Epstein Secrets

r become unfamiliar. In this respect there are three important pieces of advice for the practitioner coined as mottos for those attending Wat Phra Dhammakaya: 1. Any morning when you have not given alms, you shouldn't allow yourself to take breakfast: You should get up in time to give alms to the monks

nk, TambadAEhika thought to himself, "Throughout my life, I have been executing thieves; now I should offer this food to the monk." So, he invited SAriputta to come in and respectfully offered the food. After the meal, SAriputta taught him the Dhamma, but TambadAEhika could not pay attention, because h

tained the Sphere of Dhamma or you are still not able to maintain the Sphere of Dhamma the whole of the time or you are still unable to attain the Dhammakaya — then getting on with our daily practice in spite of what anyone else says, can be counted as patience. B.3 Misunderstandings concerning patience

espect one another according to seniority and the older monks have the duty to teach the younger. D.3 Er. SAriputta jumping canals The elder monk SAriputta, who was second only to the Buddha for wisdom, still had certain faults remaining even though he was already an arahant. When he led the other mon

: Culti- vating our meditation further to the point we can know and understand the reality of life and the world — otherwise known as attaining the Dhammakaya; • Blessing Thirty-Four• The Attainment of Nirvana: Having seen the Four Noble Truths, if one cultivates meditation fur- ther, bringing the mind to

that day onwards. E.5 Ex. RAdha Thera DhA.ii.104ff There was one day in the town of RAjagaha, the Lord Buddha was staying at VeOuvana Temple and SAriputta was there also. An aged Brahmin called RAdha who had been shunned by his wife, family and in-laws because he was not very wealthy. They abandoned