Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Four Pillers to the path of Nivana


There are four pillars to the path of Nivana.
It is call four Vi_sod_dhi's in pali, namely: Sila, Sitta, Dheik_hti, Wisi_keit_sa

  1. Sila: purification of mind and freedom from bodily cravings while living in harmony with the surrounding.
  2. Sitta: state of keeping the mind, tied up, and slaved to stay at a certain object of concentration (40 kinds of objects - kamahtan in parli)
  3. dheik_hti: understand the impermanence of oneself. knowing what is in reality and what is not!
  4. wisi_keit_sa: no confusion at all on the causes and effects of the past, present and future, or on the truth about the DHAMMA.

Notes -
Nivana: Absolute peacefulness
The above mentioned words are my own writings and translations from my understanding as a Burmese Buddhist. If there is any misunderstanding or inappropriateness, it is to put the blame on me only.

What is Dhamma?

What is Dhamma? Why I am so much fond of it? .... There are 6 perfect reasons worth about the Dhamma.

  1. It's perfectly explained by the Buddha ( Here you may take the Buddha as a professor specialised in the study of the minds and matters existed insights of human beings)
  2. It can be taught, learnt, understood and practiced by any layperson regardless of age, sex or race.
  3. One can be enlightened from Dhamma at any time or any occasion with a cause of reasonable mindfulness or practice.
  4. Dhamma invites and attracts to see and feel more and more when one is seeking deeply into it.
  5. Everyone should keep Dhamma visions and wisdoms in minds in their day to day living.
  6. Dhamma roots out our impurities of minds and bodily cravings, and it brings absolute peacefulness.
Notes-
Enlightened: Gained a certain stage of wisdom of understanding the processes of the insights of human beings, and others worldly matters, such as the causes and effects of birth and death, that can not be seen by biological eyes.

The above mentioned words are my own writings and translations from my understanding as a Burmese Buddhist. If there is any misunderstanding or inappropriateness, it is to put the blame on me only.