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  • 223 Visākhā Gets Her Wish

    223 Visākhā Gets Her Wish
    Nov 4 2021
    Have you ever wished for something? Something you wanted really, really bad? Lots of people wish for things for themselves. New clothes, new games, a favorite food. Well, some people have a wish to help other people. That was the case with the great disciple named Visakha. Do you know about her? The Supreme Buddha said she was the best giver to the Sangha of all his female lay disciples. She had made the wish a long time ago to be this best kind of giver. In today’s sermon we’ll learn about the wish she made and how she ended up getting her wish. She didn’t get her wish because someone else gave it to her. She got it by developing many, many good qualities. Yathāpi puppharāsimhā, kayirā mālāguṇe bahū; Evaṃ jātena maccena, kattabbaṃ kusalaṃ bahuṃ.53. As an expert garland maker makes many garlands from a heap of flowers, you who obtained the human life should do many wholesome deeds.Dhammapada Verse 53, read on SuttaFriends.org Contents 6:15 Sermon 12:54 Canda Paritta. Download
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  • 222 Good-hearted Friends

    222 Good-hearted Friends
    Nov 1 2021
    Do you know what it means if someone is good-hearted? It’s not talking about their physical heart in the middle of their chest. If someone is good-hearted then, they always act in a good way and try to help other people. In today’s sermon we will learn about what a good-hearted friend is and how we can also become a good-hearted friend to other people. Contents 5:04 Sermon on thegood-hearted friend 11:13 Aham Avero Homi: Loving-Kindness Chanting. Read online, download a PDF or MP3. 21:34 Therigatha: Verses of Arahant Kisāgotamī Theri For Reading Thig 10.1 The Verses of Arahant Nun Kisāgotamī We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or record a longer segment on your phone. You can write to us at info@serenecolombo.org or contact us through Facebook at facebook.com/ColomboDhammaFriends or Instagram at instagram.com/SereneColombo. You can also sent us a voicemail on Whatsapp. See all episodes
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  • 221 Invest Your Gold in Merit

    221 Invest Your Gold in Merit
    Oct 25 2021
    If you haven’t listened to the last episode yet, you might want to go back and hear it first. Because today we’ll learn the rest of the story of the girl who offered her gold to help make a stupa. You know, if we are fortunate enough to have lots of nice things in this life, we should always remember that it’s because of the good actions we did in the past. At the same time we need to remember that we can invest in our future by doing good things now. That’s what’s happening with the people we will learn about in the sermon today. Contents 5:25 Sermon 13:42 Dhammapada Verse 31 Read it on SuttaFriends.org: Dhp 2 Appamāda Vagga: Diligence (21-32) 14:45 Buddhanussati meditation. Read online, download a PDF or MP3. We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or record a longer segment on your phone. You can write to us at info@serenecolombo.org or contact us through Facebook at facebook.com/ColomboDhammaFriends or Instagram at instagram.com/SereneColombo. You can also s
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  • 220 A Girl Gifts Gold to a Stupa

    220 A Girl Gifts Gold to a Stupa
    Oct 20 2021
    Have you ever seen a stupa before? Or maybe just a photo? Stupas hold the relics of the Supreme Buddha or Arahant disciples of the Supreme Buddha. Usually these relics are small pieces of bone or hair, or sometimes teeth. Showing respect to these places is a very powerful way of collecting merit, isn’t it. We learned all about that in the last programme. Well, how many of you have helped to build a stupa? This is a very rare opportunity in the world. In today’s episode we’ll learn about a young girl who showed respect to the relics by offering something you might not expect. Contents 6:29 Sermon 17: 58 Angulimala Paritta. Download a PDF or read online. 17:47 Vimāna Vatthu 7.8 Anekavaṇṇa Sutta: Mansion of Many Colors Reading Stories of Heavenly Mansions from the Vimanavatthu Get your own copy. Or read online. We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or record a longer segment on your phone. You can write to us at info@serenecolombo.org or contact us through F
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  • 219 Respect Comes from Respect, Mangala Sutta, Part 12

    219 Respect Comes from Respect, Mangala Sutta, Part 12
    Oct 17 2021
    When we are with each other we get to learn all sorts of things that help us be better people. The more we learn from our good Dhamma friends, the easier it is to remember to do the right things, even when it is difficult. This is important to remember when we do bad things… no matter what, the Buddha reminds us that we can give up doing bad things by following his teachings. And when we spend time with good people like this, we naturally start to give up these bad actions. One of those bad qualities we need to give up is being disrespectful towards other people. Especially being disrespectful to those people whom we should respect, like monastics, our parents, our teachers, and our older relatives. Even in the time of the Supreme Buddha not everyone respected these people. Now a days especially people seem to forget to be respectful. When we aren’t respectful, it’s not just something that affects us in this life, but it can also have bad consequences in the future as well. If y
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  • 218 Heedfulness, Mangala Sutta, Part 11

    218 Heedfulness, Mangala Sutta, Part 11
    Oct 15 2021
    Today we are going to learn the next blessing in the Mahamangala sutta. Do you remember all the blessings you have learned before? If not, you can go back and listen to those shows. Just go to the show notes on the website and click on the link for the whole series of talks. The blessing we will learn today is called heedfulness, or diligence. In the sermon we will get many similes and stories to help us understand this very important word. It’s a blessing so important that the Supreme Buddha said that all the other good qualities he taught us can fit into this one quality of heedfulness. If you haven't listened to the previous episodes on the Maha Mangala Sutta, you might like to start at the beginning of the series. Click here. But you don't have to! Learn More: Read Dhp 2 Appamāda Vagga: Diligence (21-32)Read SN 15.11 Duggata Sutta: The Poor Person, Is our suffering unique? Contents 5:30 Sermon 16:11 Metta Bhavana: Loving Kindness Meditation Download PDF or MP3.
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  • 217 Dangerous Drink, Mangala Sutta, Part 10

    217 Dangerous Drink, Mangala Sutta, Part 10
    Mar 16 2021
    Today we are going to learn another one of the blessings that we can find in the Mahā Mangala Sutta, the great discourse on blessings. I’m sure most of you have chanted the Mangala sutta before. It’s important that we understand the meaning in detail since when we follow the Buddha’s instructions it can bring blessings into our lives now and blessings in future lives as well. And specifically today we’ll get to learn what the results of using intoxicants like alcohol are when it comes to our future life. We’ll also learn about a previous life of Arahant Sāriputta when he became addicted to alcohol and did a really terrible thing. Contents 5:40 Sermon on the Maha Mangala Sutta 13:14 Maha Mangala Sutta. Read online or download a pdf. For Reading Mahamevnawa Pali-English Paritta Chanting Book. Get your own copy. We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or record a longer segment on your phone. You can write to us at info@serenecolombo.org or contact us through Fac
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  • 216 The Four Requirements for Life

    216 The Four Requirements for Life
    Feb 20 2021
    So, have you ever had to move houses? If you did, were you able to pack all of your things in a box or two? Or did you have to rent a big truck? Or maybe you went on a long vacation somewhere once. Could you fit everything you needed in a shoulder bag? Or did you need lots and lots of luggage? Well, the Buddha had such compassion for his monks and nuns, that he taught them about what was necessary to have and what was not necessary. He called these things that we really need requisites. 'Requisites' is a fancy word for things that we require. Things that are important to make life livable. In fact, it is so important for monks to know about these things that during the ceremony when someone becomes a monk, the teacher has to explain what these four basic requirements for life are. So today we are going to learn what those four things are and why we can be comfortable in life as long as we have those four things. Contents 6:25 Sermon 15:24 Lokavabodha Sutta. Download a PDF or rea
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