FOUR BRAHMA VIHARAS

"Bhikkhus, there are these five ways of removing annoyance, by which annoyance can be entirely removed by a bhikkhu when it arises in him. What are the five? "Loving-kindness can be maintained in being towards a person with whom you are annoyed: this is how annoyance with him can be removed. "Compassion can be maintained in being towards a person with whom you are annoyed; this too is how annoyance...

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PAJAPATI The First Buddhist Nun

   Maha Pajapati Gotami Theri was Gautama Buddha’s aunt, stepmother, and first female disciple. She became a highly realised practitioner, and played a fundamental role in the history of Buddhism. It is thanks to her initiative and persistence that women gained the freedom to be ordained.     Born into the aristocracy of the Koliyan clan in India, she and her elder...

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THE SAKYA TRADITION OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM

   The Sakya tradition is one of the four major religious traditions that existed in Tibet. It rose to play a significant role in the development and spread of the new Tantras that came to Tibet in the 11th century. During the 13th and 14th centuries, the holders of the Sakya tradition were also the principal political powers that ruled over Tibet . Although its political stature gradually...

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Manipulasi Berita Rohingya

PENTING..!!! Luangkan waktu untuk membaca. Konflik etnis Rohingya semakin meruncing ke konflik agama. Berita-berita yang disebar semakin mengintimidasi kalangan Buddhis. Konflik berawal dari 3 orang pria etnis Rohingya yang memperkosa seorang gadis Buddhis Rakhinge. Kemarahan warga pun memicu terjadinya bentrokan antara kedua etnis. Berita2 di dunia maya, bahkan di unjuk rasa di Indonesia...

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