Month: April 2022

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Four things lead to worldly progress: achievement in alertness, in caution, in good friendship, and achievement in balanced livelihood. ♦ And what is achievement in alertness? Concerning this, in whatever…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom Greed, hatred and delusion are unskillful. Whatever the greedy, hating and deluded person does with body, speech or mind—that is unskillful, also. Whatever one overwhelmed by greed, hatred or delusion,…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom  Who is one’s own best friend, and who is one’s own worst enemy? Those whose thoughts, speech and actions are evil, they are their own worst enemy. Even if they…

Hoa Vo Uu (Buddha Dharma Education Association) Venerable Shravasti Dhammika The Buddha’s Words of Wisdom  The mind is luminous, but it is stained by defilements that come from without. Ordinary folk do not realize this, so they do not cultivate the mind. The mind is…