Buddha Stories for All

  MORAL Stinginess,  possessiveness (macchariya) INTRODUCTION “... to ascetics or brahmins (samaṇa brāhmaṇa), a man or woman that does not offer food, drink, clothing, transport, garlands, scents, ointments, beds, dwellings, and lamps, he or she, after death, may be reborn in a realm of misery, n a bad destination, a lower realm, in hell. But, if he or she returns as a human being, he or she will be poor. This is the path that leads to poverty – 

MORAL  Honesty, Upright & Very Upright READABILITY  Intermediate I REFLECTION Be honest, upright, very upright, and speak the truth. Keeping one's word is very important. In this way, what you say will be powerful and will gain the trust of others.

MORAL  Greed READABILITY  Intermediate I INTRODUCTION A pigeon lives in a kitchen. A greedy crow befriends him in order to eat the food, he is then housed in the kitchen too. Can the crow’s plan succeed? REFLECTION Look at the consequence of the greedy crow. Greed is bad. Although most of us are aware, it is not easy to eradicate greed completely. Greed manifests as selfishness, attachment and others. Selfishness manifests as only caring about oneself; attachment manifests as holding onto living beings or non-living things. Because of attachment, we are unable to escape from rebirths and will suffer again and again. It is important to eradicate even the slightest attachment until we can one day be freed from the endless rounds of rebirth and attain the security of the other shore, Nibbāna.

  [Dhamma Support Education Series ] "Even an evildoer sees happiness." --  Why did the great rich merchant, Anāthapiṇḍika, drive the guardian deity away from his house?