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      There are several varities of dana. But in reality, these danas can be divided into three classes according to the Buddha's Teachings. They are danas according to Suttanta-desana, danas according to Vinaya-desana and danas according to the Abhiddhamma-desana.     Ten Kinds 0f Dana According to Suttanta-desana     There are ten kinds of dana according to Suttanta-desana or as found in the Buddha's discourses. They are-     (1) Anna dana = Offering of cooked rice and other kinds of food;           (2) Pana dana = Offering of drinking water or beverages;           (3) Vattha dana = Offering of robes or clothing;           (4) Yana dana = Offering of foot-wear and other items that can be used in travelling;           (5) Mala dana = Offering of flowers;           (6) Gandha dana = Offering of scented woods and fragran...

Title- The Brief Meaning of “Vipassana Bhavana” Now the most important thing to do among in the Buddha's Teachings is "Vipassana", unknown in other world religions. The Pali term "Vipassana" means special watching, wisdom-insight discipline. In other words it also means bare awareness, non-judgmental knowing, noting the changing nature of life. It's seeing things as they really are. So, in Vipassana discipline, when we see, we just note 'seeing' 'seeing' 'seeing' and let this fact go. If we get pain in our body, we note clearly and impersonally just 'pain', 'pain' and let it go. This is called 'special insight seeing' or 'pure noting and bare watching' of the phenomena, whether physical thing or mental thing, as soon as they arise at present moment only and vanish almost at the same time of arising. We must live in the present. So we note also the changing (not stable; impermanent or Anicca in Pali) fac...

Buddhist flag is a rectangular piece of cloth of the colours blue, yellow, red, white, orange, and a mixture of all these five vertical stripes, each 1/6 of the distance from the hoist. The sixth stripe consists of 5 horizontal stripes of the same color starting from the top. The right hand vertical orange stripe merges with the bottom horizontal orange stripe.  A symbol of faith and peace, the Buddhist flag is used to represent the Buddhist faith. Though controversy prevails regarding who designed the flag, it is believed to be invented by Henry Steele Olcott, a retired American Army Colonel to Sri Lanka, in 1880. And the flag was first hoisted on May 28, 1885, during Vesak Poya day (Buddha Purnima in India) when the British rulers declared the day as a public holiday in Sri Lanka.         Olcott was a fascinating character. A former soldier and lawyer, he set up the Theosophical Society of New York. He arrived in Sri Lanka with the renowned spiritu...