Together. Photograph by Don McCullough via Flickr

Dear Friends of Damsara,

The Donors are invaluable to Damsara!!  They help to continue our work and spread the Dhamma globally. As such we have opened a few special pages to recognize our valuable contributors.

Currently we have provided the names and details of contributions for March and April 2015. The lists will be updated monthly…. 🙂  🙂  🙂

Please click here to reach the web page

Monks. Photograph by KX Studio via Flickr

We pleased to provide the fifth and the final part of Anumana Sutta discourse conducted by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero. This invaluable sutta was originally presented by Arahanth Moggallana to emphasize the importance of Vinaya. Vinaya is very important to the continuation of the order of Monks and thereby the Dhamma.

We like to present the final part of the Sutta discourse with a special audio clip from the final Q&A session. In this audio clip a Nun express her concern and grievances regarding the lower acceptance of them by the world. The answer given by the Maha Thero demonstrates the following;

1. Maturity as a teacher of Dhamma. The Maha Thero gradually directs the answer to the level of realization by pointing out to recall as to why they renounce and became Monks or Nuns. Not to seek favors or justice, but to realize Nibbana.
2. The Way of Living Practiced at Nissaranavanaya Monastery. The Maha Thero proceeds to explain simple and humble and yet unique way of living practiced at Nissaranavanaya Forest Monastery.
3. True spirit of the Order of those who have renounced the World. The answer is a fine example of the Ariya (Noble) Monks of the past, the present and the future. It is like a fine fragrance emanating from the past to the present and the future.

Please click here to reach the webpage of the final discourse.

Ta Prohm temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It was built in the late 12 and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara. Photograph by Mark Fischer via Flickr

We pleased to provide the fourth part of Anumana Sutta of Arahanth Moggallana. This sutta emphasize the importance of Vinaya. Vinaya is very important to the continuation of the order of Monks and thereby the Dhamma.

In our time this valuable Sutta is brought to life as a long discourse by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero of Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. We presented the third part of this valuable series 3 days ago.

Please click here to reach the web page of Anumana Sutta – Part 4

Tigers-Nest-monastery-Bhutan. Photograph by Jagadip Singh via Flickr. This monastery was built in 1692 around a cave where Guru Padmasambhava had meditated for more than three years. Guru Padmasambhava is credited with bringing Buddhism to Bhutan.

We pleased to provide the third part of Anumana Sutta of Arahanth Moggallana. This sutta emphasize the importance of Vinaya. Vinaya is very important to the continuation of the order of Monks and thereby the Dhamma.

In our time this valuable Sutta is brought to life as a long discourse by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero of Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. We presented the second part of this valuable series 8 days ago.
Please click here to reach the web page of the Anumana Sutta – Part 3

A novice Monk learning the Dhamma, Vinaya.

We pleased to provide the second part of Anumana Sutta of Arahanth Moggallana. This sutta emphasize the importance of Vinaya. Vinaya is very important to the continuation of the order of Monks and thereby the Dhamma.

In our time this valuable Sutta is brought to life as a long discourse by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero of Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. We presented the first part of this valuable series few days ago.

Please click here to reach the web page of Part 2 of Anumana Sutta

U Bein Bridge, Mandalay, Myanmar – The longest wooden bridge (1.2 Km) in the world, Photograph by Staffan Scherz, Creative Commons via Flickr

 We pleased to provide an invaluable Sutta of Arahanth Moggallana, a chief Disciple of the Lord Buddha. This sutta emphasize the importance of Vinaya. Vinaya is very important to the continuation of the order of Monks and thereby the Dhamma.

It is like a bridge to the preservation of Dhamma.

In our time this valuable Sutta is brought to life as a long discourse by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero of Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery. We present the first part of this valuable series conducted during February 2015 at Mitirigala Nissaranavanaya Monastery, Sri Lanka. The listeners are presented with a lot of new insights of Dhamma through this series.
Please click here to reach the web page.

The Most Venerable Sayadaw U Pandita (Ovādacariya Sayādaw U Paṇḍitābhivaṃsa) of Myanmar is one of the foremost living masters of Vipassana meditation. Each year he conducts a 60 day intensive Vipassana meditation retreat at the Panditarama Forest Meditation center. He had been diligently conducting this retreat for many years. We are pleased to present the recordings of the 16th Special Retreat conducted from 1 December 2014 to 31 January 2015.

These Dhamma talks conducted in Burmese are translated into English by Sayalay Ma Vajirani. The Dhamma talks of this retreat are very useful to serious Yogis who wish to learn the Path from the beginning.  The focus of the retreat is the development of Satipatthana.

Please click here to reach the web page.

A statue of the Lord Buddha                                                                                                       Photograph by Rob Ireton, Creative Commons via Flickr

Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero conducts one day meditation programs at Allenmathiniyaramaya on a monthly basis. Presently the Maha Thero conducts Dhamma sermons at these monthly sessions based on Kayagata-sati Sutta.  We are pleased to provide the links to the latest update of the series.

It was recorded on 21 March 2015. Especially the session on Q&A is quite valuable.
Please click here to reach the web page of the Sutta series.

Amitirigala Meditation Retreat Center, Amitirigala, Sri Lanka

We are pleased to provide the recordings of Dhamma sessions conducted by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero at Amitirigala. One day (daytime) meditation retreats were conducted by the Maha Thero from 2010 during certain months of the year at this serene and rural Retreat Center located close to Mitirigala. Kindly note that some of the audio files are incomplete due to incomplete recordings. Some of the talks and discussions may be lost due to not recording. 

The quality of the contents of talks and some of the Q&A sessions are highly valuable to the practitioners of the Path. We will continue to upload more recent talks from Amitirigala in the near future after audio editing.

The next day retreat at Amitirigala will be held on 22 March 2015.
Please click the following links to contact the Organizer and to get directions to the center:

1. Retreat Organizer’s Details of Amitirigala
2. How to get to the Amitirigala Retreat Center

Please click here to reach the web page of the audio recordings...

The Road to the mountains. Photograph by Vincent, Creative Commons, via Flickr

We are pleased to present a short and yet a precise Sutta of the Lord Buddha. In this Sutta a person of a high cast comes to Buddha and asks whether the value and the benefits of the spiritual Path could be experienced in the present, here and now. In this Sutta the Buddha explains as to how it could be experienced – here and now by the ardent practitioner.

The Path can be experienced as when travelling to the mountains on a straight road. 

This Sutta was explained by Most Ven. U. Dhammajiva Maha Thero during a three day meditation retreat conducted at Auckland, New Zealand. Please click here to reach the web page of the Sutta