Das Buddhistische Haus - Berlin Frohnau

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14. bis 20.April 2010
Symposium with MonteCristo

In "Das Buddhistische Haus" living monks from Sri Lanka



Since the Vesakh celebration in 2007 Bhante Seelasumana lives and works in the Buddhist house. 1954 in Dickwella, Sri Lanka he bornly became a Samanera in Buduraya Maha Vehera Wewurukannala Dickwella consecrated in 1968. He got the higher Ordination of type 1976th. He studied at university of Peradeniya, university of Kelaniya and till 1997 at Colombo university with the degree Master of Arts. His branches contain Pali, Singhalese, economy sciences and Buddhistic philosophy. He taught at the Vidyatunga Piriwana in Wewurukannala, Dickwella. He is contact person in "Das Buddhistische Haus" for buddhist questions, conducts Dhammatalks, meditations and the Sunday school for children.		Bhante Dhamma Vijaya was born 1964 in Anuradhapura and he ordinat 1978 to a Samanera. He got the higher ordination in Panadura in 1985. He manner studied at the Royal Pandita (The Oriental study Society Sri Lanka) and closed with the Master of Arts at university from Kelaniya. He has traveled widely in India, Nepal, Japan, Germany, Austria, Itali and Great Britain. Ven. Dhamma Vijaya is also the Chief Monk of the Sri Sambodhi Bhavana Asapuwa, Kadawatha. He is a well known preacher and instructor in meditation. In "Das Buddhistische Haus" he is contact person for Buddhistic questions, conducts Dhammatalks, meditations and teaches Pali.

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50 years Buddhistic house An article by Janaka Perera

Our motto in Das Buddhistische Haus

What we do, everybody can see it.

What we talk, everybody can hear it.

What we think, everybody can know it.

(Dr. Paul Dahlke)

The Assurance of Free Inquiry

Throughout his teachings of the Dhamma (the Law of Nature) for forty-five years, the Buddha laid emphasis on analytical investigation, freedom of thought and the value of dissent. For the first time in human history we see a teacher i.e. the Buddha, calling on his listeners to think freely, without being bound by unverifiable propositions, solely due to the reason that they had been passed down from generation to generation. The Buddha taught his followers to use their critical faculty in defining what is good and wholesome. In one discourse, the Kalama Sutta (considered as the ''''Magna Carta'''' of Buddhism by some scholars) the Buddha draws attention to some fundamental rights and privileges for the seeker after the truth.

Buddha Statue

The Kalama Sutta (Anguttara-Nikaya III, 65)

Do not believe in anything (simply) because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe in anything because it is spoken and rumoured by many.
Do not believe in anything (simply) because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

When you yourself know:
''These things are profitable; these things are not profitable; these things are praised by the wise and cultivated by the wise, then accept and practise only what leads to welfare and happiness of both yourself and others.''

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Das Buddhistische Haus - Berlin-Frohnau - 2010