The story begins during a time when everyone, devas, brahmas and humans alike, were obsessed with figuring out what counts as a maṅgala — blessing . They wanted to know the signs, conditions, or qualities that genuinely bring welfare, happiness and good fortune. Not the superstitious kind, but the real blessing. For twelve long years, perhaps even longer, the beings of both the deva world and the human world turned the question of maṅgala over and over in their minds. They wa

“Therefore, bhikkhus, one should often reflect upon one’s own mind thus: ‘For a long time this mind has been defiled by lust (lobha),...

Every Buddhist has some understanding of the law of kamma: action and its results. Most are familiar with the general notion that if you...

Different beings have different mental inclinations and tendencies, which influence how they think, speak, act, and interact with others....

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In the Dhammānupassanā (contemplation of phenomena) section of the Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta (MN 10), the Buddha elaborates on the seven...