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April 02, 2017

What powers do you have?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Bala sutta, Gahapati Vagga , Aṭṭhaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

September 11, 2016

Why some man or woman are seen to be ugly and beautiful?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for the Brahmin student Subha, Todeyya’s son at SavatthI in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's Park.

Cūḷakammavibhaṅga sutta, Vibhaṅga Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli Suttas

August 01, 2016

How many miracles are there in the world and what does Buddha think about these miracles?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Kevaddha at Nalanda, in Pavarika’s mango grove.

Kevaddha Sutta, Sīlakkhandha Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas.

July 20, 2016

How should we train our minds when others address you ?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi.

Kakacūpama Sutta, Tatiya Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

July 18, 2016

How long is an aeon (Kalpa)?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhu at Savatthi.

Sāsapa sutta, Tiṇakaṭṭha Vagga, Anamatagga Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas.

July 13, 2016

What four types of friends can be seen as loyal friends?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Householder’s son at Rajagaha, at the Squirrels’ Feeding Place in the Bamboo Grove.

Sigalovada Sutta, Pāṭika Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas

July 12, 2016

What four types of friends can be seen as false friends?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Householder’s son at Rajagaha, at the Squirrels’ Feeding Place in the Bamboo Grove.

Sigalovada Sutta, Pāṭika Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas

July 11, 2016

What should employer/boss do for his servants and workpeople ?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Householder’s son at Rajagaha, at the Squirrels’ Feeding Place in the Bamboo Grove.

Sigalovada Sutta, Pāṭika Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas

July 05, 2016

What is the difference between the Tathagata and a bhikkhu liberated by wisdom?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi.

Sambuddha sutta, Upaya Vagga,Khandha Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas.

June 29, 2016

What trades should we not engage?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Vaṇijjā sutta, Upāsaka Vagga , Pañcaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

June 27, 2016

How can we honour the Tathagata (Buddha) with the Supreme Homage?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Venerable Ananda bhikkhu at the Mallas’ Sala Grove, in the vicinity of Kusinara.

Mahāparinibbāna sutta, Mahā Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas.

June 09, 2016

What kind of person is a Dhamma or faith-follower?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus in the Kasi country.

Kitagiri Sutta, Bhikkhu vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

May 11, 2016

What answer did Gautama Buddha reply to Mara (Evil one)’s request?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Mara (Evil One) at Uruvela on the bank of the River Neranjara, under the Goatherd's Banyan-tree.

Mahāparinibbānasutta, Mahā vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas.

May 07, 2016

What do you think, which is more: the little bit of soil in fingernail or this great earth?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park.

Abhisamayasamyutta, Nidana vagga, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas.

April 21, 2016

How can we sustain our favourable relationship?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Saṅgahavatthu sutta, Cakka vagga , Catukka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

March 27, 2016

Who is the king above a wheel-turning monarch, a righteous king who rules by the Dhamma?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Cakkavatti sutta, Rathakāra vagga , Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

March 22, 2016

What is the cause and condition why human beings are seen to be inferior and superior?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for brahmin student Subha, Todeyya’s son at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park.

Cūḷakammavibhaṅga, Vibhaṅga vagga , Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

March 21, 2016

Which is more: the little bit of soil that have been taken up in our fingernail or the great earth?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi.

Nakhasikhā sutta, Opamma Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas

February 16, 2016

What persons are helpful to another person?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Bahukāra sutta, Puggala Vagga, Tika Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

February 09, 2016

How can we enough repaid for our mother and father?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Samacitta sutta, Samacitta Vagga, Duka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

February 06, 2016

What are the persons whose mind is like an open sore, lightning or diamond?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Vajirūpama sutta, Puggala Vagga, Tika Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

January 30, 2016

What is a balance of energy?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Sona at Rajagaha in the Cool Grove.

Sona sutta, Mahā Vagga, Chakka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

January 24, 2016

What results would we obtain when we have wrong & right paths?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Bhumija bhikkhu at Rajagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrels’ Sanctuary.

Mahatanhasankhaya sutta, Mahayamaka Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

January 23, 2016

How does the descent of the embryo take place?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park.

Mahatanhasankhaya sutta, Mahayamaka Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

January 17, 2016

In what way is one called a being (satta)?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Radha bhikkhu at Savatthi.

Satta sutta, Paṭhama Māra Vagga, Rādha Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas.

January 07, 2016

What are the dangers attached to strong drink & sloth-producing drugs and gambling?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for the householder’s son at Rajagaha, at the Squirrels’ Feeding Place in the Bamboo Grove.

Siṅgāla sutta, Pāṭika Vagga, Dīgha Nikāya (DN), Pāli suttas.

January 04, 2016

What benefits does one experience based on serenity(samatha) and insight(vipassana)?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus.

Bāla sutta, Bāla Vagga, Duka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

December 22, 2015

Do you speak only of what you have known, seen, and understood for yourselves?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park.

Mahatanhasankhaya sutta, Mahayamaka Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

December 21, 2015

Why will the Buddha’s discourses be gradually disappearing?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi.

Āṇi sutta, Opamma Vagga, Opamma Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli suttas.

December 17, 2015

How many sessions should the bhikkhus have/eat in a day properly?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapindika’s Park.

Bhaddāli sutta, Bhikkhu Vagga, Majjhima Nikāya (MN), Pāli suttas.

December 11, 2015

How can we teach the Dhamma to others properly?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Ananda bhikkhu at Kosambi in Ghosita’s Park.

Udāyī sutta, Saddhamma Vagga, Pañcaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

December 10, 2015

Which among these four kinds of persons seems to you the most excellent and sublime?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for the wanderer Potaliya.

Potaliya sutta, Asura Vagga, Catukka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

December 09, 2015

What are matters we should not try to conceive?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus what matters we should not try to conceive.

Acinteyya sutta, Apaṇṇaka Vagga, Catukka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

December 08, 2015

How is a speech well spoken?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for bhikkhus how a speech is well spoken.

Piṅgiyānī sutta, Soṇa Vagga, Pañcaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN),Pāli suttas.

December 06, 2015

How much do we have to know the Dhamma?

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Gamani at Nalanda in Pavarika's Mango Grove.

Gāmani Saṃyutta, Saṃyutta Nikāya (SN), Pāli Suttas.

December 05, 2015

Affection vs Hatred

The Gautama Buddha clarified for Bhikkhus how affection and hatred come from.

Pemasuttaṃ sutta, Catukka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN),Pāli suttas.

December 04, 2015

What types of spouses do you have?

The Gautama Buddha clarified to the male and female householders along the highway between Madhura and Veranja.

Saṃvāsa 1 sutta, Catukka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN),Pāli suttas.

December 03, 2015

How many eyes do you have?

The Gautama Buddha clarified how many eyes we have.

Andha sutta,Tika Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

December 01, 2015

How can we abandon our drowsiness?

The Gautama Buddha clarified how we can abandon our drowsiness at Sumsumaragira, in the deer park at Bhesakala Grove.

Pacalāyana [Pacalāyamāna] sutta, Sattaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN), Pāli suttas.

November 30, 2015

Who are the rare persons in the world?

The Gautama Buddha clarified what kinds of the persons who are the five rare gems in the world for Licchavis at Vesali city.

Piṅgiyānī sutta, Pañcaka Nipāta, Aṅguttara Nikāya (AN),Pāli suttas.

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