BUDDHA POORNIMA CELEBRATION AT PALAKKAD, KERALA-2014 May

Kerala mahabodhi mission Celebrate Buddha poornima on 14th and 15th may -2014 at Palakkad town and Kakkayur Buddha Temple.Bangalore Buddha Prathishtana Society President Dr.Rajanandha Moorthi Inaugurate the function. Kerala mahabodhi mission Chairman Haridas Bodh Preside all function.
Dr.Sugathan, Dr.Ajaysekher, Dr.Pavithran , Sajikumar( Boudha Mhasabha) Dr.Param anand (Bliss Maharashtra), Binoj Babu ( Trirathna  Kerala) , Jayanthan Krishnan kutty ( Trirathna Kerala) , T.P Mohanan (Bouddha Mahasabha) , took classes on different topics .

Buddha Poornima celebration at Sikshak Sadhan Palakkad

 Celebration

Dheeksha Programme

feast

Dr.Sugathan's Speach

Buddha Temple at Kakkayur ( Palakkad)

Buddha poornima celebration at Kakkayur Temple

Celebration Lead by Dr.Rajananda Moorthy

Sajikumar-(Bouddha Mahasabha Kerala )Took class on the topic" Buddha dhammam Yesterday,Today,tomorrow"

Meditation

Dr.Ajay sekher  took class on" historical background of Buddhism in kerala"

Honoring Dr.Ajay sekher

Dr.Param Anand took class on "our responsibilities to propagate dhammam in kerala  "

Bro.Binoj Babu took class on "our responsibilities to propagate dhammam in kerala  "

Serene Equanimity promotes imperturbable Peace:

Equanimity just looks on and observes, while calmly settled in composed neutrality.
Equanimity is characterized as promoting the aspect of impartiality among beings.
Its function is to see the equality of all beings. It is manifested as the quieting of
both resentment and approval. Its proximate cause is seeing and comprehending
the ownership and efficacy of kamma thus: All beings are owners of their actions,
born, created and conditioned by the accumulated effect of their past intentions!
Whose, if not theirs, is the choice by which they have become happy, or unhappy,
or will break free from suffering, or have fallen down from their past good state?
Equanimity succeeds, when it makes both resentment and approval subside, and it
fails, when it instead produces a bored, indifferent, & careless state of negligence!
Visuddhimagga I 318

Comments:Non-involved and even Equanimity is a subtle form of happiness... By stabilization
it perfects and consummates all the other six links to awakening: Awareness,
Investigation, Energy, Joy, Tranquillity and Concentration. Equanimity is proximate
cause for knowing and seeing it, as it really is. Equanimity quenches any agitation!
When seeing and noting: 'All this is constructed, conditioned, coarse and transient!
But this state of serene equanimity is indeed exquisitely peaceful...', then instantly
ceases any arisen agreeable or nasty feeling, when Equanimity takes its stance...!

The Power of Equanimity eliminates agitation, wavering & panic!
(Self-immolation though is neither recommendable, nor Buddhist praxis..)

Equanimity (Upekkhā)  is indeed a divine state, and itself a link to Awakening!Even is Equanimity, The 7 Links to Awakening, Serene Equanimity and Beyond,
Imperturbable Equanimity, Unshakable Equanimity, Equanimity Upekkha,
Feeding Equanimity, Empty Equanimity.

Serene is Equanimity...

Have a nice & noble day!

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Investigation as Way to Suprahuman Force!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
When a Bhikkhu develops the Ways to Force, that is enriched with concentrated Investigation,
constructed by effort, by thinking: In this way will my Investigation, neither be too slack, nor
too tense, it will neither be constricted internally, nor scattered externally, then he dwells
experiencing both what is in front, and what is behind, what is above, so also below, so by day,
so also by night! Therefore, with a mind all open and unrestricted, he develops the dazzling bright
mind, which is pervaded by its own internal luminosity... What is Investigation, that is too slack?
Investigation joined with sloppy carelessness is called Investigation, that is too slack!What is Investigation, that is too tense? Restless, hurried, agitated Investigation is called
an Investigation, that is too tense!What is Investigation, that is constricted internally? Investigation done in laziness.
This is Investigation that is constricted internally!What is Investigation, that is scattered externally? Investigation that in craving and urge is
directed towards the five sense pleasures. This is called Investigation that is scattered and
diverted externally!How does one dwell experiencing both the front and what is behind?
The perception of both the front and the back side of all phenomena, is well attended to, and
thereby well comprehended, well considered, and well known by understanding...
This is Investigation, that knows both what is in the front and back!How does one dwell seeing as below, so above; as above, so below?
One reviews this very frame of body upwards from the soles of the feet, and downwards from
the tips of the hairs, enclosed by skin, as full of many kinds of impurities: There are in this body:
Head-hairs, body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, bone-marrow, kidneys, heart, liver,
pleura, spleen, lungs, intestines, mesentery, vomit in the stomach, excrement, bile, lymph, pus, blood,
sweat, fat, tears, slime, spit, snot, joint fluid , and urine...This is Investigation,  that knows what is
below, so also above; as above, so also below...How does one dwell as by day, so at night; as at night, so by day?
Here, at night a Bhikkhu trains the Steps to Force that is enriched with concentrated Investigation,
constructed by effort, using the same techniques, qualities, and aspects, as he trains during the day.
So does one abide as by day, so at night; as by night, so by day!And how, does one dwell with a mind that is all open and unrestricted,  a dazzling bright mind, which is
pervaded by its own luminosity...?
Here, friends, the perception of day-light is well attended to and well resolved upon by determination.
It is in exactly this way, that one dwells with a mind, that is all open and unrestricted, a dazzling bright
 mind, which is pervaded by its own luminosity...

Investigation=inquiry=scrutiny=analysis

More on The Four Steps to Force (iddhi-pāda):http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/abhinna.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/iddhi.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/iddhi_paada.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Immersing_the_Body_in_the_Mind.htm

Investigation is a Way to Suprahuman Force!

More on the 4 Feet of Suprahuman Force!
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/g_m/iddhi_paada.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_I.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_II.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_III.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_IV.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Suprahuman_Force_V.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Desire_as_Way_to_Force.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Energy_as_Way_to_Force.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Thinking_as_Way_to_Force.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Investigation_as_Way_to_Force.htm

Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. [V:278]
section 51: The 4 Forces: Thread 20: Analysis of the Ways.

Investigation is a Way to Force!

Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest! Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ ]
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What made the Bodhisatta seek Enlightenment?

Sitting in his upper chamber the immensely rich young brahmin Sumedha thought like this:

Not seeking Purity:
When a man soiled in dirt sees a pure lotus covered lake, but does not seek it to get a clean bath,
it is not an error of the lake, but a fault of the dirty man...
Even and exactly so: When there is the great lake of the deathless Nibbāna capable of purifying
all the mental defilements, yet it is not being sought by the mentally polluted being, then it is not
an error of this immortal state, but a fatal fault of the mentally contaminated human being...
Neglecting the Way:
When a man surrounded by robbers does not flee, though there is a possible way to escape, then it
is not an error of this open way, but a fault of the man neglecting to break free by this road...
Even and exactly so: When there is this blessed Noble 8-fold Way leading straight to absolute
freedom, yet it is not being used, then is not an error of this supreme method, but a fault of the
man failing to follow, clear and develop this ancient path...
Rejecting the Doctor:
When a seriously sick man does not seek the help of the doctor, who knows the effective cure,
then is neither a fault of the doctor nor of the medical treatment, but a mistake of the sick man!
Even and exactly so: When there is this sublime Teacher, who can cure all mental diseases & thereby
allay all frustration and pain, yet he is not being sought, then - indeed - it is not a fault of this guide,
but a grave error of anyone mentally unhealthy and defiled and thus prone for downfall... 

These thoughts made the young man give away all his richness and become recluse in Himalaya:

Later he met the Buddha Dīpankara and at his feet made the determination to be come Buddha!


More on the Bodhisatta Sumedha, who later bloomed as Gotama Buddha:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/s/sumedha.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/d/diipankara.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/g/gotama.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/bodhisatta.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/b/buddha.htm

Sumedha's Similes..

Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest! Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ ]
http://What-Buddha-Said.net

Metta Means Most!

As I am, so are others...
As others are, so am I...
Having thus identified self and others,
Never Harm anyone, nor have any abused.
Sutta Nipata 3.710


Among tigers, lions, leopards & bears I lived in the jungle.
No one was frightened of me, nor did I fear anyone.
Uplifted by such universal friendliness, I enjoyed the forest.
Finding great solace in such sweetly silenced solitude…
Suvanna-sama Jataka 540


I am a friend of the footless,
I am a friend of all bipeds,
I am a friend of those with four feet,
I am a friend of the many-footed!
Anguttara Nikaya 4.67

May all creatures, all breathing things,
all beings one and all, without exception,
experience good fortune only.
May they not fall into any harm.
Anguttara Nikaya II, 72

Panda clings to saving Chinese Policeman after forest-fire :-) 

Train yourself in doing good
that lasts and brings happiness.
Cultivate generosity, the life of peace,
and a mind of infinite universal love.
Itivuttaka 22


With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a limitless heart & mind:
Beaming above, below, & all around,
unobstructed, without trace of hostility.
Sutta Nipata I, 8

He who does not punish nor makes others punish,
He who steals not nor makes others steal,
who friendly shares with all that lives,
finds enmity with none.
Itivuttaka 27

Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.
Sutta Nipata I, 8

For one who deliberately & aware
develops Universal Friendliness
Seeing the fading away of clinging,
All chains are worn down & broken.
Itivuttaka 27

Overcome the angry by friendliness;
overcome the wicked by goodness;
overcome the miser by generosity;
overcome the liar by truth.
Dhammapada 223


Who is hospitable, open and friendly,
Generous, gentle and unselfish,
A guide, an instructor, a leader,
Such a one to honour may attain.
Digha Nikaya 31

The friend who is a helper and comrade,
the friend in both good and bad times,
the friend who gives good advice,
the friend who never despises,
these four as friends the clever keep
and cherish with pure devotion
as does a mother her only son.
Digha Nikaya 31


Having killed anger you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise the slaying of anger
-- with its honeyed crest & poison root --
for having killed it you do not grieve.
Samyutta Nikaya II, 70

Knowing that the other person is angry,
one who remains mindful and calm
acts for his own best interest
and for the other's interest, too.
Samyutta Nikaya I, 162


Train yourself in doing only good
that lasts and brings great happiness.
Cultivate generosity, a peaceful living,
and a mentality of infinite friendliness.
Itivuttaka 16


Solitude is happiness for one who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.
Non-violence is happiness in this world:
Harmlessness towards all living beings.
Udana 10

Video on Mettā  Meditation on Friendliness:
How to cure Depression? https://vimeo.com/73424140


On Metta = Friendliness:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Hey_Friend.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Mothers_Love.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Kalyanamitta.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Unique_Unity.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Loving-Kindness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Calm_Kindness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Across_Borders.htm

Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest! Bhikkhu Samāhita _/\_ ]
http://What-Buddha-Said.net