, love, peace and harmony. A husband should treat his wife with respect, courtesy and fidelity. A wife should take pains with her housekeeping, manage the servants wisely and not waste her husband’s income.
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10. Relationship With Others Teacher & Pupil A pupil should always rise when his teacher enters, wait upon him, follow his instructions well, not neglect an offering for him and listen respectfully to his teaching. A teacher should act rightly before a pupil and set a good example for him. He should correctly pass on to him the teachings he has learned; he should use good methods and try to prepare the pupil for honours; and he should not forget to protect the pupil from evil in every way.
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12. Relationship With Others Friends A man should associate with the wise and not the fools. He should recognise among his acquaintances those he should or should not associate. The ones whom he should associate are those who are helpful, willing to share happiness and suffering, give good advice and have a sympathetic heart. The ones whom he should not associate are those who are greedy, clever talkers, flatters and wasters.
13. A Layman’s Happiness Buddhism does not consider material welfare as an end in itself: it is only a means to achieve a higher purpose for man’s happiness. Certain material requisites are necessary to create conditions favourable to spiritual happiness. The Buddha said that four things are conducive to a man’s happiness in this world: Be skillful, efficient, earnest and energetic in the profession and should know it well. Protect his income earned righteously. Should have good friends who are faithful, learned, virtuous, liberal and intelligent, who will help him along the right path away from evil. Should live within his means
14. A Layman’s Happiness The Buddha further said that the following four virtues are conducive to a man’s happiness hereafter: Should have faith and confidence in moral, spiritual and intellectual values (Saddha) Should observe the Five Precepts (Sila) Should practise charity, generosity without attachment and craving for his wealth (Caga) Should develop wisdom which leads to the complete destruction of suffering to the realisation of Nibbana (Panna) Sila Caga Panna Saddha
15. A Layman’s Happiness At one time the Buddha told Anathapindika, the millionaire, about the four kinds of happiness of a laymen. The first happiness is to enjoy economic security acquired through righteous means. The second is spending that wealth liberally on himself, his family, friends and relatives and on meritorious deeds. The third is to be free from debts. The fourth happiness is to live a faultless, and a pure life without committing evil in thought, word or deed. The Buddha considered economic welfare as important for a man’s happiness, but He did not recognise mere material progress as true advancement if devoid of a spiritual and moral foundation. He said that economic and material happiness is not worth one sixteen part of the spiritual happiness arising out of a faultless and good life. HAPPINESS
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18. Four Sublime States Four sublime states of mind that a seeker should cherish: Metta - loving kindness Karuna - compassion Mudita - sympathetic joy Upekkha - equanimity One can remove anger by cherishing loving-kindness. One can remove cruelty by compassion. One can remove jealousy by sympathetic joy. One can remove the habit of discriminating enemies and friends by an equanimous mind. With care one may cherish these four sublime states and may get rid of greed, anger, suffering, but it is not an easy thing to do.
19. Enlightenment The journey to enlightenment is a long journey and the seeker cannot expect to remove worldly desires today, remove attachments and evil desires tomorrow and to attain Enlightenment the day after. The seeker must be patient in the cultivation. If Enlightenment is easy to gain, we need not have the Buddha to show us the Way. As the Blessed One said to the bhikkhus before His passing away, "Behold now, bhikkhus, I exhort you: All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive on diligently!”
20. May your dhamma path be smooth and may you be blessed by the Triple Gem always.
21. “ Hard is it to be born a man; hard is the life of mortals. Hard is it to gain the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.” Dhammapada 182
22. The gift of Dhamma excels all gifts the taste of Dhamma excels all taste, the delight in dhamma excels all delights, The Craving-Freed vanquishes all suffering. - Dhammapada verse 354 End of Lesson 12