The Buddha considered such practices as fortune telling, wearing magic charms for protection, finding lucky sites for buildings, prophesising and fixing lucky days to be useless superstitions and he expressly forbade his disciples to practise such things. He called all these things '…
The monastic institution is an important one in Buddhism. What is the purpose of monks and nuns and what are they supposed to do? The Buddha's purpose in founding an order of monks and nuns was to provide an environment in which spiritual development would be easier. The lay communit…
Buddhists should be vegetarians, shouldn't they? Not necessarily. The Buddha was not a vegetarian. He did not teach his disciples to be vegetarians and even today, there are many good Buddhists who are not vegetarians. If you eat meat you are indirectly responsible the death of a cr…
Other religions derive their ideas of right and wrong from the commandments of their god or gods. You Buddhists don't believe in a god, so how do you know right from wrong? Any thoughts, speech or actions that are rooted in greed, hatred and delusion and thus lead us away from Nirvana…
What is meditation? Meditation is a conscious effort to change how the mind works. The Pali word for meditation is 'bhavana' which means 'to make grow' or 'to develop'. Is meditation important? Yes, it is. No matter how much we may wish to be good, if we cannot cha…
Is Kammic descent possible? In other words, can a man be born as an animal? The Buddhist answer may not be acceptable to all, for Buddhism does recognize this possibility. Material forms, through which the life-continuum expresses itself, are merely temporary visible manifestations of th…
Horoscope Predictions 2021.What does the New Year have in store for you? Aries Horoscope .Happiness in marriage. Better opportunities for gain and growth. The year 2021 horoscope predictions,You can refer to this year as a moderate year. is going to be the best for those who have Aries s…
