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A lesson in moderation
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 10/07/2017
» When the Lord Buddha gave his first sermon on living life in moderation more than 2,500 years ago, he might not have appreciated the fact that people are greedy these days.
Laying down the law
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 31/07/2013
» Srinakharinwirot University's Faculty of Social Sciences has just conducted a survey of around 1,000 residents in the greater Bangkok area, asking them about their attitudes to making merit, Asarnha Bucha day and other topics related to Buddhism.
Reflections on religion, graft and teenagers
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 24/07/2013
» When my teenage daughter, who has never expressed an interest in religion, asked me to take her to a <i>wian tian</i> ceremony to observe Asarnha Bucha Day, I was ecstatic.
Booze sorry now?
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 24/07/2013
» Refraining from alcohol is never a bad thing, and it's delightful news that earlier this month the Cabinet set up a national campaign for this three-month Buddhist Lent to be the national alcohol abstaining period.
2,600 years on, we're stuck fast in a moral rut
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 02/08/2012
» Two thousand and six hundred years ago today, the Buddha gave his first sermon which was to become the cornerstone of Buddhist teachings: Avoid extremism, understand the reality of suffering, its nature and its cessation, and then follow the middle path of eight practices to free oneself of suffering.