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  • 2023 Buddha’s Birthday Celebration

    2023 Buddha’s Birthday Celebration

    He who has gone for refuge to the Buddha,the Teaching and his Order,penetrates with transcendental wisdom the Four Noble Truths Dhammapada 190 2023 Buddha’s Birthday Celebration We invite everyone for the day of bliss to celebrate the One who thus has come.

  • Buddha’s Birthday Celebration by New York Buddhist Council

    Buddha’s Birthday Celebration by New York Buddhist Council

    On May 01, there was the celebration of Buddha’s birthday that was organized by the Buddhist Council of New York. The auspicious event was held in conjunction with the Zoom due to covid.

  • Overview of Buddhist Meditation

    In this post, we are going to look at the general outline of Buddhist practice. The outline will show the overarching structure, process, and principle of Buddhist meditation, by which one can not only better understand what Buddhism is about, but also understand the commonality that all different kinds of meditations methods and techniques share.…

  • How to Sit for Meditation

    “After the meal, when I have returned from the alms round, I enter a grove. I collect some grass or leaves that I find there into a pile and then sit down. Having folded my legs crosswise and straightened my body, I establish mindfulness in front of me. ” Aṅguttara Nikaya 3:63, translated by Bhikkhu…

  • How was the Buddha able to obtain enlightenment after his going forth?

    Here is the passage for our gathering today. “Thus Uddaka Rāmaputta, my companion in the holy life, placed me in the position of a teacher and accorded me the highest honour. But it occurred to me: ‘This Dhamma does not lead to disenchantment, to dispassion, to cessation, to peace, to direct knowledge, to enlightenment, to…

  • Gotama Siddhartha – A prince born of a silver spoon near the Himalaya mountains.

    The passage for Today’s talk is from Majjhima Nikaya as thus. “ I had three palaces, one for the rainy season, one for the winter, and one for the summer. I lived in the rains’ palace for the four months of the rainy season, enjoying myself with musicians, none of whom were men, and I…

  • Refuge in the Sangha: The faith in the people as the evidence that enlightenment is real.

    The passage for Today’s talk is from Anguttara Nikaya. “He acquires unwavering confidence in the Sangha thus: ‘The Sangha of the Blessed One’s disciples is practising the good way, practising the straight way, practising the true way, practising the proper way, that is, the four pairs of persons, the eight types of individuals; this Sangha…

  • Refuge in the Dhamma – The faith in the cosmic truth open to us.

    The passage for today’s gathering is from Majjima Nikaya 26.Ariyapariyesana Sutta. “I considered: ‘This Dhamma that I have attained is profound, hard to see and hard to understand, peaceful and sublime, unattainable by mere reasoning, subtle, to be experienced by the wise. But this generation delights in attachment, takes delight in attachment, rejoices in the…

  • Notice for Yoga Class Cancellation

    Yoga Class cancellation Due to other schedules, we have to cancel yoga class on those days indicated below. Sorry for inconvenience.  9 of January, Wednessday 7pm, Yoga class.  2 of January, Saturday 7pm, Yoga class.

  • Refuge in the Buddha – Faith in limitless possibility within us.

    “When a bhikkhu has known that covetousness and unrighteous greed is an imperfection that defiles the mind and has abandoned it; when a bhikkhu has known that ill will…negligence is an imperfection that defiles the mind and has abandoned it, he acquires unwavering confidence in the Buddha thus: ‘The Blessed One is accomplished, fully enlightened,…

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