Ven. Dr. Madawela Punnaji was not feeling very well this Saturday, and was not available to deliver his Dhamma Deshana for this week. Ven. Dr. Udagama Sumangala Thero of Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara, Los Angeles, CA, USA, was kind enough to accept our invitation to deliver a Dhamma Deshana based on Ratthapla Sutta [MN 82]” as well as to conduct a Question and Answer / Discussion session on the same topic.
[Ratthapla Sutta: A two-part story about the monk who, the Lord Buddha said, was foremost among his disciples in ordaining on the power of pure conviction. In the first part of the story, Ratthapala deals with his parents' opposition to his ordaining, and their attempts, after ordination, to lure him back to lay life. In the second part, he recalls the four observations about the world that inspired him, as a healthy and wealthy young man, to ordain in the first place.]
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The teleconference on Saturday, May 8, 2010, 7:00PM-9:00PM (EST), will be conducted in the form of a Dhamma Deshana by Ven. Dr. Madawela Punnaji Thero of Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, followed by a Question and Answer session.
The topic for Dhamma Deshana will be: "Tanha Nirodha - Eliminating emotion is the solution".
Please also note that this Dhamma Deshana will be the fifth of a series of eight (8) invaluable Dhamma Deshanas that Ven. Dr. Madawela Punnaji Thero is in the process of delivering in our Dhamma Conference. Here are the details:
Deshana 1: Dukkha - We have forgotten that our life is insecure (Date: February 27, 2010) [Completed]
Deshana 2: Bhava - We are dreaming that we are existing (Date: March 13, 2010) [Completed]
Deshana 3: Tanha - The cause of our insecurity is emotion (March 20, 2010)[completed]
Deshana 4: Avijja - Emotion is not only painful it is also blind (May 1, 2010)[completed]
Deshana 5: Tanha Nirodha - Eliminating emotion is the solution (May 8, 2010)
Deshana 6: Manasa Pasanna - Conscious systematic thinking must rule our life (May 15, 2010)
Deshana 7: Cittan Dantam Sukha Vahan - Learn to control emotion (May 22, 2010)
Deshana 8: Panna - Eliminate emotion by a paradigm shift (May 29, 2010)
