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Since the Poson celebration in 2010 Bhante K. Santharakkhitha lives and works in Das Buddhistische Haus, in Berlin - Frohnau. 1981 in Monaragala, Sri Lanka he bornly became a Samanera in Sri Maha Bodhi Viharaya Dehiwala consecrated in 1994. He got the higher Ordination of type 2001. He studied at Sri Ganeswara Piriwena, Colombo 02, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, B. A. (Hones) University of Kelania with the degree Master of Arts. His branches contain Pali, Singhalese, buddhist civilisation and buddhistic philosophy. He taught at the Sri Sumanathissa Piriwena in Dehiwala.
He is contact person in "Das Buddhistische Haus" for buddhist questions, conducts Dhammatalks, meditations and teaches Pali. |
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Bhikkhu Patimokkha -- Das Hauptregelwerk der buddhistischen Mönche (german) --> see here 
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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)
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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.
 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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