12 essays of buddhism
12 ESSAYS ON BUDDHISM [Critical & analytical studies] by Ven. DHAMMAVIHARI ________________________________________________________________________
International Buddhist Research and Information Center (IBRIC) -Sri Lanka
380/9 Bauddhaloka Mw, Colombo -7, Sri Lanka.
Tel:+94 1 689388 Fax:+94 1 683016
E-mail: dhammavihari@col7.metta.lk ibric@col7.metta.lk
URL: http://metta.lk
2540/1996-06-16
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DHAMMA in your COMPUTER
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Yes. In the world today, you need it in that form more than ever before. In any religion, their own Dharma fixes the norms of good and righteous living for men and women on earth, not to speak of the children. For it is from here that one takes his or her ascent to heaven or to final liberation.
While there is unity in our ultimate goal of peace beyond all this hectic living, life in the world implies bewildering diversity. Our likes and dislikes, our needs and requirements run through a very wide range. Life of men and women in the world concerns itself, among other things, with production[sometimes even with destruction] of life. They also have to think of healthy rearing of children, even if they have had their origin as test-tube babies. They must also invariably acquire wholesome interpersonal relationships as the every basis of human existence.
With or without the World Bank or the IMF, economic considerations loom large in our minds today. Industries, management of labour and human resources become part of the very machinery of our living. In the process of our scientific and technological development, we are running
International Buddhist Research and Information Center (IBRIC) -Sri Lanka
380/9 Bauddhaloka Mw, Colombo -7, Sri Lanka.
Tel:+94 1 689388 Fax:+94 1 683016
E-mail: dhammavihari@col7.metta.lk ibric@col7.metta.lk
URL: http://metta.lk
2540/1996-06-16
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DHAMMA in your COMPUTER
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Yes. In the world today, you need it in that form more than ever before. In any religion, their own Dharma fixes the norms of good and righteous living for men and women on earth, not to speak of the children. For it is from here that one takes his or her ascent to heaven or to final liberation.
While there is unity in our ultimate goal of peace beyond all this hectic living, life in the world implies bewildering diversity. Our likes and dislikes, our needs and requirements run through a very wide range. Life of men and women in the world concerns itself, among other things, with production[sometimes even with destruction] of life. They also have to think of healthy rearing of children, even if they have had their origin as test-tube babies. They must also invariably acquire wholesome interpersonal relationships as the every basis of human existence.
With or without the World Bank or the IMF, economic considerations loom large in our minds today. Industries, management of labour and human resources become part of the very machinery of our living. In the process of our scientific and technological development, we are running