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

Sunshine - THIS IS SONG -AQUA

Good Morning Sunshine  

when the sun is up,

on a clear blue sky,

 you will act like a lover.

when the sky grey,

 and the rain comes down,

 you will run for cover.

 feel the heat, come out of cold,

  and your arm is touching me.

        good morning sunshine,

     you are my only light,

          lying with me by my side,

             you keep me warm all day.

just stay with me.

good morning sunshine,

be with me all day,

just don't let the rain pass you by,

when it's cloudy or windy

and the snowflakes arrive,

you somehow just make me,

make me feel I'm alive.

when you leave my field

then you light the stars

fading away in horizon

there is a million streets

leading off night,

waiting for sun to be risen

      feel the heat, com cout of cool,

   and your arm is touching me.

                                 good morning sunshine..//

you somehow just make me,

make me feel I'm alive.

hold it right there, i
et me take a minute of your time,
to explain how i feel through
these rhymes.
i do the best i can, and believe me 
if i could
I'll build you a paradise with these 
two hands.
the top of your skin, makes my 
body go numb,
I'm thinking to myself,if my dream 
come true,
or is it' cause you never give me a
chance to tell you 
how i feel,the moments we had
were too precious to kill.
when it is cloudy or windy,
please turn your face at me
Good morning sunshine,..//
you are my only light,

                                                            

Bhakthishathakam

 भक्तिशतकम्  - रामचन्द्रं 

अनित्यमकिलं दुक्खमनत्मेति   प्रवादिने 
नमो  बुद्धाय  धर्माय  संघाय  च  नामोनमक् 

भो  वीतराग  भगवन्  तव  पादमेव 
वन्दे  मुनीन्द्र  मुहुरेवमिमं  प्रवन्दे 
भुयक्  पुनक्  पुनरिमं  पुरतक्  परस्तात् 
पार्ष्शवद्वयोउपरि  दिक्षुविदिक्षु  वन्दे 

गतमिह  भवता  पथा च  येन 
स्थितमपि  यत्र  च  यत्र  वा  निषण्णाम् 
शयितमपि  मुनीन्द्र  यत्र  योगात् 
तदपि  शतं  प्रणमपि  पुण्यतीर्थम्  

पुणरपि  शरणं  व्रजामि  बुद्धं 
पुनरपि  लोकगुरुन्  गुरुन्  करोमि 
पुनरपि  कतयामि  नौमि  वन्दे 
त्वै  मम  नास्ति  नास्ति  नास्ति 

                                                                                                                                      अहं  सासनरतनं  भवामि .

Legends and chronicles

Legends and chronicles 

 The  Buddha's three visits to Sri Lanka
 

in the traditional legends of sri Lanka. the Buddha made three visits to the island in the course of his life. the Pali canonical texts however, make no mention of three visits. according to the legends,the Buddha made these visits because he for saw the decline of his teachings in India and wished to see it survive and flourish in Sri Lanka.

he Buddha made his first trip nine months after his enlightenment,arriving in a place called Mahiyangana.during this visit,the supernatural beings inhabiting the island known as the yaksas, raksas and nagas,embraced Buddhism after witnessing the psychic powers of the Buddha. he thus prepared Sri Lanka to receive the Dhamma and eventually become its protector.

five years later, the Buddha saw that a war between two naga kings called culodara and mahodara was imminent because of their quarrel over a jewelled throne.the buddha travelled again to the island to mediate in this dispute.out of respect and devotion for the buddha,the two kings gave up the throne to a third naga king called Maniakkhika of Kelaniya

the Buddha visited for the third time three years later,on the invitation of  Maniakkhika and preached the Dhamma in Kelaniya. he then went on to visit the mountain called sri pada where he left an imprint of his left foot at its peak.before returning toIndia,he stopped by at Dighavapi,Anuuradhapura and various other places on the island..

Buddhism

man's mind

make by sasana