Monks in the Morning from Colombo Dhamma Friends
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsGet your kids in the habit of taking the precepts every day, chanting suttas, practicing meditation, and listening to Dhamma teachings especially for them so they have a strong Buddhist faith to protect them in life.
Children are naturally curious about the world and how it works. And even at a young age they can start to see beneficial and beneficial. The monks of Colombo Dhamma Friends of Mahamevnawa will help your children apply the Buddhas teachings to their own lives.
Listen together as a family so you can talk with your kids about the topics discussed and show them that learning the Buddha's teachings is personally important to you.
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223 Visākhā Gets Her Wish
November 04, 2021 02:49 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever wished for something? Something you wanted really, really bad? Lots of people wish for things for themselves. New clothes, new games, a favorite food. Well, some people have a wish to help other people. That was the case with the great disciple named Visakha. Do you know about her? The Supreme Buddha said she was the best giver to the Sangha of all his female lay disciples. She had made the wish a long time ago to be this best kind of giver. In today’s sermon we’ll learn about ...
222 Good-hearted Friends
November 01, 2021 16:30 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBDo you know what it means if someone is good-hearted? It’s not talking about their physical heart in the middle of their chest. If someone is good-hearted then, they always act in a good way and try to help other people. In today’s sermon we will learn about what a good-hearted friend is and how we can also become a good-hearted friend to other people. Contents 5:04 Sermon on thegood-hearted friend 11:13 Aham Avero Homi: Loving-Kindness Chanting. Read online, download a PDF or MP3. 21:34 T...
221 Invest Your Gold in Merit
October 25, 2021 18:09 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIf you haven’t listened to the last episode yet, you might want to go back and hear it first. Because today we’ll learn the rest of the story of the girl who offered her gold to help make a stupa. You know, if we are fortunate enough to have lots of nice things in this life, we should always remember that it’s because of the good actions we did in the past. At the same time we need to remember that we can invest in our future by doing good things now. That’s what’s happening with the people...
220 A Girl Gifts Gold to a Stupa
October 20, 2021 03:01 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever seen a stupa before? Or maybe just a photo? Stupas hold the relics of the Supreme Buddha or Arahant disciples of the Supreme Buddha. Usually these relics are small pieces of bone or hair, or sometimes teeth. Showing respect to these places is a very powerful way of collecting merit, isn’t it. We learned all about that in the last programme. Well, how many of you have helped to build a stupa? This is a very rare opportunity in the world. In today’s episode we’ll learn about a yo...
219 Respect Comes from Respect, Mangala Sutta, Part 12
October 17, 2021 21:34 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWhen we are with each other we get to learn all sorts of things that help us be better people. The more we learn from our good Dhamma friends, the easier it is to remember to do the right things, even when it is difficult. This is important to remember when we do bad things… no matter what, the Buddha reminds us that we can give up doing bad things by following his teachings. And when we spend time with good people like this, we naturally start to give up these bad actions. One of those bad...
218 Heedfulness, Mangala Sutta, Part 11
October 15, 2021 04:16 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn the next blessing in the Mahamangala sutta. Do you remember all the blessings you have learned before? If not, you can go back and listen to those shows. Just go to the show notes on the website and click on the link for the whole series of talks. The blessing we will learn today is called heedfulness, or diligence. In the sermon we will get many similes and stories to help us understand this very important word. It’s a blessing so important that the Supreme Budd...
217 Dangerous Drink, Mangala Sutta, Part 10
March 16, 2021 11:48 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn another one of the blessings that we can find in the Mahā Mangala Sutta, the great discourse on blessings. I’m sure most of you have chanted the Mangala sutta before. It’s important that we understand the meaning in detail since when we follow the Buddha’s instructions it can bring blessings into our lives now and blessings in future lives as well. And specifically today we’ll get to learn what the results of using intoxicants like alcohol are when it comes to our...
216 The Four Requirements for Life
February 20, 2021 09:52 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBSo, have you ever had to move houses? If you did, were you able to pack all of your things in a box or two? Or did you have to rent a big truck? Or maybe you went on a long vacation somewhere once. Could you fit everything you needed in a shoulder bag? Or did you need lots and lots of luggage? Well, the Buddha had such compassion for his monks and nuns, that he taught them about what was necessary to have and what was not necessary. He called these things that we really need requisites. 'Req...
Special Monks and Friends in the Morning: Four Types of People
February 05, 2021 10:19 - 16 minutes - 15.9 MBIn this special episode, some of your friends from Dhamma School are going to talk with one of the Bhantes about the teachings of the Buddha that you can think ... Read moreSpecial Monks and Friends in the Morning: Four Types of People
215 Giving with Two Intentions, Part 2
February 02, 2021 12:07 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the last episode we started to learn about two sisters who practiced giving. Because of that giving, they were both reborn in heavenly worlds. Do you remember their names? One was called Bhadra, that means lucky, or fortunate. The other one was called Subhadra. That means very lucky or very fortunate. And as it turned out, Subbhadra really was more fortunate. Why? Because of the intention she had when she gave the gift. Now we are going to get to learn what that very good intention was. ...
214 Giving with Two Intentions, Part 1
October 08, 2020 10:44 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to talk about intention. An intention is like a wish that our mind is thinking about when we do some action. For example, when we give someone some medicine, we have the intention to help that person. That’s a good action that we do with a good intention. Sometimes it’s not always easy to see what someone’s intention is when they do some action. For example, if our parents scold us, they may be doing it with the intention to help us, even though we may not like it at the t...
213 Giving to the Maha Sangha
September 22, 2020 09:35 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBSometimes people wonder about whom we should give gifts to. Once King Pasenadi asked the Supreme Buddha whom he should give gifts to. The Buddha told him to give wherever made him happy. Then King Pasenadi asked him where gifts should be given so they produce the greatest results. In the sermon today, we are going to learn about the difference between giving to an ordinary beggar and giving to the Mahā Saṅgha. Contents 4:24 Sermon 13:59 Buddhanussati verses Meditation. Read online or Downl...
212 Dhamma Discussion: Disciples in Lockdown
September 16, 2020 08:21 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to listen in on a discussion that some of our good Dhamma friends had with one of the venerable monks about their time in lockdown. Now some of you may be listening to this episode long after the corona virus happened and you may not remember what it was like. So to protect ourselves and our friends, wise leaders asked people to stay at home whenever possible. This way the virus won’t spread to other people. It isn’t a punishment, it’s a way to keep everyone safe. For many...
211 The Story of Kali Yakshini, Part 3
September 15, 2020 05:02 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we will listen to the last part of the story of Kālī Yakshini. Although lots of terrible things happen in this story, something very wonderful happens, doesn’t it. The mother and the yakkha, who had been terrible enimies for a long time in saṁsara had the chance to give up this hatred that caused them so much suffering. Until they came to the Supreme Buddha, they had no idea how long they had been in danger because of their hatred for each other. Dhammapada 5 Na hi verena verāni, sam...
210 The Story of Kali Yakshini, Part 2
September 02, 2020 07:39 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the last episode we started to learn the story of a very unfortunate family who were terrorized by a yakkha who kept eating their babies. That would have been horrible, wouldn’t it. That family definitely would have wanted to conquer the yakha. Do you know that word, conquer? When we conquer someone, it can mean we have a battle or fight with them and we win the fight. Usually we talk about conquering an enemies army, but we can use it for people to. But this family didn’t have any power ...
209 The Story of Kali Yakshini, Part 1
July 12, 2020 09:22 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever had something strange happen to you that you couldn’t explain? We’ll start to learn the story of a family that had something really strange, and really scary, happen to them. They couldn’t understand why it was happening. In the end, and in a panic, the went to the wisest person in the world to ask for help—the Supreme Buddha. He was able to offer them protection and also give them an answer to why these things were happening. Contents 5:31 Part 1 of the story of Kālī the Yak...
208 Dhamma Discussion: Novice Ordination Ceremony
July 07, 2020 14:36 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWe have a very special show today to talk about something very special that happened recently in one of our monasteries. There was a novice ordination ceremony. Do you know what that means? It’s a special event where someone becomes a novice monk. They take the ten precepts and start wearing robes and living as a monk. As a novice monk they then keep all the precepts you may keep on the uposatha when you observe the eight precepts, but they split one of the precepts into two, and they take o...
207 Hope and Train to Be Free from Anger
July 06, 2020 14:37 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBLots of you have told us how you really like to practice loving-kindness meditation. This makes all the monks so happy to know that even as kids you are learning to train your minds in wholesome qualities. We also want you to remember that thoughts of loving-kindness are not just something we need to have when we meditate. We also need to know when to think in this way in real life. In the sermon today we’ll be reminded of how important it is to watch our minds and make sure that when anger ...
206 The Story of Arahant Jambuka
July 02, 2020 14:18 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThe Supreme Buddha taught us it’s very very important that we associate with good people who like to practice the Dhamma. Because when we do, our good qualities increase. But sometimes, we don't take advantage of being around good people, do we? Today we’ll learn the story of someone like that, who had the chance to spend time learning from an arahant, but instead he cursed him and chased him away. Can you believe it? See how dangerous saṁsara is? Fortunately for this person, he eventually g...
205 Don’t Get Tricked!
July 01, 2020 11:47 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever been tricked before? Maybe someone pretended to throw something to you and when you tried to catch it, it wasn’t there. Or maybe someone traded you for something, but what you got wasn’t what they promised. Well, what if I told you that we are all letting ourselves be tricked by the world all the time. That what we think we experience in the world is totally different from reality. And its because we are letting ourselves be tricked that we have to suffer. But the Supreme Buddh...
204 Where Should We Keep Our Savings?
June 29, 2020 13:55 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBDo you have a savings account? Maybe you have a jar that you collect money in that you hope to buy something with in the future. Lots of people do. And people did that in the time of out Supreme Buddha as well. Today we will learn a wonderful sutta called the Nidhikaṇḍa Sutta: The Discourse on Savings. In this sutta, we will learn how the Buddha advised us to save for the future in a way that we are sure to get the benefit of our savings. And at the end of the show, we will get to listen to ...
203 Five Benefits of Giving
June 28, 2020 14:33 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBOn the programme we talk a lot about how when we practice generosity it leads to being wealthy in the future. The Supreme Buddha says this again and again. Well, today we are going to learn five more benefits of giving. Some of these benefits we can even see right now in this very life. They are good to remember, so I recommend that you write them down in your special Monks in the Morning Journal. You do have a place where you keep track of what you’re learning don’t you? All you need is a s...
202 Dhamma Discussion: Kids Dana
June 24, 2020 10:47 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to listen to a really interesting discussion between one of the venerable monks and a couple of kids who have been attending Dhamma programmes for a few years. Among other things, they are going to talk all about the process of making and offering food, or dāna, to the Mahāsangha. You can really tell that they have been learning a lot and putting what they learned into practice. Especially, they talk about good ways of thinking about things. For example, how to think if a ...
201 Overflowing Goodness
June 23, 2020 07:46 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBClick on the links in case you missed part 1 and part 2 of the Puññābhisanda Sutta. Today we’ll learn the rest of the Puññābhisanda sutta. You know, when we think about merit, many people only think about the physical things we do with our bodies, like giving things to the Saṅgha, or making offerings to the Supreme Buddha. Or maybe they think about things we do with our voices like reciting parittas. Well, in this sutta we learn about having confidence in the triple gem is also a kind of m...
200 Complete Confidence in the Blessed One
June 22, 2020 14:50 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the last episode we started to learn the Puññābhisanda Sutta, the way to always have merit flowing into our lives. The first way is to have strong confidence in the enlightenment of the Supreme Buddha. The way that we can get this is by learning about the qualities of his mind and how his mind is different than our own minds. We can see how easily we get attached to things. We have favorite clothes, favorite foods, favorite TV shows and games. But the Supreme Buddha didn’t have any of the...
199 A River of Merit
June 21, 2020 08:57 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBOne thing the Supreme Buddha is very clear about is that we have to work hard if we want to improve our situation in life. If we want to be happy, this isn’t something we get just by wishing for it. We have to do things with our body speech and mind. But once we begin to work hard like this, then the benefits start flowing into our lives like a great river. Have you ever seen a big, strong river? It keeps flowing, doesn’t it? It doesn’t just suddenly stop and take a rest. And if it’s a big r...
198 Happy Here, Happy There, Happy Everywhere
June 17, 2020 14:22 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBOne of the things that’s so great about being a follower of the Supreme Buddha is that if we follow his advice, it brings us happiness right now as we practice his teachings, and it’s also guarenteed to bring us happiness in the future, either in a good rebirth or in attaining Nibbana. In some religions, the most people hope for is happiness in the future. But when we keep precepts, we avoid trouble here and now. When we practice generosity, we can be happy right away. And when we practice m...
197 Can Our Relatives in Heaven Help Us?
June 16, 2020 11:59 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBWhen we collect good karma by practicing the Buddha’s instructions, we will often share merit with heavenly beings. And we may even have the wish that all heavenly beings protect the Dhamma and those who practice the Dhamma. Well one of you was curious if when our relatives are born in the heavenly worlds they can come back and help us in this life. So I invited one of the venerable monks to give an answer. I think you’ll be really interested in what he shares with us. Contents 6:07 Q & A:...
196 Sadness from the Ones We Love
June 15, 2020 08:01 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBDo you remember that word, kalyanamitta? It means a special kind of friend who likes to help us practice the Supreme Buddha’s teachings. That’s what we’re going to do together today, practice the Supreme Buddha’s teachings. It’s hard to find people in the world to help us practice the Dhamma, so we can be happy knowing that we have found this rare opportunity. It’s so important to have friends like all of you so we can encourage each other to make the effort while we can to learn and live by...
195 Offering a Milk Rice Puja
June 14, 2020 09:19 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever heard of offering milk rice to the Supreme Buddha? Today two of the monks are going to talk about the practice of offering milk rice to the Supreme Buddha. In Sinhala this special kind of milk rice offering is called kiripindu Buddha Puja. Together we’ll learn about the ancient history of offering milk rice to the Buddha, how we should do it, and what the benefits are. We’ve even included some instructions in the show notes so you can also make this kind of milk rice and offer ...
194 Benefits of Loving Kindness Meditation
June 11, 2020 14:32 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to hear the eleven benefits that we get when we practice loving kindness meditation. Some of the benefits of practicing meditation we can see in this life, and some don’t come until a future life. But when we know the good things we can expect from meditating, then it’s easier to make the effort to practice right now. Contents 5:22 Sermon 16:07 Metta Bhavana: Loving Kindness Meditation Download PDF or MP3. We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or record a lo...
193 Good Friendship to Improve Our Lives
June 09, 2020 09:33 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn a teaching from the Supreme Buddha about the importance of friendship. We can find it in the collection called the Itivuttaka, so if you would like to read it again after the show, just click on the show notes link below and you can read it for yourself. This is one of the great things about learning the Dhamma, that we can read it for ourselves and think about it carefully whenever we like. Contents 5:18 Sermon on Itivuttaka 17 10:45 Khanda Paritta. Read along ...
192 Noble People Let Go of Desire for Everything, Araham Quality pt. 4
June 07, 2020 12:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBCan you remember the three knowledges we learned in the last episode? The three things that the Supreme Buddha was able to see and understand on the night of his enlightenment? The first one was the ability to remember his past lives. Not just one or two, many thousands and thousands of lives. And not just a little bit about those lives, but everything in detail. How about the second knowledge? It had to do with other people… It was the ability to see exactly how and why specific living bein...
191 The Buddha Knows Three Important Things
June 04, 2020 14:30 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you heard about the night of the Supreme Buddha’s enlightenment? You probably remember that it happened on a Vesak full moon. And that he sat next to the river Neranjara. You may even remember that Māra tried to stop him from attaining enlightenment. But can you remember the three special things that he gained in his mind that night? We’ll learn about those three things in the sermon today. We’ll even learn the Pali words for these three things. If you can’t quite catch them in the serm...
190 Drunk on Food. Araham Quality pt. 3
June 03, 2020 07:55 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we will learn more about the Arahaṁ quality of the Supreme Buddha. Do you remember the story we learned about the monks being happy with the food given to horses? Well, there’s more to the story and we will learn that today. If you haven't listened to that episode, you may want to go back and listen to it first. (187 Happy without the Defilements. Araham Quality pt. 2) Contents 5:28 Sermon 15:47 Buddhanussati meditation. Read online, download a PDF or MP3. Reading Dhammapada: What...
189 Beauty Disappears
June 02, 2020 09:50 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we will learn another example of why our Supreme Buddha was the best teacher in the world. You know that sometimes the Supreme Buddha would even use his psychic powers to teach if he thought they were necessary to tame someone’s mind. Well, that’s exactly what he did in the example we’ll learn about today. Contents 5:23 Sermon 17:34 Chanda Paritta. Download a PDF or read online. Related Book Mahamevnawa Pali-English Paritta Chanting Book. Print Book. We’d love to hear from you! S...
188 Don’t Do Bad Things in Public or in Secret
May 31, 2020 15:23 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBIn the sermon today we are going to learn a wonderful verse taught by the Supreme Buddha. One day he was walking on alms round, collecting his meal for the day, and he saw some boys catching fish. Because he had compassion for these boys, he went up and asked them if they disliked liked suffering and if they were afraid of suffering. And what do you think they said? Of course they didn’t like to suffer and they were afraid of suffering. So just like they were catching fish, the Supreme Buddh...
187 Happy without the Defilements. Araham Quality pt. 2
May 27, 2020 14:50 - 28 minutes - 25.6 MBToday we’ll learn more about the arahaṁ quality of the Supreme Buddha. I should also mention that usually when we see the word arahaṁ written, it will end with the letter “m” with a dot over it. You may have also seen it in the phrase “Buddhaṁ saranaṁ gacchāmi. In languages like Pāli, this was a special letter that usually came at the end of words, so we use the m with a dot. But it’s pronounced like an ng sound like at the end of the word “sing.” But more important than pronunciation is the...
186 Life Is Short, Be Heedful
May 26, 2020 15:04 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday one of the monks is going to teach us a beautiful passage spoken by the Supreme Buddha. It’s a great reminder of how short our human life is, and how important it is that we work hard to practice the Buddha’s teachings. We may think that we are going to live a long time, but no matter how long we live, we need to try and follow the instructions the Supreme Buddha gave us. That way we’ll live happily now, we’ll be happy in our next lives, and we also have the chance to experience the ul...
185 The Buddha’s Mind Is Undefiled. Araham Quality pt. 1
May 25, 2020 14:12 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn about the meaning of the word arahaṁ. I know you’ve said this word maybe even 100 times before. It’s one of the qualities of the Supreme Buddha we recite in the Itipiso gatha. And to understand the meaning of arahaṁ, we are going to learn how the Supreme Buddha was undefiled. Have you heard the word defilement before? In general we can say that a defilement is anything that pollutes or makes something dirty. It’s a fancy word, so we usually use it to talk about ou...
185 The Buddha’s Mind Is Undefiled
May 25, 2020 14:12 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn about the meaning of the word arahaṁ. I know you’ve said this word maybe even 100 times before. It’s one of the qualities of the Supreme Buddha we recite in the Itipiso gatha. And to understand the meaning of arahaṁ, we are going to learn how the Supreme Buddha […]
184 What Should We Plan For?
May 24, 2020 14:36 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever made plans to do something and your plans didn’t work out like you hoped? Maybe we planned on taking a trip and then the trip had to get canceled. Or maybe we planned to call one of our friends and talk, but we couldn’t get a hold of them? Or how about when we plan to make something, but then we realize that we don’t have everything we need to make it. You know, there’s nothing wrong with making plans. But our plans don’t always work out, do they. Sometimes people even make pla...
183 The Blessing of Giving Up Evil, Mangala Sutta part 9
May 06, 2020 10:21 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn an important Pāli word. The word is pāpa. In English, this word mean evil. Now, when the Supreme Buddha uses this word, he means all the different kinds of bad things we can do, not just the really really bad actions like killing someone. He taught us that giving up all kinds of evil actions is a blessing for our lives. It’s one more of the blessings we can find in the Mangala Sutta and we’ll learn about it today. If you haven't listened to the previous episodes ...
182 Half a Day of Merit, a Very Big Result
May 03, 2020 11:46 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBDo any of you remember the simile the Supreme Buddha gave for doing very small good things? He said that just like a water pot will eventually get filled even if only a few drops of water fall into the pot at a time. He said we should remember that even when we do a small good karma, we should never thing of it as a small thing. That when we do the good actions that the Buddha teaches us about, the results always come to us in a great way, much bigger than the action we did. Today we’ll lea...
181 Victory through Blameless Actions, Mangala Sutta part 8
April 30, 2020 11:35 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBSo, tell me. Should we care what other people think of us? Should we care about being blamed by other people? This isn’t a simple question, is it? But the Buddha knew how to answer it. He said that we should care about what wise people think about us. We should care if wise people blame the actions that we do. Because when foolish people praise or blame us, it doesn’t really mean anything. Maybe a foolish person blames us for doing something good and praises us for doing something bad. But w...
180 Growing a Garden of Good Qualities with Right Effort
April 28, 2020 15:54 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn one of the factors of the Noble Eightfold path that’s all about practicing the teachings. It’s called Sammā Vāyāmo. In English we can say Right Effort. We’ve all heard about making effort to do things, but Right Effort is something very special and very specific. You’re going to have the chance to learn exactly what that is today. Contents 5:57 Sermon 16:45 Karaniya Metta Sutta. Read online or download a PDF. We’d love to hear from you! Send us a voicemail. Or...
179 True Help for Relatives, Mangala Sutta part 7
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever helped your family before? I’m sure you have. Maybe you’ve given them gifts, or you took care of them when they were sick. Or maybe you have helped them with things around the house. All of these are great ways to help our relatives. But do these things help them in their next lives? No, not really. So today we’ll learn ways that we can help our relatives in this life and future lives as well. If you haven't listened to the previous episodes on the Maha Mangala Sutta, you migh...
178 Don’t Decrease in Good Qualities
April 26, 2020 11:43 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBHave you ever known someone who was a really good person, but then slowly they started doing bad things? This can happen to any of us. Even though now we may be trying to follow the Supreme Buddha’s teachings very carefully, it could happen that our good behaviour starts to decrease. Our teacher, the Supreme Buddha taught us seven ways that our good qualities can decrease and seven ways they can increase, and today we are going to learn what they are. They’re so important that I’d like you t...
177 Sharing Merits with the Gods
April 22, 2020 11:49 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBRecently we learned about sharing merits with ghosts. But I think you know that we often also share merit with gods as well. Today we’ll hear a story about two brothers, one good and one bad. The good brother practice dana and then dedicated the merit to gods. When the bad brother tried to cheat him, the gods looked after the good brother out of gratitude. Keep listening and you’ll learn the whole story. Contents 5:20 Sermon on the Macch-Uddana-Jataka Number 288 14:08 Lokavabodha Sutta. Do...
176 Like Dirt Under a Fingernail, Mangala Sutta part 6
April 21, 2020 10:38 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBToday we are going to learn about a very important word. In Pali, the word is dhammacariyā. Can you recognize any part of that word? Dhamma-cariyā You probably know the first part: Dhamma. The second part means action or conduct. So dhammacariyā means action that matches the Dhamma. In English we can say “righteous conduct.” This is one of the blessings we get in the Maha Mangala sutta. If you haven't listened to the previous episodes on the Maha Mangala Sutta, you might like to start at th...