Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Pali word SUKHA
Pali word SUKHA means pleasant, happy, happiness, joy, pleasure, bliss. Sukha is one of three types of feelings that we have either bodily or mentally. SUKHA, happiness is one of the condition for attaining concentration. It is said that "The mind of the happy one has concentration as its fruit and reward".
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Who were Buddha's early disciples?
After Buddha's enlightenment, Yasa was the Buddha's first disciple, he attained arahantship and received higher ordination directly from the Buddha and became a Bhikkhu. Yasa was a millionaire’s son living at Benares, he had abundant material wealth.
Yasa's father was the first layman in the world to have taken refuge in the Triple Gem.
Yasa’s mother and former wife were the Buddha’s first female lay followers.
Four of Yasa’s close friends; Vimala, Subahu, Punnaji and Gavampati also became monks and attained arahantship
Then later fifty of Yasa’s friends joined the order and attained arahantship.
Together with the five monks ( Kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, Assaji) there were 61 arahants ( 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 50 = 61) within 2 months of Buddha's enlightenment.
Yasa's father was the first layman in the world to have taken refuge in the Triple Gem.
Yasa’s mother and former wife were the Buddha’s first female lay followers.
Four of Yasa’s close friends; Vimala, Subahu, Punnaji and Gavampati also became monks and attained arahantship
Then later fifty of Yasa’s friends joined the order and attained arahantship.
Together with the five monks ( Kondanna, Vappa, Bhaddiya, Mahanama, Assaji) there were 61 arahants ( 1 + 5 + 1 + 4 + 50 = 61) within 2 months of Buddha's enlightenment.
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