WALK TO FEED THE HUNGRY

This October, Venerable Bhikkhu Bodhi will be walking, walking, and walking to feed the hungry — walking in New York, Los Angeles, and Escondido! Why? Because every year hunger and hunger-related illnesses claim the lives of ten million people worldwide, half of them children. Knowing this breaks his heart, especially when he also knows that just a few dollars can do so much to relieve this terrible suffering.

Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi is an inspiration to us all! After giving so much of his life to studying and translating the Buddha’s discourses, he took a step further and showed us that we must put compassion into action, that we must help — really help — where it’s needed most.

Buddhist Global Relief (BGR) exists because of his efforts, and it continues to be guided by his wisdom, compassion, and virtue. BGR is dedicated to combating global hunger, to effectively changing and saving lives. The individual stories we read about break our hearts, but they also lift our spirits, inspiring us all to keep on walking for the benefit of the helpless. Our walks give poor and hungry people the resources, tools, and hope they need to live healthy, productive lives and become a source of help to others.

Now you have the chance to support Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi’s walk and help change the course of someone’s life. Every dollar you give will make a real difference, enabling children to eat, girls to go to school, farmers to grow more crops, and women to support their families.

For more about how BGR works and Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi’s words of encouragement, visit 

www.buddhistglobalrelief.org.

NEWLY REPRINT — Bodhipakkhiya Dipani, The Requisites of Enlightenment

"We believe that this present treatise is 

one of the most helpful expositions of Dhamma, 

it offers not only a wealth of 

information on many aspects 

of the Teaching, 

but is also a forcefully 

seasoned and stirring appeal to 

earnest endeavour towards the Goal. 

We therefore, 

wish to recommend this work to 

our readers’ close and repeated 

study and reflection."

~Venerable Nyanaponika, the Editor

 Ledi Sayadaw

In this treatise, the Burmese scholar monk Ledi Sayadaw discusses the Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma — the thirty seven requistes of enlightenment. These are the four foundations of mindfulness, four right efforts, four bases of success, five controlling faculties, five mental powers, seven factors of enlightenment, and the eight factors of the noble eightfold path. Ledi Sayadaw discusses all these requisites in detail, after having given a long exposition about the four types of people capable of attaining the noble paths and fruits.

 Cattāro Satipaññhāna
Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Cattāro Sammapadhāna
Four Right Efforts

Cattāro Iddhipāda
Four Bases of Success

Pa¤ca Indriyani
Five Controlling Faculties

Pa¤ca Balani
Five Mental Powers

Satta Bojjhaïgani
Seven Factors of Enlightenment

Añña Maggaïgani
Eight Path Factors

Nava Lokutarani
Nine Supermundane states

Eko Sammāsambuddho Ti
One Perfect Enlightenment

The Venerable Ledi Sayadaw is recognized as one of the most eminent and highly respected teacher. His is most admired for his pioneering efforts to spread the Dhamma (Buddha's teaching) to the west which has benefited so many.

"He was the most brillant star in

the galaxy of Dhamma teachers

of this age, both in the fields

of Pariyatti (learning the Doctrine)

as well as Patipatti (practising it)."

~ S.N. Goenka

This Gift of Dhamma 

is sponsored by

MAHA SUMERU
BUDDHIST SOCIETY
KLANG, SELANGOR
MALAYSIA

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VIPASSANA (INSIGHT) MEDITATION

Venerable Sujiva

2012 Dhamma Talk on
Vipassana (Insight) Meditation 
(Meditácia vhľadu)

in English & Slovak

@ The Slovak Republic

Ven. Sujiva is a Malaysian Chinese meditation master, writer, and poet. He graduated with honors in Agricultural Science from the University of Malaysia in 1975, and was ordained shortly thereafter. He learned from and practiced with many distinguished teachers in Malaysia, Thailand and Myanmar, most notably with Sayadaw U Pandita.

In 1982, Ven. Sujiva founded Santisukharama Meditation Centre, which is situated in an old rubber plantation bordered Singapore in Kota Tinggi, Malaysia. Guest teachers of the Mahasi Sayadaw tradition conduct regular retreats at the centre, where courses in intensive Satipatthana Vipassana meditation are taught.

Ven. Sujiva is fluent in 6 languages, including English, Malay, Burmese, Chinese and Thai. Beginning in 1995, he started teaching overseas for more than 10,000 students. Ven. Sujiva has since taught in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Europe, the United States, and Brazil. He also conducted an Abhidhamma course in the United States (1999). Amid his extensive guiding meditation engagements, he has authored a number of books on Vipassana, Metta Meditation and Buddhist poetry.

Ven. Sujiva has vast experience in teaching meditation and is very skilled in training both beginners and experienced yogis in various meditation traditions. 

For more information about Ven. Sujiva and his international retreat program in the U.S. and Europe, go to the website: http://www.sujiva.wz.cz/

THE POWER OF MIND

by the late Venerable Dr K Sri Dhammananda

14 August 2002   •   Sabah, Malaysia

PART 01

PART 02

PART 03

PART 04

PART 05

PART 06

PART 07

PART 08

PART 09

PART10

PART 11

PART12

PART13

PART14

THE END

SADHU! SADHU! SADHU!

End Rohingya Massacre!

OPEN LETTER 
from

YOUNG BUDDHIST 

ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA

(YBAM)

&

MALAYSIAN NETWORK OF

ENGAGED BUDDHISTS

(MNEB)

  

Posted by Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia

Aug 16, 2012 on www.malaysiakini.com

On behalf of the concerned community of Malaysian Buddhists, we would like to highlight the cause of the minority Rohingya people in Burma's Arakan province.

We have been following with deep concern and sadness on the Amnesty International (July 19, 2012) report on the ongoing oppression and massacre of the Rohingyas by both the Rakhine and security forces.

The human rights violations that include physical abuse, rape, destruction of property, and unlawful killings, are urgent calls for attention for Buddhists in Malaysia as the minority  Rohingya people suffer loss of lives and the extensive damage of property.

On July 11, Burma's National Human Rights Commission reported that at least 78 people have been killed since the violence began, but unofficial estimates exceed 100; with Amnesty International reporting up to 90,000 people have been displaced. 

This open letter is by both the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia (YBAM) and the Malaysian Network of Engaged Buddhists (MNEB), in representing the Buddhist community in Malaysia, to call for three actions:-

• The immediate ceasing of all violence and all further bloodshed in Arakan, with a call to all parties involved to seriously seek resolution through peaceful, non-violent means.

• For the government of Burma and opposition parties to lead immediate intervening efforts to halt further violence on the people in Arakan province through the fair implementation of the democratic law.

• For the government of Burma to grant immediate access to independent and international humanitarian agencies and humanitarian aid workers into the affected areas to offer the necessary assistance to stop further bloodshed in and around the Arakan region.

We fervently pray that peace returns to the province of Arakan and for all to join us in this prayer.

MAY ALL BEINGS LIVE PEACEFULLY
MAY THEY BE FREE FROM SUFFERING
MAY THEY BE WELL AND HAPPY ALWAYS 

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

PART FOUR

THE END

MINDFULNESS IS USEFUL EVERYWHERE

"But mindfulness, 

bhikkhus (monks), 

I say is always useful."

~ BUDDHA (Samyutta Nikaya V, 46, 53)

Kim Jang-Mi says: 

Buddhist mindfulness training 

won her an Olympic Gold 2012

An Article News from www.examiner.com

Last week Sky Sports reported that South Korean teenager Kim Jang-Mi beat reigning Olympic champion Chen Ying of China with her final round to win a gold medal in the women's 25m air pistol. The 19-year-old set an Olympic record in qualifying. Then in the final, she shined with a five-shot final round of 51.8, including a perfect bullseye of 10.9, to beat Chen from Beijing.

On August 7, 2012 Emi Hailey Hayakawa reported for The Buddhist Channel "Kim Jang-Mi credits Buddhist mindfulness training for Olympic gold." It is said in Buddhism that athletic activities pull you into a natural state of mindfulness. When you engage in sports with your full attention it becomes a form of meditation.

Buddhists who participate in the Zen Way of Shooting Sport generally prefer the pistol / handgun target shooting events and competitions because the barrel lengths are shorter. Therefore there is typically a greater emphasis on body control, for which meditation serves as a great aid for better performances. And so Buddhists who participate in shooting sports generally prefer the pistol events.

After winning the gold medal Kim commented to Reuters "The men are really good but the last time the women won a gold was 20 years ago so before I came to London I wanted to show that the Korean men and women were equally competitive." Buddhist mindfulness training helped Kim make her point as a gold medal winner in the Olympics.

"Mindfulness meditation is a great foundation to develop insight as well as developing skills to improve your meditation practice. Its really a "Jack of all trades" meditation as it explores all aspects of the mind and body and can be used to develop deeper concentration and has a lot of hidden benefits on the side such as being a helpful anchor to prevent the mind getting lost in thoughts and feelings and skills to improve life quality. Here's a basic way to start and how to develop it." ~ WIKIHOW

"I'll use the term 'mindfulness' to refer to keeping one's consciousness alive to the present reality (11) . . . keep your attention focused on the work, be alert and ready to handle ably and intelligently any situation which may arise-this is mindfulness. There is no reason why mindfulness should be different from focusing all one's attention on one's work, to be alert and to be using one's best judgment. . . . Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves . . . it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to wholeness so that we can live each minute of life. . . Thus mindfulness is at the same time a means and an end, the seed and the fruit. . . . mindfulness itself is the life of awareness . . . Mindfulness enables us to live" ~ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness