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rare human birth

Ending your life is never the answer | Upāya Kusala | Sermon 12 | Ven. Welimada Saddaseela Thero

Ending your life is never the solution to life’s problems. Human life is precious — protect it, cherish it, and use it wisely to walk the path toward true liberation from suffering. (28 mins)

Ven. Gnanananda Thero Explains the Rare Human Birth

How unfortunate it is, that the unwise/foolish accrues demerits, having gained a rare human life by doing much meritorious deeds. (6 min)

How Merit Protects Us | by Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero

If you don’t practice good qualities as a human after hearing the Dhamma, when do you think you ever will? (15 min)

Rare Human Life

Will you be reborn as a human?

SN 56:48 Dutiyachiggaḷayuga Sutta: A Yoke With a Hole

What are your chances of being born in the human world? What are the chances of being born when we can hear the Dhamma?

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