July 6, 2024
The Book – JOURNEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT- The Adventure of Lifetime by Hanno Soth Hanno opens your mind (and your eyes) with his beautiful insights and […]
August 19, 2021
Beware of Mishap The virus has stopped the world and Thailand. Aggressive protests surprisingly worse, nowadays there are many people who have the ability […]
August 19, 2021
“𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴” (โปรดอ่านภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) There was a gloomy person who came to ask about his inability to stop thinking about negative things. He […]
August 19, 2021
“Cʟᴏsɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ Gᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ Lᴏᴡᴇʀ Rᴇᴀʟᴍs” Mᴀsᴛᴇʀ Aᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴠᴀᴅᴇᴇ Wᴏɴɢsᴀᴋᴏɴ Closing the gate to the lower realms (Apāyabhūmi) means attaining the first stage of enlightenment. […]
July 22, 2021
“Tʜᴇ Vᴀʟᴜᴀʙʟᴇ Pʀᴇsᴇɴᴛ” Suffering might occur when you compare yourself with others but never consider the different factors or merit that each person has cultivated. […]
February 11, 2021
“Making a Wish” Making a wish means setting one’s mind with an earnest desire on something. When you make a wish, you should make it […]
January 30, 2021
A gloomy man came to seek for an advice as he could not stop himself from thinking about negative thoughts. He kept worrying about […]
December 12, 2020
“Layman Aiming for Nirvana” A Layman living normally in society can reach each stage of the enlightenment respectively according to the purification of the mind. […]
October 21, 2020
Out of the Five Precepts, the fourth precept – Musavada - is the one people break mostly; that is to make a false speech.
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In the era where bullies or slanders can be found in abundance, as well as, spicing up what have been heard and disseminating them are what people commonly do most, such practices would make false speech disperse further. Those who fall into the trap or get involved in listening to and believing in it would bear the unwholesome consequence from such actions as well.
September 30, 2020
No matter when you are in sorrow or happy time, it is a bridge and a test of life to let you detach yourselves from […]
September 29, 2020
This question was answered by Lord Buddha 2500 years ago. Suppose there existed a vast and deep ocean the size of this world, and on […]
September 29, 2020
Meditation practitioners’ often want to experience the supernatural rather than the enlightenment simply because they think reaching Nirvana is impossible and they do not have […]
September 27, 2020
Techovipassana Meditation is the practice of looking inside the mind and burning mental impurities and defilements called kileasas. It is through purifying the […]
September 22, 2020
“The World Shaken by the First Noble Treasure” Words from Master One who will reach the end of cycle of suffering must possess 7 noble […]
September 21, 2020
Tanzan and Ekido were once traveling together down a muddy road. A heavy rain was still falling. Coming around a bend, they met a lovely […]
September 21, 2020
“Fictional Stories” Supposing… One day, illness comes, with it brings the pain. One day, loss of loved ones come, dead or abandoned. One day, success […]
September 16, 2020
“Kind Speech” by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon Kind speech, including writing or commenting with kind and sincere words, is one of the Buddha teachings on the […]
August 9, 2020
“Look Annonta! Whoever wants to reach Nirvana, must let go of worldly pleasures. If THIS cannot be done, THEN ONE cannot reach the happiness of […]
August 7, 2020
“A Test of Life” 7th Aug 2020 No matter when you are in sorrow or happy time, it is a bridge and a test of […]
August 7, 2020
A Zen Tale – Non-judgment (โปรดอ่านฉบับภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) Once upon the time there was an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. One day […]
July 26, 2020
“The attainment of the First Stage of Enlightenment (Sotàpattiphala)is superior to emperorship or emperor’s treasure. It is nobler than entering sensuous blissful realms and any […]
July 24, 2020
A Zen Tale – Is that So? A beautiful girl in the village was pregnant. Her angry parents demanded to know who was the father. […]
July 22, 2020
“Karma is the pushing energy current”. When that power has reached someone, the dark power hidden in the current will push bad events to happen. […]
July 17, 2020
A Zen Tale – What’s Your Wish? (โปรดอ่านฉบับภาษาไทยด้านล่าง) . Five children were playing this Wishing Game. The first one was asked, “If you had a […]
June 26, 2020
A sharp mind is very important factor for meditation. We can have a sharp mind by practicing mindfulness, not only during meditation but all the […]
June 23, 2020
Being Born a Human “Here’s the Story” by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon “Can you promise that you won’t be misled by the shell?” “Promise, I […]
April 7, 2020
In this difficult time, everybody either rich or poor is suffering. While a lot of people are giving support to hospitals, hose who really need […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Question: I don’t want to work for the family business anymore because I want to retire […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) When we talk about merit and sin, it sounds like an unproven issue. However, the ones […]
February 24, 2020
Answered by Vipassana Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Maintaining the 5 precepts and practicing Dhamma are what Buddhists should follow. However, […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Question : Dear Master, I have a question about what kind of karma causes homosexuality. In […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Question: Not advancing from meditation practice and feeling discouraged, how to solve this? Answer: You […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) I have received a question on interesting issue and saw that it should be written as […]
February 24, 2020
No one can design his own life entirely Because the law of karma also affects our life We cannot take control of our life like […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Equanimity is to maintain the mind not to cling to satisfaction and dissatisfaction. It doesn’t mean […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) The Loy Krathong festival is a beautiful tradition. It allows us humans to cultivate the sense […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Although how or where we will be reborn is generally dependent on karmic forces, our […]
February 24, 2020
“Mindfulness” is what we are supposed to hold in every single moment. “Coincidence” is what those who aim to be free from the cycle of […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) The journey to enlightenment is not easy. It is not a trip to pick some […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Most people were born for being loved. Few people were born for giving love to others. […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon One time in the Buddha era, Buddha said to the young man who came in tears to ask him to perform […]
February 24, 2020
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon (Please find Thai version below) Wrong understanding or false view is very dangerous to mankind. Once it is formed, our intention […]
February 19, 2020
January 11, 2020By Khun Pattana Australia, the land many travelers call paradise, being rich in nature, is now facing the most severe bushfires in history. […]
January 19, 2020
January 11, 2020By Khun Pattana Australia, the land many travelers call paradise, being rich in nature, is now facing the most severe bushfires in history. […]
January 18, 2020
I just finished teaching the first Vipassana Course of the year 2020, and it’s the course that I fully taught by myself. I did […]
December 29, 2019
Words from Master. During the new era, your mind thought about these three words. That’s enough. Let’s start over. It’s a break. It is a […]
October 10, 2019
by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon If there is no love, there will be no religion and no way out of this cycle of birth and death.When […]
October 10, 2019
If there is no love, there will be no religion and no way out of this cycle of birth and death.When the Buddha was about […]
October 10, 2019
The way our characters, habits, social status and wisdom are formed. The way other people have a certain reaction towards us, whether it be love, […]
October 10, 2019
The way our characters, habits, social status and wisdom are formed. The way other people have a certain reaction towards us, whether it be love, […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) When we say that breaking the precepts is a sinful act for which there will be payback time, it’s strange […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) On the previous 2019 Asanha Bucha Day, Somdej Phra Ariyavongsagatayan, the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand stated that “One important practice […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) Some people let their lives pass and indulge only in the pursuit of their happiness and their need. They have […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) People often do things without reasoning. They do not realize why they actually do those things or do not know […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) For the followers of this page focusing on Dhamma, please do not think that I will stop writing about Dhamma […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) “Nature of habits” or “behaviour” or “carita” is indeed a trap that blocks one from being independent from kilesa. As […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) When there is shocking news, those who have public awareness will spread the news conscientiously. They will cover up the […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) New generations… please give me 2 minutes to tell you what all Kings have done for our land before you […]
October 10, 2019
Those who never do good deeds in earnest may fall by the wayside. They shall never reach the exalted success. With resolute determination, the power […]
October 10, 2019
(Please find Thai version below) Characteristics of moral human beings besides holding the 5 precepts (in Buddhism) is having gratitude which can be categorized as […]
October 9, 2019
According to the translation of 227 precepts, I read, as appeared in Vinaya-pitaka (Norm-Discipline), they are to facilitate virtuous behavior in order to get parted […]
October 2, 2019
October 2, 2019
During my Vipassana’s teaching, I found lots of karmas in my students. Many of those are interesting worth sharing as Dhamma Dāna (a giving of Dhamma).
October 2, 2019
“Dhamma "is inherently natural, - what is common in the world. To mention specific features that people are familiar with, the definition that King Rama 9 said ... Dhamma is goodness and decency.
October 2, 2019
Dhamma questions and answers by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon
October 2, 2019
Life is the unity of the physical and the spiritual entities; however, the mind is also a formless continuum that is a separate entity from the body. When the body disintegrates at death, the mind does not cease. Our spirit will still remain and seek out to a new body and new life by the resultant karma (cause and effect) of one’s past actions. This ‘Karma code’ will determine where they will be born as a result of the past and the accumulation of positive and negative actions.
September 17, 2019
Techo vipassana Meditation Center is located at Song Khon, Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi Province established by Master Acharavadee Wongsakon, the author of the book “Awakened […]
September 17, 2019
Respect Buddha's Image
Respect is common sense
September 15, 2019
On the Mother’s Day, I received garlands, beautiful flowers, also a lot of savory dishes and desserts.
September 15, 2019
Finding faults in others is sending out your mind to look for trouble. Finding yourself is seeing yourself to end all trouble.
September 15, 2019
I have a
question about what kind of karma causes homosexuality. In this case, can
homosexual people be enlightened?
September 15, 2019
Words from Master .. Years ago, when it was Mother’s Day, the family would focus mainly on grandma, who was my mom and the grandma […]
September 15, 2019
While students were doing meditation mission to relieve drought, I was doing duty as mom for my kids during Westerners’ summer holiday. When I knew that it was raining in some parts of Thailand after the mission, I felt glad that the mission was successful. This was from the power of the Triple Gem, through which the students worked as a bridge to generate goodness.
September 15, 2019
Words from Master .. Five years ago around July, I traveled to Phuket to visit the students and extend loving-kindness to all aquatic beings for […]
September 15, 2019
September 15, 2019
Equanimity is to maintain the mind not to cling to satisfaction and dissatisfaction. It doesn’t mean you have to be feelingless like a statue. Equanimity […]
September 15, 2019
(Please see English below) “Sleep, Eat, Awake” are words on the sticker affixed on the rear window of the car in front of mine. Despite […]
September 15, 2019
“จิตสำนึกบกพร่อง คือต้นตอของทุกปัญหา” (Please find Thai below) … Both individual and public problems come from the lack of good conscience. Problems regarding morality, oppression, invasion, interference, […]
August 14, 2019
August 11, 2018
A tale about a son who encourages his mother to practice meditation
August 8, 2018
Supposing...
One day, illness comes, with it brings the pain
One day, loss of loved one comes, dead or alive.
One day, success becomes failure.
One day , fortune and praise disappear.
One day, death takes us from this world.
Whatever you hold on to, even a single coin, cannot be taken.
August 2, 2018
I believe that very few people has never wrote an essay about mother when was in childhood. With poor handwriting and there was nothing much to say , an essay writing was only “ My mom is the greatest person in the world, “ I love my mom most in the world”, “ I will be a good child for mom” etc. with paper full of heart.
August 2, 2018
Why does one have to take consequences for many hundreds lives from one's single bad deed?
July 17, 2018
July 2, 2018
Why does it bring greater virtue? Most of us are so familiar with the word “major Buddhist holy day” but we may not know the […]
July 2, 2018
The world-shaking incident of the boys and coach trapped in a cave becomes the most incredible and perilous rescue
operation. This make Thailand positively capture the world's attention, along with outpouring morale support from people
all over the world.
May 28, 2018
“The Highest Merit on the Most Important Visakha Bucha Day”
May 22, 2018
I would like to answer those who curious whether it is possible for laymen to reach enlightenment. Don’t we have to leave anything? If you want to know, you have read until the end. Please do not read roughly.
May 18, 2018
April 25, 2018
This article is intended to bring wisdom in Dhamma to readers and thus rather long. The Dhamma content is for those who has experience in meditation. Those without it but having the foundation of merit from the past lives will be able to understand if they read it without bias. I do not wear any uniform. I share it out of the knowledge obtained directly with my Knowing Mind for those who are eager to learn. Please do not believe it immediately, but read and consider it by yourself before you do.
September 15, 2015
When people are unconsciously and overly obsessed with something, it could ruin their life fundamentals. Particularly, for householders, no matter how busy their work is, how many friends they have or how much volunteer work they’ve gotten, they should allocate their time right. When it’s family time, you should give it all to family both physically and mentally. If you can manage your life well, it is certainly possible for laypeople to attain enlightenment.
December 2, 2013
Doing good deeds with true mind and sacrifice physically and mentally will lead to perfect good deeds. However, some who do good deeds with their own ego and let the impurities or Kiles dominate their own mind, when something affects their own individuality, this will diminish the quality of the perfect good deeds.
