“One day, Milarepa warned Gampopa that the time had come for him to depart. He told Gampopa, “You have received the entire transmission. I have given you all the teachings, as if pouring water from one vase into another. Only 1 last instruction remains that I haven’t taught you. It’s very secret.” He then accompanied Gampopa to a river, where they were to part. Gampopa made prostrations to take his leave and started across. But Milarepa called him back: “You are a really good disciple. Anyway I will give you this last teaching.” Overjoyed, Gampopa prostrated 9 times, then waited for the instr ..read more

The Buddha’s Cremation Commemorative Day, which is eight days after the Buddha’s Parinirvana and corresponds to the 8th day of the waning moon of the 6th lunar month, this year falls on May 23, 2022. The cremation of the Buddha took place on the 8th day after his Parinirvana under the Sal trees in the full moon night of the 6th lunar month. The ceremony was held by the King of Malla, fully decorated with all kinds of fragrance and flowers along with an ensemble of musical instruments available in Kusinara through all seven days. On the 8th day, the eight Malla royalties took bath, wore new cl ..read more

“Ignorance Crisis” Master Acharavadee Wongsakon Due to the mass of dark energy covering the world extensively from the developments of electricity system up to the internet system, the ignorance crisis is caused. It is the crisis of enticement which human is unable to realize since they are very “thick” with delusions attached in emotional knots; having a high self-ego that is difficult to let go. The delusions that can be seen clearly are the attachments to happiness and suffering, holding on to happiness without trying to understand the law of impermanence, as well as, immersing into suffer ..read more

  Beware of Mishap The virus has stopped the world and Thailand. Aggressive protests surprisingly worse, nowadays there are many people who have the ability to consider and judge everything, everyone but themselves. Is this fair to those who want to live a normal life to be aware of both viruses watch out for weapons like that? There’s nothing that’s as easy to change as yourself on this planet. The principles and methods that are real are inherited from the time of Lord Buddha cascaded to teachers included Master Acharavadee Wongsakon, who was a great respect for the disciples. If the t ..read more

“??? ????? ?? ???????? ????????” (โปรดอ่านภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) There was a gloomy person who came to ask about his inability to stop thinking about negative things. He kept worrying about anticipation and thinks in circles on things that make him upset. The more he thinks the more he couldn’t stop, leading to paranoia. I told him this condition happened because the mind hasn’t been trained and not yet understood about the energy field. . This world is an energy field as well as the mind. When we let the mind open or send frequency waves into negative flow consistently, this wave will be pulled by ..read more

“Cʟᴏsɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Gᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Lᴏᴡᴇʀ Rᴇᴀʟᴍs” Mᴀsᴛᴇʀ Aᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴠᴀᴅᴇᴇ Wᴏɴɢsᴀᴋᴏɴ Closing the gate to the lower realms (Apāyabhūmi) means attaining the first stage of enlightenment. One who reaches this stage is called Sotāpanna (stream-enterer). This is a primary wish of Dhamma practitioners as most of them think that Nirvana is far beyond their destiny. Therefore, “Attaining just the stage of Sotāpanna” is a highly possible wish for them. This is also the wish of most moral people although they do not practice meditation. Some even try to take shortcuts such as chanting, worshiping holy objects, or doing ..read more

“Tʜᴇ Vᴀʟᴜᴀʙʟᴇ Pʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ” Suffering might occur when you compare yourself with others but never consider the different factors or merit that each person has cultivated. Mountains are not gently beautiful like flowers while flowers are not eminent and do not look strong like mountains. But both of them have value in their own way. All beings in this world have different characteristic due to the difference in the accumulation of mental formation. Thus, we should not compare ourselves with others since it might bring suffering to ourselves. We just have to understand and accept these differences ..read more

“Tʜᴇ Pᴀᴛʜ ᴏғ Bᴏᴅʜɪsᴀᴛᴛᴠᴀ ᴀɴᴅ Aʀᴀʜᴀɴᴛ” Vɪᴘᴀssᴀɴᴀ Mᴀsᴛᴇʀ Aᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴠᴀᴅᴇᴇ Wᴏɴɢsᴀᴋᴏɴ During my childhood, I used to wonder why King Rama 9 did not ordain for his whole life to become an Arahant which should be the ultimate merit. Why did he remain a layman and perform such endless duties for his people? Finally, I had the answer. The level of merit and perfection (parami) in each person is different. If a person who has the great power of merit is the head of the country but then he gets ordained for the whole life, that means he abandons his duty, leaving the people who need his support behind. The ..read more

Most people tend to think that Dhamma practice will make liveliness disappear. Then practitioners will become tardy, stiff, dull, like a robot. People who do not practice meditation often imagine and expect that a person who has already practiced must become noble in every aspect, unemotional, without anger, laughter or expression. These are all cooked up and over conceived images. If a person is without impurities (Kilesa), without greed, anger and lust, then he would not have to practice anymore. But he comes to practice because he wants to refine himself, be a better person and end his su ..read more

“Know that  hidden under fear,  there is wisdom waiting to be uncovered. In every crisis you face,  there will always be inner strength and opportunity to be found.” Stillness will help fight fear… Because fear causes consciousness, leading to wisdom,  which makes it possible to see solutions to problems and will help one get through difficult situations.” Teachings of: Master Acharavadee Wongsakon Techo Vipassana Thailand The post Know that hidden under Fear there is Wisdom appeared first on The Buddhists News ..read more