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Who were Lord Buddha?  
Lord Buddha was extra ordinary person who was purify his mind from - lust, ill will & ignorance. He achieved this state via deep meditation under the Bodhi tree in India, Gaya region about 2600 years ago at midnight on May (or Vesak month). This state of mind is also called as enlighten, awaked or Arahat. However anyone can be attained this state but different of Lord Buddha was, he purified his mind with removing all habitual perceptions in lower mind. Lord Buddha's birth day, enlightened day & passed away day, was same day & month on separate years, was fullmoon day on May month. There have nine virtue characteristics of Lord Buddha that we want to recall every times when we can : 
  • Lord Buddha were removed lust, ill will & ignorance with habitual perceptions in lower mind via deep meditation, with help of infinitive merit powers which he accumulated in rebirth cycle (Sansara).
  • Lord Buddha achieved enlighten without any teacher's guidance, means his own effort.
  • Lord Buddha had especial mind powers : look infinitive past lives, identify where beings go after the death & own wisdom of removing dirty *cankers in deeper mind. Also Lord Buddha had *eight mind powers & *15 deep precepts. (also had ten powers & four steady experiences)
  • Lord Buddha chooses middle path called *eightfold path & by using it he achieved enlighten. This path called most beautiful path in rebirth cycle (Sansara).
  • Lord Buddha knows every facts & wisdom about worlds of - lust, material & non material.
  • Lord Buddha can tamed any being include gods, Brahmas, Maras, devil & humans. Also any one can't destroy life of Lord Buddha.
  • Lord Buddha not only preach humans, also he were teachers to gods too. Gods include Brahmas also worship to Lord Buddha for their own refuge.
  • Lord Buddha preach or help to achieve enlighten to anyone according to their merit powers. Lord Buddha can make understand to others how to achieve enlighten.
  • Lord Buddha were get rid from, rebirth cycle & every pains. Also Lord Buddha suit to getting offerings or donations as alms by humans & gods or any other beings.

Sri Saddh Dhamma 
Lord Buddha who was great researcher, who found all truths of universe. Among those huge knowledge, vital  amounts which are help to get rid from rebirth cycle are called as Dhamma. We called it as Sri Saddh Dhamma, because it help to go into noble path toward nibbana. Among the Dhamma Lord Buddha revealed about personal development, family life, heavens, hells, ghosts, etc. Following characteristics have with Dhamma : 

  • Dhamma were preached by Lord Buddha is help to achieve nibbana via practicing from start level, middle level to end level. It is clearly & grammatically described.
  • Dhamma can be understand in this life itself via observe precepts, practice concentration & develop wisdom or doing meditation of wisdom also called as Vipassana.
  • Dhamma are not change with times. Means it steadily truth in past, present & future. 
  • Dhamma were open to anyone in human world or heavens, without any secrets.
  • Dhamma want to be understand from own efforts via listening, remembering, pronouncing, thinking & practicing in daily life.
  • Dhamma can be understood by any wise person in any country, any race or any education level.

Aryaya Maha Sangha 
Monks who were asked Dhamma from Lord Buddha or his followers, achieved nibbana by practicing - observe precepts, mind concentration and develop wisdom. Then they are called as Arahat monks. They are free from rebirth cycle and every pains. Sariputta Maha Thero was monk who had best brightness in mind, then Maha Moggallana Thero had best mind powers and Anuruddha Thero had best divine-eye. But there had large number of Arahat monks since Buddha's time to now. Their common characteristics are :

  • Sangha are practice for observe higher precepts, mind concentration and develop their wisdom.
  • Sangha are tame their mind under steady path or eightfold path.
  • Sangha always concentrate their mind to achieve nibbana in their current life time.
  • Sangha preach Dhamma to humans & gods.
  • Sangha practice & finished path for steam entry, once-returning lust world, non-returning lust world & Arhat, so can be categorized as eight sub groups & four main groups.
  • Sangha have precepts to donate alms which are brought from long distance.
  • Sangha have precepts to take care, giving alms & help as visitors.
  • Sangha have precepts to donate alms which are brought as wishing earn merits in this life & next life.
  • Sangha have precepts to earn worshiping of humans & gods.
  • Sangha can be treated as field for cultivate seeds of merits for future life times.

Maha Mangala Sutta 
When Lord Buddha stayed in Getawana temple, wise people in India had doubts about what are blessing facts. Some people said seeing white omen help to became success, some were said worship to gods or devils need to be success, etc. This arguments went to heaven too, so gods were also argued by considering what are blessing facts. Finally King of Heaven, Sakra Devandra send messenger god to Lord Buddha for ask - what are blessing facts. Because Lord Buddha have universal knowledge about every things. That god came at midnight with illuminating Getawana temple then ask from Buddha what are blessing fact. So Lord Buddha said Maha Mangala Sutta (means sutta of great blessing facts), which had 38 blessing facts as below :

  • Avoid associate with evil people, always associate with wise people, honor to wise people,
  • Reside in good locations, had done merit in past, set yourself on right actions, 
  • Have lot education, skills, trainings & experiences, training disciplines, have pleasant speech,
  • Supporting to one's parent, cherishing spouse & children, do correct occupation without laziness,
  • Donate alms, stay with Dhamma, supporting relatives, always do right actions,
  • Refrain from bad actions & all evils, avoid intoxicating drinks, not lateness to practice Dhamma, 
  • Respect to wise people, be humble, contentment, offer gratitude to your helpers,
  • Be patience, obedience to Dhamma, seeing monks, discuss Dhamma when right time,
  • Having self control, leading noble life, understand noble truth, try to get enlightenment in this life,
  • Keep steady mind with *eight world conditions, remove sadness, living without stress, being secure
  • Practice above all blessing facts in daily life also finally become one blessing fact.

Five Precepts In Buddhism 
Main paths in Buddhism towards spiritual life are : donations, precepts & meditation. Lord Buddha told precepts are every important to rebirth in human world or heavens. Beings born in realms of animal, ghost, evils & hells, because they didn't observe five precepts. Lord Buddha told five precepts are disciplines for laic, it is basic precepts towards eightfold path. Those are : avoid killing any beings, avoid from stealing, avoid from sexual misconduct, avoid from lying & avoid from taking alcohol or intoxicating drugs. People who have these five precepts are staying with happy & bright mind in their daily life. In Apayasanwaththnika Sutta (means sutta of facts which are friendly or related to drop down to hells after death), Lord Buddha preached, what kind of negative incomes we gain in our next life, if we don't observe five precepts : 

  • Not observe - avoid killing any beings : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life, with very less life time and with lot of sicknesses. 
  • Not observe - avoid from stealing : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with lost their properties, lands, house, money, etc... 
  • Not observe - avoid from sexual misconduct : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with lot of enemies & heard lot of blames from others. 
  • Not observe - avoid from lying : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life that get false complains from others. 
  • Not observe - avoid from slandering : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life without any friends. 
  • Not observe - avoid from saying bad words : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with unclear pronunciations like stammer.
  • Not observe - avoid from saying useless words : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life that others are not accept your words.
  • Not observe - avoid from taking alcohol or intoxicating drugs : Reason to born in hell, then animal realm, then ghost realm, then minimum income is get human life with mentally retarded.

References :    
* 4 Cankers Of Mind : sense desires, desire to existences, wrong views & ignorance.
* 8 Higher Spiritual Powers : insight meditation, ability to create astral bodies, miracle powers, divine ear, penetration of other's mind, remembering former lives, divine eye, extinction of all cankers.
* 15 Deep Precepts : moral restraint, watching over sense-doors, limiting meals, wakefulness, faith, moral shame, moral dread, great learning, energy, mindfulness, wisdom & four absorption in meditation.
* Eightfold Path : right views, right thoughts, right speech, right actions, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness & right concentration.
* Eight World Conditions : gain - loss, honor - dishonor, happiness - misery, praise - blames, sickness - healthy.

" May All These Dhamma Help You To Success Your This Life & All Future Life Times!
" May All You Well, Happy & Prosperous From Blessings Of Buddha, Dhamma & Sangha!

  

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