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  1. What is sīla ? 2. How do we understand  sīla  in our dhamma journey? 3. What does  sīla  mean to laypeople? -Not killing -Not stealing -Not sexually misbehaving - Not lying -Not taking any drink or drug to cloud the mind 4. What are the challenges with  sīla  practice? 5. How can we cultivate  sīla  to increase compassion and wisdom?

  A lay person's final wish is to be reborn in a better place. However, how a person spends the last moment (last thought) determines their next existence. As a result, we are all expected to constantly monitor/observe our thoughts.  It is essential to vigilantly monitor our thoughts to determine whether or not they contain and sustain kusala . The question now is how to prepare for having a skillful ( kusala ) thinking in the last moment. Do we know when it will be our last moment? We do not know. Then there's the question of how to prepare for the final moment.  Thinking skillfully ( kusala ) all the time is the best way to have a skilled ( kusala ) thought in last moment. So our last moment will be one day of cultivating such skillful ( kusala ) thinking. 1.  Why did the Buddha encourage laypeople to be concerned about a good rebirth? 2.  How many destinations are there for a person to be reborn? 3.  How can we understand Bhava  Taṇhā (craving-to-be)  and wish to be reborn i

               Queen Mallikā proposes to King Kosala the Unparalleled Dana given to the Buddha When the King saw what the people (citizens of the country) were giving, he felt hopeless and asked himself, "What is the point of my life if I can't give to the Buddha and monks more than the people?" He then laid down on his couch and thought of ways to beat his subjects. Then Queen Mallikā asked the King, "Great King, why are you lying down?" "Why do your senses, like your eyes, look like they're going away?" The king then asked, "Don't you know, my dear Queen?" The queen said, "No, I don't, Great King." After that, the King told Mallikā about it. Queen Mallikā advises the King in arranging the Unparalleled D ā na "Five hundred monks should be housed in a pavilion within the grounds of the golden palace, and it should be constructed with fragrant planks of sāla - kalyāṇī trees," the Queen advised the King, who she

  Day 22 An Overview of the Sabbāsava Sutta Day 23 First Method: Seeing Day 24 Wise Attention as First Method of Seeing Day 25 Second Method: Sensory Restraint Day 26 Third Method: Wise Attention of Needs Day 27 Fourth Method: Tolerance Day 28 Fifth Method: Avoidance Day 29 Sixth Method: Destroying Day 30: Seventh Method: Developing Day 31: Final Review You can access all of the notes pertaining to the videos above at  https://patisota.blogspot.com/2024/03/Final-review-sabbasava-.html

Day 1 Introducing the Text Day 2 kāmasukhallikānuyogo Day 3 attakilamathānuyogo Day 4 The Noble Eightfold Path Day 5 sammā diṭṭhi Day 6 sammā saṅkappa Day 7 sammā vācā Day 8 sammā kammanta Day 9 sammā ājīva Day 10 sammā vāyāma Day 11 sammā sati Day 12 sammā samādhi Day 13 Review of the Noble Eightfold Path Day 14 The First Noble Truth Day 15 The Second Noble Truth Day 16 The Third Noble Truth Day 17 The Forth Noble Truth (a revisit) Day 18 For Four Noble Truths : 3 Perspectives (tiparivaṭṭa) and 12 Aspects Day 19 Dhamma Eye (Dhamma Cakkhu) and the Cry of deities in six heavens Day 20 Cry of Brahmās in 16 Brahmā realms and Monk Koṇḍañña's Sotāpatti Final Review You can access all of the notes pertaining to the videos above at https://patisota.blogspot.com/2023/11/final-review-dhammacakkapavattana-stta-bhante-dr-gangodawila-chandima.html

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbx-Z3Lsm0I A wise disciple of the Buddha who has much learning, and has memorized the teachings, is like a coin of mountain gold.  Who is worthy of criticizing them? Even the gods praise them, and by Brahmā, too, they’re praised. Dear Dhamma Friends, Please tune in today at 8:00pm (EST) to Paṭisota (Facebook Page) for a discussion on the Appassuta Sutta (AN 4.6) by Bhante. Dr. Gangodawila Chandima.  https://www.facebook.com/patisotaorg/ Sutta Abstract: https://suttacentral.net/an4.6/en/sujato Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel for more Sutta Discussions and Talks https://www.youtube.com/Patisota May you be well and happy! Paṭisota Team

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl6tzOsOzdg Dear Dhamma Friends, Please tune in today at 8:00pm (EST) to Paṭisota (Facebook Page) for a discussion on the Papatita Sutta (AN 4.2) by Bhante. Dr. Gangodawila Chandima. https://www.facebook.com/patisotaorg/ Sutta Abstract: https://suttacentral.net/an4.2/en/bodhi Please consider subscribing to our YouTube channel for more Sutta Discussions and Talks https://www.youtube.com/Patisota May you be well and happy! Paṭisota Team

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsWehfouDI (Dhammapariyesanā Series-Episode 14) Unwholesome Mental Factors-14 (Akusala Cetasikā) Presentation Slides: https://patisota.blogspot.com/2020/08/presentation-slides-unwholesome.html