How Right Is Your Livelihood?

May. 9 | Instead of engaging in a livelihood that links directly or indirectly to harming others, why not engage in a livelihood that links directly or indirectly to helping others? – Stonepeace At the end of one of my Dharma classes, a student asked an...

The Only Path

Mar. 21 | Of all the paths, the Noble Eightfold Path is the best. (Of all the truths, the Four Noble Truths are the best)… This is the only path… Walking upon this path, you will make an end of suffering. – The Buddha (Dhammapada) Related Course: The...

Course: The Path Of Paths: Walking The Noble Eightfold Path

Jan. 17 | Register: http://tinyurl.com/dabeiclass Enquiry: tpbc@dabei.org.sg Feedback From Past Courses: https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/07/understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-8th-run https://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/course-project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge-round-3 About...

The Middle Way Between Hedonism & Asceticism

Jul. 6 | Birth in the heavens might be supremely hedonistic. Birth in the hells might be supremely ascetic. Birth in the Pure Lands is supremely the Middle Way. – Stonepeace In India at the time the Buddha’s time, there was a belief that the purpose of...

When is So-Called ‘Buddhism’ not Buddhism?

Nov. 10 | Realisation of the Four Noble Truths is completed by actualisation of the Noble Eightfold Path. – Stonepeace In the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, an ascetic approached the Buddha to ask a question. As summarised here, ‘How do we know if spiritual practitioners...

Are All Religions the Same?

Nov. 10 | Although there is one universal state of complete enlightenment, there are many paths to other different goals. – Stonepeace It is a common and idealistically beautiful notion, that all the religions of the world essentially preach the same teachings...