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Does your website make you any money? Does it SAVE you any money?Websites are more than just marketing tools, out there in Cyber-Land effortlessly promoting you and your products. While that's great, why not use that same website to save yourself some money?How? Well, while I don't know your particular situation, I can provide you with some thought-provoking ideas that you can take back to your web designer for more input.e Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going fo
Leverage is the ability to use a little bit of money to potentially make a large amount of money. For the past six years leverage has been used in the real estate market as lenders introduced new lending products such as zero down loans and Adjustable Rate Mortgages(ARMs) as well as through the use of option contracts. Leverage is also used to great effect in the stock market options market for about 25 years and in the commodities market for hundreds of years. In fact, leverage is what makes these markets liquid. That is to say these markets would be much less efficient without the use of leverage to bring hedgers, speculators, and manufacturers together and allow them to trade quickly.Options are only contracts that people form t
When the Threefold Refuge is done before a monk, one has to request for the Three Refuges and the Five Precepts. This clearly shows that one becomes a Buddhist after he has a thorough understanding of the Dharma and he should not be converted by others because Dharma is not a matter of belief, it uses no force, not even persuasion, to make convert. One will not make a good Buddhist if he is not ready to put to practice the Buddhist way of life. One should then make three bows to the monk and see in him as the personification of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. The monk will then recite 3 times, the salutation to the Buddha:
“NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASA” which means ‘Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One’.
Then he will recite the Refuge prater and the aspirant should repeat after him, each line that has been recited:
“BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
The Refuges are always repeated thrice to ensure that the mind of the person taking them is fully aware of what has been said. They are recited either in Pali or English as given above, or in Sanskrit, which is as follows:
“NAMO BUDDHAYA
NAMO DHARMAYA
NAMO SANGHAYA”
Then the monk chants the FIVE PRECEPTS (Pancasila) one by one which the aspirant repeats after him. The Fire Precepts may be called the “Dharma for human beings” as their practice will make our world more bearable to live in and they are the basic and minimal observance of moral conduct by a Buddhist. They teach him to refrain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and taking intoxicants of any kind.
Going-for-Refuge to the Three Jewels is therefore an open declaration that we are Buddhists. The prayer said should not be mere recitation but should bring to our minf that the treasures in this lifetime consists of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. We should understand fully what we are declaring so that we will commit ourselves to the declaration that we have made.
THE BUDDHA
What is meant by going for a Refuge to the Buddha? Do we know who is the Buddha or what is the Buddha? Surprisingly, many Buddhists in this country have only a vague idea of Him. Many also believe that they are Buddhists just because they think that their parents are Buddhists by their acts of offering incense to their family altar which, in fact, is ancestral worship and has nothing to do with Buddhism. Therefore it is important that such people be taught not only of who or what the Buddha is but what the Buddha is not.
The Buddha is not God or a deity whom one should pray to for some fulfillment in life. The Buddha is not an incarnation of God like Jesus Christ is to the Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going for
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“NAMO TASSA BHAGAVATO ARAHATO SAMMASAMBUDDHASA” which means ‘Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One’.
Then he will recite the Refuge prater and the aspirant should repeat after him, each line that has been recited:
“BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
To the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“DUTIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the second time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
The Refuges are always repeated thrice to ensure that the mind of the person taking them is fully aware of what has been said. They are recited either in Pali or English as given above, or in Sanskrit, which is as follows:
“NAMO BUDDHAYA
NAMO DHARMAYA
NAMO SANGHAYA”
Then the monk chants the FIVE PRECEPTS (Pancasila) one by one which the aspirant repeats after him. The Fire Precepts may be called the “Dharma for human beings” as their practice will make our world more bearable to live in and they are the basic and minimal observance of moral conduct by a Buddhist. They teach him to refrain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and taking intoxicants of any kind.
Going-for-Refuge to the Three Jewels is therefore an open declaration that we are Buddhists. The prayer said should not be mere recitation but should bring to our minf that the treasures in this lifetime consists of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. We should understand fully what we are declaring so that we will commit ourselves to the declaration that we have made.
THE BUDDHA
What is meant by going for a Refuge to the Buddha? Do we know who is the Buddha or what is the Buddha? Surprisingly, many Buddhists in this country have only a vague idea of Him. Many also believe that they are Buddhists just because they think that their parents are Buddhists by their acts of offering incense to their family altar which, in fact, is ancestral worship and has nothing to do with Buddhism. Therefore it is important that such people be taught not only of who or what the Buddha is but what the Buddha is not.
The Buddha is not God or a deity whom one should pray to for some fulfillment in life. The Buddha is not an incarnation of God like Jesus Christ is to the Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going fo
Large corporate entities like insurance companies, banks, multinational companies, financial institutions, stocks and shares brokers, mutual funds, and others usually have a widespread customer base spanning across the globe. Huge volumes of inquiries and other telephone calls from their customers flood their offices during business hours. Answering these calls requires an effort of manpower and resources that departmental representatives often are unable to provide and still perform the other tasks involved with their positions. Many companies have turned to setting up specialized branches in their offices to deal with the massive amount of telephone calls received during the course of a normal business day. This branch i
“TATIYAMPI BUDDHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Buddha I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI DHAMMAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Dharma I go for Refuge.”
“TATIYAMPI SANGHAM SARANAM GACCHAMI
For the third time, to the Sangha I go for Refuge.”
The Refuges are always repeated thrice to ensure that the mind of the person taking them is fully aware of what has been said. They are recited either in Pali or English as given above, or in Sanskrit, which is as follows:
“NAMO BUDDHAYA
NAMO DHARMAYA
NAMO SANGHAYA”
Then the monk chants the FIVE PRECEPTS (Pancasila) one by one which the aspirant repeats after him. The Fire Precepts may be called the “Dharma for human beings” as their practice will make our world more bearable to live in and they are the basic and minimal observance of moral conduct by a Buddhist. They teach him to refrain from killing, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying and taking intoxicants of any kind.
Going-for-Refuge to the Three Jewels is therefore an open declaration that we are Buddhists. The prayer said should not be mere recitation but should bring to our minf that the treasures in this lifetime consists of the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. We should understand fully what we are declaring so that we will commit ourselves to the declaration that we have made.
THE BUDDHA
What is meant by going for a Refuge to the Buddha? Do we know who is the Buddha or what is the Buddha? Surprisingly, many Buddhists in this country have only a vague idea of Him. Many also believe that they are Buddhists just because they think that their parents are Buddhists by their acts of offering incense to their family altar which, in fact, is ancestral worship and has nothing to do with Buddhism. Therefore it is important that such people be taught not only of who or what the Buddha is but what the Buddha is not.
The Buddha is not God or a deity whom one should pray to for some fulfillment in life. The Buddha is not an incarnation of God like Jesus Christ is to the Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going fo
A brilliant handset of the N-series, the Nokia N73 is an upgraded version of the Nokia N70. Based on the advanced Symbian OS 60 operating system, the Nokia N70 offers you brilliant multimedia features 3G features. The Nokia N73 offers you seamless connectivity through the world with a Quadband operating frequency. You can click brilliant snaps with the Nokia N73 with a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Optics Tessar Lens. This camera gives you excellent picture quality a 20x digital zoom and autofocus. The Nokia N73 is a specialized camera phone with advanced options like brightness, colours and scenes settings. Enjoy a superb music experience with an MP3 player and an FM radio in the Nokia N73.You can also interact with the dif
THE BUDDHA
What is meant by going for a Refuge to the Buddha? Do we know who is the Buddha or what is the Buddha? Surprisingly, many Buddhists in this country have only a vague idea of Him. Many also believe that they are Buddhists just because they think that their parents are Buddhists by their acts of offering incense to their family altar which, in fact, is ancestral worship and has nothing to do with Buddhism. Therefore it is important that such people be taught not only of who or what the Buddha is but what the Buddha is not.
The Buddha is not God or a deity whom one should pray to for some fulfillment in life. The Buddha is not an incarnation of God like Jesus Christ is to the Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going fo
These are words from a famous speech given by Winston Churchill after the British evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940.For those of you of a younger generation who have not studied history, search for the speech on the net, and read the last paragraph slowly. Even today, one cannot fail to be moved to action by the stirring words.Though the words were written 60 years ago, they still have relevance to us would-be internet marketers today, even though our problems are miniscule when compared to Churchill’s.You see, when the going got really tough, he didn’t say “OK Adolf, you win, I give up” – he just got more determined, and instilled this determination in his people. If only Britain had a leader that could do that today!e Christians. He is not a prophet nor a messenger of God. The Buddha does not answer your wishes or bring you to heaven just because you have accepted him as your Saviour. He is not the creator who decides the destinies of your life nor can he save you if you have not lived a wholesome life. However, the Buddha can show the way by mans of which you have to save yourself. This means that only you can save yourself and that you will have to work very hard at it in order to save yourself.
So if the Buddha is not God, who or what is He? He is a human being but a very special human being, one who has gained what we call “Enlightenment”. He is the fully Awakened One and He is one who has become free from all kinds of worldly passions; whose mind is pure; whose mind is full of wisdom; whose mind is full of love and compassion towards all sentient beings; a super human, the purest, the noblest and most virtuous of beings. All these qualities He possesses in the highest possible degree. This is but a brief description that one can make of a Buddha. Going for Refuge to the Buddha therefore means taking and accepting the Buddha as our ideal. The Buddha was a man such as we, so what He achieved, we too can achieve. If we accept this, if we act upon this, if we sincerely follow the path that has been trodden by the Buddha, then we are really going for Refuge to the Buddha – the First Refuge.
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