သံဃဂုဏ်တော် (၉)ပါး
Anatta (No Soul)
ဘုရားဂုဏ်တော်(၉)ပါး
The Buddha’s Life & Teaching
Thereupon He spoke these words of victory:
” Seeking but not finding the house builder,
I hurried through the round of many births:
Painful is birth ever and again.
O house builder, you have been seen;
You shall not build the house again.
Your rafters have been broken up,
Your ridgepole is demolished too.
My mind has now attained the unformed Nibbana.
And reached the end of every sort of craving.”
You can read here more about The Buddha’s Life & Teaching
Kalama
1. Do not believe in anything (simply ) because you have heard it.
2. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
3. Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumoured by many.
4. Do not believe in anything ( simply ) because it is found written in your religious books.
5. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
6. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is condusive to the good and benefit of one and all then accept it and live up to it.
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Direction
Direction to Ashin Kelatha Vihara/MBMS
9711 Old Court Road
Windsor Mill, MD 21244
(410) 922-2227
In these days of GPS, we think most of us don’t need long driving direction anymore. But, not all of us have GPS unit in every car we drive. So, below are the link to print out driving direction from Google and Mapquest. You will see the sign as shown in this photo at the front of Vihara.
If you are driving from north to south (or northeast to southwest to be precise) on Old Court Road (i.e. coming via Liberty Road MD-26), you will see the sign of “Edrich Lumber Inc.” on the right first. The Vihara’s entrance is next left after you passed the Edrich Lumber.
If you are driving from south to north (or southwest to northeast) on Old Court Road (i.e. coming via Woodstock Road), Our Vihara is a few blocks on the right at the start of downhill after you passed the Dogwood Road.
Direction via Google Map
Alternately, MapQuest can be used too.
Biography Of Mahasi Sayadaw
The Late Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw
The Mahasi Meditation Center, Rangoon, Burma
A Biographical Sketch
Venerable Mahasi Sayadaw was born in the year 1904 at Seikkhun, a large prosperous village of pleasing appearance lying about seven miles to the west of historic Shwebo town in Upper Burma. His parents, peasant proprietors by occupation, were U Kan Taw and Daw Oke. At the age of six the Sayadaw was sent to receive his early monastic education under U Adicca, presiding monk of Pyinmana monastery at Seikkhun. Six years later, he was initiated into the monastic Order as a samara under the same teacher and given the novice’s name of Shin Sobhana, (which means Auspicious), a name that befitted his stalwart, impressive features and his dignified, serene behavior. He proved to be an apt and bright pupil, making quick, remarkable progress in his scriptural studies. When U Adicca left the Order, Shin Sobhana continued his studies under Sayadaw U Parama of Thugyi-kyaung monastery, Ingyintaw-taik, till the age of nineteen when he had to make a fateful decision in his young life whether to continue in the Order and devote the rest of his life to the service of the Buddha Sasana or to return to lay life.
