On the eve of Poson Full Moon day, which marks the introduction of Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the middle of the third century BC, a website was launched for the sole purpose of propagating the Buddha's teaching in exactly the way He preached. The distinction is because there is common acceptance that the Dhamma is being misinterpreted and presented in a distorted manner.
It was the fruition of an idea that came up during a visit to Australia by the young monk Talalle Chandakitti Thera, renowned for his simple and clever presentation of the Dhamma to audiences. The Sri Lankan community in the major cities in Australia listened to him and wanted to hear him more often. An enthusiastic individual came up with a solution. Let's start a website, he suggested.
On May 27, the website www.sambodhaya.com was launched. The main content is the sermons preached by Chandakitti Thera over the past few years. These have been uploaded both in video and audio formats. The subject matter being explanation of the numerous suttas preached by the Buddha. The sermons have been categorised neatly so that the viewer or the listener can pick and choose what he or she should listen to.
The website states that its objective is to correctly, clearly and in simple terms explain to the people the teachings of the Buddha meant for the success of mankind during both the present life and the next, paving the way to Nibbana.
The learned monks who delivered addresses at the launch of the website stressed that in recent times, the Dhamma is being distorted by various parties with a view to create confusion in the minds of the Buddhists. The monks cautioned that the Buddhists should be vigilant and identify these destructive elements.
Seth Pirith , Dham-macakkapavattana Sutta and Maha Pirith chanted by Chandakitti Thera can be downloaded from the website. Listening to the Jayamangala Gathas chanted by him will be a new experience. He details the significance of these and after reciting each Pali stanza, explains its meaning.
His discourses delivered at the fortnightly programme he conducts at the Narada Centre are also on the website.
Chandakitti Thera is a prolific writer. He has already published 34 Dhamma books, all of which are distributed free. He released four new titles at the website launch including two in English. These are titled 'I am not myself' & 'Controlling anger'.
The website devotes a page for community welfare projects initiated by Chandakitti Thera through the Dhammadeepa Foundation, which he founded. |
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