The Tallest Bronze Buddha Statue in the World The Ushiku Daibutsu in Ibaraki Prefecture was listed in the 1995 Guinness World Records as the largest and tallest bronze Buddha statue in the world at 120 metres tall. The statue’s uniqueness does not stop at its size. While most temples enshrine a Buddha figure, the UshikuContinue reading “Ushiku Daibutsu At Ibraki:”
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I Teach Only Suffering and the End of Suffering
“I Teach Only Suffering and the End of Suffering”
One statement popularly ascribed to the Buddha is quoted so often that it has become virtually an axiom of modern Buddhism. The statement appears in several formulations, the broadest of which runs: “I teach only suffering and the cessation of suffering.” A variant reads: “I teach only two things: suffering and the end of suffering.” And another variant makes the point even more sharply: “I teach one thing and one thing only: suffering and the end of suffering.”
Surprise, surprise! Nowhere in the Pali canon does the Buddha himself actually say this.
The statement ascribed to him is not altogether without a basis in the canon, but the way the original is commonly expressed represents a translation error rooted in a grammatical misunderstanding. The sentence we do find reads in Pali: pubbe c’aham bhikkhave etarahi ca dukkhan c’eva pannapemi, dukkhassa ca nirodham.
How to Know a True Friend and a Fake Friend
The advice of Lord Gautama Buddha By Dr. Ari Ubeysekara The basket of the discourses (sutta pitaka) contains nearly 18,000 Discourses delivered by the Buddha to various audiences during the ministry of forty-five years. In the majority of the Discourses, the Buddha has dealt mainly with the spiritual matters that are helpful to the listenersContinue reading “How to Know a True Friend and a Fake Friend “
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