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Tour to Myanmar International Buddhasasana Meditation Centre

15 May
Triple Gem Centre 
is arranging a tour to Myanmar from
14th to 18th July 2012 Thanlyin Village, Yangon.

to witness the ordination of Bro Tan Eng Chye as a bhikkhu at International Buddhasasana Meditation Centre (Pa Auk Tawya Branch Monastery), Thanlyin Village, Yangon.

Pa Auk

For those who are interested, please book your own air-ticket, then contact Bro David Lim of Elsol Travels and Tours at             016-2106951       or his office colleague Miss Laura at             03-7984 4560       for the ground arrangement and visa application.  Closing date is 15th May 2012, or when maximum participants of 30 is reached.

For any other inquiries regarding the tours, please contact Bro David Lim.  016-2106951

 
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Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Events

 

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AN 3.73 Sakka Sutta: To the Sakyan

23 Apr

Namo Buddhaya Brothers and Sisters in the Dhamma

Below is a sutta which emphasize on the on the importance of keeping the precepts – leading to concentration and the attainment of the four jhannas.  The attainment of the jhannas helps in the attainment of knowledge or insight.

This will be the final eSutta posted by me.  23/4/12, i will be flying off to Myanmar to lead a monastic life at:

International Buddhasasana Meditation Centre

(Pa Auk Tawya Branch)

Thilawar Road (near Kyaik-Khauk Pagoda)

Payargon Village, Than Lyin Township

Yangon, Myanmar

On Wesak Day 5/5/12, will be ordained as a samanera and on 17/7/12 will be ordained as a bhikkhu.

Monastic Life

No internet access in the monastery, so will not be posting any messages for the next 5 years.

Will like to thank everyone for all the support and to seek forgiveness for any shortcomings on my part.Wish all kalyana mitras good health, peace, contentment and spiritual progress.

with maha metta

eng chye

translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu © 1997–2012

I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Sakyans at Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Park. Now at that time the Blessed One had just recovered from being ill, was not long recovered from his illness. Then Mahanama the Sakyan went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: “For a long time I have known the Dhamma taught by the Blessed One that ‘There is knowledge for one who is concentrated, not for one who is not concentrated.’ Now, does concentration come first, and knowledge after, or does knowledge come first, and concentration after?”

Then the thought occurred to Ven. Ananda, “Here the Blessed One has just recovered from being ill, is not long recovered from his illness, and yet Mahanama the Sakyan asks him this very deep question. What if I were to take Mahanama the Sakyan to one side and teach him the Dhamma?” So Ven. Ananda, taking Mahanama the Sakyan by the arm, led him to one side and said to him, “Mahanama, the Blessed One has talked both of the virtue of one who is in training [a stream-winner, a once-returner, or a non-returner] and of the virtue of one whose training is complete [an arahant]. He has talked both of the concentration of one who is in training and of the concentration of one whose training is complete. He has talked both of the discernment of one who is in training and of the discernment of one whose training is complete.

“And what is the virtue of one who is in training? There is the case where a monk is virtuous. He dwells restrained in accordance with the Patimokkha, consummate in his behavior & sphere of activity. He trains himself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest fault. This is called the virtue of one who is in training.

“And what is the concentration of one who is in training? There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful [mental] qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. With the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, he enters & remains in the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of composure, unification of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation — internal assurance. With the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, ‘Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.’ With the abandoning of pleasure & pain — as with the earlier disappearance of elation & distress — he enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither pleasure nor pain. This is called the concentration of one who is in training.

“And what is the discernment of one who is in training? There is the case where a monk discerns as it actually is that ‘This is stress… This is the origination of stress… This is the cessation of stress… This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’ This is called the discernment of one who is in training.

bhikku bodhi

bhikkhu bodhi

“Then there is the disciple of the noble ones — thus consummate in virtue, thus consummate in concentration, thus consummate in discernment — who, through the ending of the mental fermentations, enters & remains in the fermentation-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having known & made them manifest for himself right in the here & now.

“In this way, Mahanama, the Blessed One has talked both of the virtue of one who is in training and of the virtue of one whose training is complete. He has talked both of the concentration of one who is in training and of the concentration of one whose training is complete. He has talked both of the discernment of one who is in training and of the discernment of one whose training is complete.”

 
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Posted by on April 23, 2012 in eSutta

 

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Emphasize on the Practice of Meditation

21 Mar

Anguttara Nikaya 4.102 Valahaka Sutta: Thunderheads

translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu © 1997–2012

“There are these four types of thunderheads. Which four? One that thunders but doesn’t rain, one that rains but doesn’t thunder, one that neither thunders nor rains, and one that both thunders and rains. These are the four types of thunderheads.

“In the same way, these four types of persons resembling thunderheads are to be found existing in the world. Which four? The one that thunders but doesn’t rain, the one that rains but doesn’t thunder, the one that neither thunders nor rains, and the one that both thunders and rains.

“And how is one the type of person who thunders but doesn’t rain? There is the case where a person has mastered the Dhamma: dialogues, narratives of mixed prose and verse, explanations, verses, spontaneous exclamations, quotations, birth stories, amazing events, question & answer sessions. Yet he doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the origination of stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the cessation of stress.’ He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’ This is the type of person who thunders but doesn’t rain. This type of person, I tell you, is like the thunderhead that thunders but doesn’t rain.

“And how is one the type of person who rains but doesn’t thunder? There is the case where a person has not mastered the Dhamma: dialogues… question & answer sessions. Yet he does discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is stress.’ He discerns, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the origination of stress.’ He discerns, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the cessation of stress.’ He discerns, as it actually is present, that ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’ This is the type of person who rains but doesn’t thunder. This type of person, I tell you, is like the thunderhead that rains but doesn’t thunder.

“And how is one the type of person who neither thunders nor rains? There is the case where a person has not mastered the Dhamma: dialogues… question & answer sessions. He doesn’t discern, as it actually is present, that ‘This is stress.’ … ‘This is the origination of stress.’ … ‘This is the cessation of stress.’ … ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.’ This is the type of person who neither thunders nor rains. This type of person, I tell you, is like the thunderhead that neither thunders nor rains.

“And how is one the type of person who both thunders and rains? There is the case where a person has mastered the Dhamma: dialogues… question & answer sessions. He discerns, as it actually is present, that ‘This is stress.’ …

‘This is the origination of stress.’ …

‘This is the cessation of stress.’ …

‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress.

‘ This is the type of person who both thunders and rains. This type of person, I tell you, is like the thunderhead that both thunders and rains.

“There are these four types of people to be found existing in the world.”

Stress= Suffering, Dukkha 

 
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Posted by on March 21, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Means to Arahantship is by Meditation

21 Mar

AN 4.170 Yuganaddha Sutta: In Tandem
translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu © 1998–2012
On one occasion Ven. Ananda was staying in Kosambi, at Ghosita’s monastery.

There he addressed the monks, “Friends!”

“Yes, friend,” the monks responded.

Ven. Ananda said: “Friends, whoever — monk or nun — declares the attainment of arahantship in my presence, they all do it by means of one or another of four paths. Which four?

“There is the case where a monk has developed insight preceded by tranquility. As he develops insight preceded by tranquility, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

“Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquility preceded by insight. As he develops tranquility preceded by insight, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

“Then there is the case where a monk has developed tranquility in tandem with insight. As he develops tranquility in tandem with insight, the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

“Then there is the case where a monk’s mind has its restlessness concerning the Dhamma [Comm: the corruptions of insight] well under control. There comes a time when his mind grows steady inwardly, settles down, and becomes unified & concentrated. In him the path is born. He follows that path, develops it, pursues it. As he follows the path, developing it & pursuing it — his fetters are abandoned, his obsessions destroyed.

“Whoever — monk or nun — declares the attainment of arahantship in my presence, they all do it by means of one or another of these four paths.”

Ven. Ananda, the Buddha’s personal attendant, mentioned that the only means to Arahantship is by meditation, both Samatha and Vipassana.

 
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Posted by on March 21, 2012 in eSutta

 

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Meditation class for beginners 2011

11 Oct

triple gem centre

NEW MEDITATION CLASS FOR BEGINNERS YEAR 2011

We are pleased to announce that our annual 12 lessons meditation course for beginners will commence on 19th March 2011. The class will begin with some basic yoga exercises.

The course structure, in English, will cover both the Samatha and Vipassana meditation as practiced and taught by our Lord Buddha. We will begin with Metta (Loving Kindness) Meditation, to be followed by Anapanasati (mindfulness of breath meditation) and ending with Vipassana (Contemplation) meditation.

The topics to be covered are as follows:

  1. Introduction to Buddhist meditation.
  2. Recognising and overcoming the Five Hindrances to mental development
  3. Preparing the foundation for meditation: Importance of observing Five Precepts
  4. Enhancing our mind : Applying the principles of Loving Kindness Sutta
  5. Introduction to Anapanasati (mindfulness of breath meditation)
  6. Developing concentration and recognising the Jhana (mental absorption) factors
  7. Four Brahma Vihara (Sublime State of Mind) and Eight Worldly conditions
  8. Understanding the notion of “non-self” (Five Aggregates, 3 characteristics and 3 evil roots)
  9. Understanding the fundamental teaching of Buddha: Four Noble Truths
  10. Understand why are we subject to rebirth : Paticca Samuppada (Dependent Origination)
  11. Way out of the round of rebirth: eliminating Dasa Samyojana (Ten Fetters)
  12. Widening your field of meditation: Four Foundations of Mindfulness

Below are some of the rules and regulations:

  1. Participants are required to come appropriately dress, i.e. decently and comfortably
  2. Mobile phones, pagers and all communication devices are required to be switched off, or at least put to silent mode. No answering of mobile phones is allowed while the class is in progress.
  3. Certificate of Attendance will only be presented to those who complete ALL 12 lessons

Date : 12 consecutive Saturday (except 2 April 2011) starting from 19th March 2011

Time : 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon.

Venue:  9 Jalan SS 26/7, Taman Mayang Jaya, 47301 Petaling Jaya

Fee : Free of charge, but to ensure a balanced practice of “Dana (generousity), Sila (morality) and Bhavana (mental development)” we encourage a contribution towards the centre’s overheads/ maintenance.

Pre-registration is required:

Please download registration form at: http://tanengchye.spaces.live.com

Limited spaces: Due to space constraint, we can accommodate only 20 participants



 
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