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BHANTE'S NEW BOOK RELEASE！ 『生き方を変えられるのは、いま ― いま最善を尽くし、心を清らかにする（大業分別経）』 チャンディマ・ガンゴダウィラ長老,   By Ven. Dr. Chandima Gangodawila,  Released on  May 18th 2019,  Sukhi Hotu, Tokyo, Japan Dear Friends, My second book (in Japanese) entitled: "Karma is not linear according to the Buddha: Mahākammavibhaṅga Sutta MN 136 (Japanese Edition) " was just published on Amazon. Thank you 出村佳子 for incorporating one of my talks for this work. In the Theravāda Japanese Community, 出村佳子, is widely known as a prolific Theravāda Buddhist writer. ・Amazon  May you be well and Happy! Bhante. Dr. Gangodawila Chandima

BHANTE'S NEW BOOK RELEASE！ なぜ、思考は事実から離れて、勝手にイメージを作りあげていくのか？ 妄想（ねつ造）は、どのように起こるのか？ 『 妄想の対処法：認識プロセスを観察し、妄想ループを絶ち切る『マドゥピンディカ・スッタ（蜜丸経）』 チャンディマ・ガンゴダウィラ長老,   By Ven. Dr. Chandima Gangodawila,  Released on February 19th, 2019,   Sukhi Hotu, Tokyo, Japan. Dear Friends, One of my talks "Mental Proliferation ( papañca ) and How to cope, according to the Buddha: Madhupindika Sutta" has been incorporated into a Book in Japanese by a prolific Japanese writer 出村佳子 Yoshiko Demura. She has translated a number of very popular English Dhamma Books into Japanese including "Mindfulness in Plain English" of Ven.Dr. Henepola Gunaratana, works of Ajahn Chah and mindfulness guru Jon Kabat-Zinn. If you know Japanese, you can buy this book from amazon from the link below. May you be well and Happy! Bhante. Dr. Gangodawila Chandima ・Amazon 

Deep in meditation, the meditator ceases to be. Every thought and sense of self has been greeted and dismissed with lovingkindness, and all that remains is a meditation - an action without an actor.

Have you ever encountered someone in your life who was domineering?  It can happen even in everyday conversation: someone who relates any topic or idea back to herself or himself. Maybe they are monopolizing the conversation or competing in one-upsmanship. Palāsa , this quality of domineering, is one of the sixteen upakkilesas in Early Buddhist suttas . If you interact with palāsin , someone who exhibits this quality, it is important to remember that their behaviour doesn’t justify treating them poorly. You can prepare yourself for dealing with palāsin - whether it is someone you already know or a chance encounter with a stranger - by considering the following: 1. Choose when to engage, and on what topics There are some people who may be best to avoid, and there are others for whom a discussion that is thoughtful and introspective may help them release patterns of thought which cause palāsa . Changing the topic is a good way to avoid getting bogged down in unprodu

The individuals who confine themselves to a constraining conviction state of mind (black or white), will miss the chance to advance past the choking influences of their egoic mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qAq0Oq3VZE The meaning of the Noble Eightfold Path as given by the Buddha in the Mahācattārīsaka Sutta (MN 117) by Bhante Dr. Gangodawila Chandima  April 22, 2018 May you be well and happy! 【Sutta Discussion】Ignoble Eightfold Path vs. Noble Eightfold Path

Buddha sometimes expressed admiration of street smarts,  but he saw that in isolation, neither street smarts nor book smarts are worth very much. Reflection is more important and the combination of all three lead to better outcomes.