Sri lanka (sigiriya)

About budhism

                The Five Senses
                                                         01 what are the five senses?
    

  
  the five senses are :-

• eyes
• ears
• nose 
• tongue and
• body     

02 what are the five senses ?
    the five senses are the world.
   
   what is the world.
    the world is the five senses.   


                                                                               writer rev w sasana

About Sangha

My dear Dhamma friends

                            Who is the Sangha?

supatipanno bhagavatho savakasangho ujupati panno bhagavatho savakasangho nayapatipanno bhagavatho savakasangho samichi patipanno bhagavatho savakasangho yadidam chattari purisa yugani attapurisa puggala esabhagavatho savakasangho ahuneiyyo pahuneiyyo dhakkineiyyo anjaliakaraneiyyo anuttaram punnakkettam lokassa ti"

Translated it means

The sangha is of good conduct,of upright conduct,of wise and dutiful conduct,composed of 8 types of persons, consisting of 4 pairs,worthy of offering,worth of treating,worth of gifts and revernce,and is a big blessing of merit to mankind.
 This stanza gives the features of Sangha. They are given below:

                                                                                                       Writer Rev .w. sasana.

About Dhamma

My dear dhamma friends,

what is dhamma?
Dhamma is the universal truth"

Salutation to the Dhamma

swakkatho bhagavato dhammo 
sandittiko akaliko ehi-passiko 
opnaiko paccattam veditabbo vinnuhiti

 



Translated it means

The doctrine of the budhha is well-expressed,to be seen here and now,not delayed in time,
inviting to be approached and seen,capable of being entered into, to be known by the wise (each by himself)

This stanza lists the features of the Dhamma which are given below:

                                                                                                                              Writer Rev .w. sasana.

බුදුවදන්

සිතට
රාග ගිනි ද්වේෂ ගිනි
අවුලවා තබයි.
කෙළෙස් ගින්නෙන් 
තැවෙන දැවෙන මේ 
සිත නිවන සනහන
එකම ඹෂධය අන් 
කිසිවක් නොව,
සද්ධර්මය පමණි.

බුදුවදන්

මිනිස් සිත 
මොහොතක් හෝ 
එක තැන නොසිටී.
එය චපලය.


 මොහොතින්
 මොහොත අරමුණෙන් 
 අරමුණට පැන මේ සිත 
 විසුරවා කලඹා තබයි.

The Buddha-(introduction)

 My dear dhamma friends,

  

 Who is the Buddha?  

 The Buddha is the all knowing, fully enlightened,great  noble           being.
    
  The last buddha to appear on our eath was the 28th gautama buddha.
pali is the major language of Buddhism and according to this language Buddha means"to know"
so buddha is "one full of knowledge".
Buddha is also full of wisdom(maha pragna) and full of kindness(maha karuna)
his kindness spread over good humans as well as evil doers.
it is important for us to know that Buddhism is a religion that places the highest attention on knowledge and wisdom.
The Buddha
My dear devotees,in the Anguttara Nikaya it is said
if a great being is born to the world
he is, none other than the all knowing,fully enlightened,great noble being, the Buddha.
The birth of a Buddha to the world is a very rare occurrence.

salutation to the Buddha

itipiso bhagava arahan samma sambuddo 
vijjacharanasampanno sugatho lokavidu
anuttaro purisa dhamma sarathi 
satta devamanussanan buddho bhagavathi.

Translated means,

such indeed is the blessed one.worth of offering,all knowing,full of knowledge and
virtues,beyond the world of sensual pleasures,knower of the world,great guide,trainer of people,teacher of gods and humans,Enlightened and holy.
then it goes on to describe these qualities,which are,

                                                                                                                   

                                                                  writer Rev w.sasana