Sutta Pitaka Essays

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Zen Buddhist, talks about ecology and Buddhism in his book ‘The World We Have, A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology’. Hanh criticizes the way we are consuming the resources of our mother earth and fears the survival of next generations. Mother earth is suffering from natural disasters which are more or less the results of our consumption patterns. Human beings have affected our mother earth in various ways and as a result the fear of survival has emerged. Ecological behavior

Hinduism was originated in Northern India near the river of Indus. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world, with having close to 750 million followers. Hinduism is also the oldest religion on Earth. Hinduism has no creator, it is based on Brahminism. Brahmanism is the early stage of Hinduism. Hindus believes that religion is more a matter of practice than belief. Hinduism believes in the God Brahman or in the soul of the universe. Brahman can take the form of many things that hindus

The Buddhist Faith is one of the world’s oldest and major religions. It originated in India (fifth century B.C.E.) and has spread throughout Asia. Buddhism developed as an alternative to the strict adherence of Hinduism. The common follower of Hinduism saw the steps involved in the Hindu Wheel of Rebirth (rituals, worship practice, & sacrifices) as impossible to achieve. Buddhism was another path that could be followed in the search for salvation. Founder & Followers: Siddhartha Gautama (known

Both, the physical structure as well as the mental structure, are impermanent. Sensations produced by these structures are therefore impermanent. It is meaningless to develop craving / aversion towards what is impermanent, substance less, essence-less. Hence just observe the sensations. Do not evaluate, do not have preferences or prejudices. Do not compare one sensation with the other. Due to these you may develop a liking / disliking towards sensations. Thus, develop sanskaras and consequently,

The first was the Tipitaka or “Three Baskets”. It is named Three Baskets because it is organized into three parts. The first is the Vinaya Pitaka or the Basket of Discipline, the second is the Sutta Pitaka or the Basket of Goods, and the third is the Abhidhamma Pitaka or the Basket of Higher Teaching. The next sacred text to appear was the Sutras or Suttas. Buddhists believe those writings to be the actual words of the Buddha himself. The validity of the texts can be questioned however, because

The practice of Buddhism, the religious pretense of Buddhism or the faith of Buddhism are commonalities to those of Laos, Thailand and Sri Lanka. There is an integrated path with Buddhagosa. The understanding of the path of Buddhism, through Sila, Samadhi and Panna, the three elements. These principles of progression and the wisdom. The reflexive signs, morality the ethical awareness or virtue, concentration, meditation and focus and the wisdom. These all require each part for a completion of the

Tripitaka was originally composed in Pali, which is the language primarily used by Monks. It refers to the oldest Buddhist cannon, the Pali Cannon (authorized body of texts). It is broken up into three sections; The Sutta Pitaka (earliest and most meaningful teachings of Buddha), The Vinaya Pitaka (Rules and regulations that monks must follow, which not only teaches them the way to be, but supports them in becoming closer to Nirvana) and the Abhidhammapitaka

the churches and stirred their quiet pools. Meetings after meetings are held. The same energetic souls are found busy at their respective work as well as they are engaged in many good works too. But Meyer warns that one must beware that one does not substitute the active for the contemplative, the valley for the mountaintop. One should have time to be alone with God. The concealed and the shut door are indispensable. One should be still and know that God is within thee and around! In the silence

On July 15th 1996, I was born healthy, viable and able to hear. A short three days later, I was stricken ill and was rushed back to the hospital. I was diagnosed with Meningitis and spent a week in the hospital before I was cured. Once again, three weeks later, I was running a high fever that would not go down and my skin had a yellowish hue to it. This time, I was diagnosed with Jaundice. The doctors were unable to bring my fever down and tried everything from putting me on ice to giving me a certain