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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?

 

 

 

  Lay people have to accomplish the four accomplishments—trust in the Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha ( saddhā ), morality ( sīla ) , generosity ( cāga ), and wisdom  ( paññā ) —to fulfill the four wishes. What is the basis for trust ( saddhā ) in the Buddha? How does a layperson cultivate trust ( saddhā )? It is said that a layman should trust in the Buddha's enlightenment. How can a layperson trust in the enlightenment of the Buddha? Understanding the Buddha's nine great qualities allows a layperson to put their trust ( saddhā ) in his enlightenment. Only by comprehending the Buddha's nine noble qualities can a layperson acquire trust ( saddhā ) To better understand these nine great qualities of the Buddha, it is helpful to number them. accomplished ( araham ) fully enlightened ( sammā-sambuddho ) endowed with clear vision (8 knowledges) and virtuous conduct (15 practices) ( vijjā-carana-sampanno ) well-gone ( sugato ) the knower of three worlds ( lokavidū ) the incomparable lead

  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

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  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

  Khuddakapāṭha 9 (Minor Texts) Metta Sutta (Unlimited Friendliness ) 10.  Diṭṭhiñ ca anupagamma  sīlavā  , Without going back to wrong views,  virtuous,  Dassanena sampanno; and endowed with true insight, Kāmesu vineyya gedhaṁ, having removed all greed for sense pleasures,  Na hi jātu gabbhaseyyam punaretī ti. he will never come to lie in a womb again.

1.Is getting popularity important? 2. Why is it important for lay people to have a good reputation? 3. How does a layperson develop a good reputation? 4. If expecting a good reputation is considered harmful, why did the Buddha declare that it is a wish? 5. Why does a layperson want a good reputation for his or her family and teachers? 6. Are there any more places where the Buddha discussed how to earn reputation?

  Please see the Sutta's text and translation, as well as laypeople's first wish. https://patisota.blogspot.com/2023/12/pattakamma-sutta-word-to-word-translation-patisota.html 1. What's the difference between wealth and money? 2. The significance of gaining wealth in righteous ways. 3. What are the righteous jobs? 4. Is it easy or difficult to work with ethical works? If not, how should we perceive ethical jobs? 5.Does Buddhism teach against money? 6. Where is the problem? Is it the total avoidance of using wealth? or prudent use of wealth?

  Unwise attention leads to not developing. 1. What is Bhāvanā? 2. Why is Bhāvanā? 3. Why is the meaning of the word Bhāvanā so ambiguous in context? 4. Why is the practice of seven awakening factors referred to as Bhāvanā rather than specific meditations? 5. Why should the seven awakening components under Bhāvanā be practiced in the context of vivekanissitaṃ, virāganissitaṃ, nirodhanissitaṃ, and vossaggapariṇāmiṃ ? 5. If Bhāvanā is merely one technique to deal with particular akusalas , how can we understand contemporary meditation concepts?  

  Unwise attention leads to not destroying. 1. What is Vinodanā ? 2. Why is Vinodanā ? 3. What are the analogies that can be drawn between Vinodanā and three intentions  saṅkappa ? (kāmavitakka, byāpādavitakkaṃ, vihiṃsāvitakkaṃ) 4. When physical avoidance is not enough, why engage in mental destruction? 5. What is uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme ? 5. Let us identify the following verbs - nādhivāseti (not tolerated) - pajahati (abandon) - vinodeti (destroy) - byantīkaroti (dispel)  - anabhāvaṃ gameti (wipe out of existence)

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Unwise attention leads to intolerance.  1. What is Adhiv ā san ā ? 2. How to practice  Adhiv ā san ā   in terms of clothing? 3. How to practice  Adhiv ā san ā  in terms of food? 4.  How to practice  Adhiv ā san ā  in terms of shelter? 5. How to practice  Adhiv ā san ā  in terms of medicine?   6. Where does  Adhiv ā san ā  fit in the path? 7. Why do people forget about  Adhiv ā san ā ?

  For the Text of Aṭṭhakanāgara Sutta, MN. 52 Click Here conditioned -abhisaṅkhataṃ volitionally produced- abhisañcetayitaṃ 1. First Jhāna 2. Second Jhāna 3. Third Jhāna 4. Four Jhāna 5. Metta Ceto Vimutti 6. Karuṇā Ceto Vimutti 7. Muditā Ceto Vimutti 8. Upekkhā Ceto Vimutti 9. Ākāsānañcāyatana 10. Viññāṇāyatana 11. Ākiñcaññāyatana

  Unwise attention leads to the unwise use of needs. 1. What is Paṭisevan ā ? 2. How to practice  Paṭisevan ā  in terms of clothing? 3. How to practice  Paṭisevan ā  in terms of food? 4.  How to practice  Paṭisevan ā  in terms of shelter? 5. How to practice  Paṭisevan ā  in terms of medicine?   6. Is  Paṭisevana  a form of paccavekkhana ? 7. Why do people forget about  Paṭisevan ā ?

  Unwise attention leads to a lack of sensory restraint. 1. What does saṁvarā mean? 2. What is saṁvarā in terms of sense faculties? 3. saṁvuta versus asaṁvuta ? 4. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the eye? 5. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the sound? 6. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the nose? 7. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the tongue? 8. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the body? 9. What are the  āsav ā s  in regard to the mind? 10. Does saṁvarā mean "sensory deprivation"? 11. Six senses as an empty village ( Āsīvisopama Sutta, SN 35. 238) The Buddha used the simile of an empty village to represent the six internal sense bases and the simile of a village attacking bandits to represent the six exterior sense objects in the  Āsivisopama sutta of the Samyutta Nikaya. Because pleasant and unpleasant external sense objects attack and bombard the six internal sense bases, accumulating mental defilements through greed or aversion, resulting in du