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When: Every Poya-day national holiday (see below)Time: 7.00 am to 4 pmFor: Adults (Click for children’s program)Language: English Medium Where: Charted Institute of Personnel Management Meeting HallNo. 43 Vijaya Kumaranathunga Mawatha, Colombo 05.Cost: Free A separate Dhamma program is conducted for children in English medium, at the same venue from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. NEW! Sinhala…

Dear Dhamma friends, The Buddha taught us that we are attached and bound to the people around us, and the cause for any suffering that we experience in life is due to bonds and attachment. Without overcoming the bonds and attachments, we seek & apply solutions that leads to great sorrow and could harm our…

Pemato jāyatī soko,pemato jāyatī bhayaṃ;Pemato vippamuttassa,natthi soko kuto bhayaṃ. 213. Affection gives rise to sorrow; affection gives rise to fear. For someone released from affection, there is no sorrow; so, from what would fear arise? Ratiyā jāyatī soko, ratiyā jāyatī bhayaṃ; Ratiyā vippamuttassa, natthi soko kuto bhayaṃ. 214. Desire gives rise to sorrow; desire gives…

What is the real source of our suffering? So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time a certain householder’s dear and beloved only child passed away. After their death he didn’t feel like working or eating. He would go to the cemetery and wail, “Where…

In this sutta, the supreme Buddha explains the detailed analysis of our experiences through the six sense bases. So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the monks, “Monks!” “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Monks, I shall teach…

Last week we learned the method of examining the gratification, danger and escape of our lives and the things around us. Usually people consider only the gratification or happiness they experience in life. And when they don’t experience that gratification constantly people regret and hate themselves and other’s who took away their happiness. People who go chase after gratification…

Last week we learned the Khantivadi Jātaka about how the Bodhisatta practiced patience. You can read this story on Sutta Central. We also practiced asubha meditation. You can download the text of the meditation. Join us for the next program on Wednesday September 11th to learn a new sutta on the six sense faculties Get…

Usually there is a way that people see and recognize the things that they see, hear, smell, taste, feel, and think. Unknowingly people take these things as things that could remain without changing and will remain in the same way. And people get angry and upset when things change. Therefore to have a confident mind…

Usually when people suffer they think that they are suffering because of others mistakes. People tend to point fingers at others when experiencing suffering. But fortunately in the recent Wednesday program the participants learn that suffering arises due to unwise thinking and due to craving. Meditations that were practiced during the program: loving kindness meditation,…

NOTE: There is no program on August 14. You can join instead with the One day Buddhist retreat with your family to Polhegoda that day. There are three programs conducted: one for kids in English, one for adults in English and another one for adults in Sinhala. Learn more and register at SereneColombo.org At the…

In last week’s meditate after work program we learnt the first few Dhamma points from the Kakacupama sutta that explains the way to overcome hatred and develop Loving Kindness when dealing with people who talk to us in unpleasant ways. This Wednesday we will discuss the rest of the sutta that explains wonderful similes. You…

In this Sutta the Supreme Buddha explains how to overcome hatred and deal with unpleasant speech. So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time, Venerable Phagguna of the Top-Knot was mixing too closely together with the nuns. So much so that…