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AN 4:68 Khandha Paritta, Loving Kindness towards Royal Tribes of Snakes
The Supreme Buddha teaches us how to practice loving-kindness towards all living beings and get protection against creeping creatures.

Ja 159 Mora Paritta, The Bodhisatta-Peacock’s Prayer for Protection
The verses of protection chanted by Bodhisatta-Peacock which protected him from all dangers.

MN 12 The Similes of the Five Destinations and Nibbana
The following similes that explain the Supreme Buddha’s lokavidū quality are found in the Maha Siha Nada sutta. You can read the whole sutta here. There are these five destinations. What five? Hell, the animal realm, the ghost realm, humanity, and the gods. I understand hell, and the path and practice that leads to hell….

SN 56:31 Simsapa Forest
How can we understand the vast knowledge of a Supreme Buddha? Of that vast knowledge, what did he share with us? At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosambī in a siṁsapā forest. Then the Buddha picked up a few siṁsapā leaves in his hand and addressed the mendicants: “What do you think, mendicants?…

AN 9.20 About Velama
How does the Buddha want us to give a gift so that it is of the greatest benefit? How should we think about the merit of giving? How should we think about the merit of virtue and meditation? At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then the householder…

MN 8 Sallekha Sutta, Self-Effacement
In this discourse we learn ways of removing our defilements. So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Mahācunda came out of retreat and went to the Buddha. He bowed, sat down to one side, and said to the…

AN 5:162 Dutiya Aghatapativinaya Sutta, Getting Rid of Resentment
The chief disciple Arahant Sariputta gives us five methods to remove resentments we have towards people. Which one do you want to use? At Savatthi … There Venerable Sāriputta addressed the mendicants: “Reverends, mendicants!” “Reverend,” they replied. Sāriputta said this: “Reverends, a mendicant should use these five methods to completely get rid of resentment when…

Meditate after Work: Oct 16 Teachings Recap
We learned how to see good in others using similes from an amazing discourse taught by Arahant Sariputta, Dutiyaāghātapaṭivinaya Sutta. Then the devotees were reminded to control the internal sense faculties rather controlling external sense faculties from the Chacakka Sutta A new meditation technique was taught to overcome lust, anger and delusion. That was the…

SN 7.2 Akkosaka the Abuser
How does a Buddha react to someone filled with anger? Listen to a sermon on this sutta on Monks in the Morning. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground. The brahmin Bharadvāja the Rude heard a rumor that a brahmin of the Bharadvāja clan had…

Meditate after Work: Oct 9 Teachings Recap
In the last program the way to act & think wisely when experiencing any kind of feeling was taught. When you experience a pleasant feeling, if you don’t delight, praise, and keep clinging to it, will the underlying tendency to greed lie within you? No Therefore remember stress, anxiety, depression all come together with unwise…

MN 82 Ratthapala Sutta, With Arahant Ratthapala
Namo Buddhaya!
Learn about the life of the monk who was foremost of those gone forth out of faith.

Meditate after Work: Oct 2 Teachings Recap
Taught the reality of food, the disgusting nature foodHow to put yourself in anothers placeThe 10 right viewsPractice the qualities in karaneeyametta sutta When people do not know the reality of food, at times people become happy enjoying food, at times gets angry, fedup and sad too. The reason for these problems were taught with…