April 1, 2016; revised June 30, 2021 Ngày 1/4/2016; Sửa ngày 30/6/2021 It is possible that one may ask, “If anicca, dukkha, anatta are so important, why are they not included in the 37 Factors of Enlightenment?” After all, one attains Nibbāna via cultivating the 37 Factors of Enlightenment (also called 37 Bodhipākkhiya Dhamma, or […]

July 6, 2020 Ngày 6/7/2020 This was one of the first discourses by the late Venerable Waharaka Abayarathanalankara Thero. Janith Boniface Fernando has made it into a YouTube video with transcription in Sinhala and English languages. Đây là một trong những bài pháp thoại đầu tiên của cố Hòa thượng Waharaka Abayarathanalankara Thero. Janith Boniface […]

Revised: 20/1/2016; 3/12/2017; 26/1/2018; 2/7/2020 Chỉnh sửa: ngày 20/1/2016; 3/12/2017; 26/1/2018; 2/7/2020 The key to understanding the First Noble Truth (Dukkha Sacca; pronounced “dukkha sachcha”) is to understand the Three Characteristics (Tilakkhaṇa) of “this wider world of 31 realms,” i.e., anicca, dukkha, anatta. Let us discuss a few key suttā. Mấu chốt để hiểu Sự […]

Revised 25/10/2016; 11/4/2017; 13/9/2017; 25/11/2017; 26/1/2018; 25/5/2019; 6/8/2019; 11/1/2020; 23/8/2022 Sửa ngày: 25/10/2016; 11/4/2017; 13/9/2017; 25/11/2017; 26/1/2018; 25/5/2019; 6/8/2019; 11/1/2020; 23/8/2022 Introduction Giới thiệu No other factor has contributed to helping keep Nibbāna hidden in the past many hundreds of years than the incorrect interpretations of anicca as just “impermanence” and anatta as just “no-self.” […]

July 10, 2023 Ngày 10/7/2023 Anicca, dukkha, and anatta are fundamental concepts in Buddhism. Their true meanings “went underground” with the rise of Mahāyāna Buddhism only about 500 years after the Buddha. Anicca, dukkha, và anatta là những khái niệm căn bản trong Phật giáo. Ý nghĩa chân thật của chúng đã “bị che khuất” […]