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மற்றும்
தென்னிந்திய ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர் திரு *அசோக்சித்தார்த்,MP.*
அவர்களின் அறிவுறுத்தல்கள்படி மாநில தலைவர் திரு *K.ஆம்ஸ்ட்ராங்* BA,BL., அவர்கள் தலைமையில் நடைபெறவுள்ளது..

இதில் சிறப்பு அழைப்பாளர்களாக

_தென்னிந்திய ஒருங்கிணைப்பாளர்கள்_

திரு *அம்பேத்ராஜன்* Ex.MP அவர்களும்,

திரு *M.கோபிநாத்* அவர்களும்,

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கலந்து கொள்கின்றனர்..

ஆகவே மாநில, மாவட்ட, தொகுதி நிர்வாகிகள் அனைவரும் தவறாமல் பங்கேற்க்குமாறு அன்புடன் கேட்டுக்கொள்கிறேன்..
*குறிப்பு* :-
ஒரு மாவட்டத்தில்
எத்தனை சட்டமன்றத் தொகுதி உள்ளது. அதில்
எத்தனை ஒன்றியம் உள்ளது.
அதில் எத்தனை பஞ்சாயத்து உள்ளது. நகரமாக இருப்பின் வார்டுகள்..
அதில் எத்தனை பூத்க்கள் உள்ளது.. ஒவ்வொரு பஞ்சாயத்து மற்றும் நகர வார்டுகளில் மொத்த மக்கள் தொகை மற்றும் SC/ST மக்கள் தொகை போன்ற விவரங்களை ஸ்பைரல் பைண்டிங் செய்து எடுத்து வரவும்..

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This course seeks to give clear and inspiring answers to many of life’s big questions:

• What clues do science and the world’s religions give about the meaning and purpose of life?
• Is science the ultimate guide to the deepest truth of life?
• Why do the many world religions offer such different pictures of the meaning of life?
• What practices can bring God, or a divine reality, into your own experience?
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Vipassana Fellowship Meditation Course

An established online course in Mindfulness Meditation as found in the Serenity and Insight traditions of early Buddhism.

Please join us for one of our 10 week courses:

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Vipassana Fellowship’s online meditation courses have been offered since 1997 and have proven helpful to meditators in many countries around the world. The main text is based on a tried and tested format and serves as a practical introduction to samatha (tranquility) and vipassana (insight) techniques from the Theravada tradition of Buddhism. Intended primarily for beginners, the 10 week course is also suitable for experienced meditators who wish to explore different aspects of the tradition. The emphasis is on building a sustainable and balanced meditation practice that is compatible with lay life. The course is led by Andrew Quernmore, a meditation teacher for over 20 years and with a personal meditation practice of more than 35 years. Andrew trained with teachers in Sri Lanka and in England and has taught meditation in London colleges and at retreats in the UK, Europe and Asia. The course is delivered wholly online in our Course Campus.

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Participants in our earlier course wrote:

“What a wonderful experience this has been. The course was so well organized, easily accessible, affordable, systematic, and comprehensive. I will always be grateful for this experience in my journey.” L, USA

“I found the course immensely useful, accessible and extremely thought-provoking.” - A, UK

“I didn’t finish everything, but what I was able to experience was profound. Thank you so much for the tremendous wealth of thinking and peace contained within your course.” - N, USA

“I found it very helpful and well structured. It helped me establish a daily practice throughout the duration and to learn a lot” - I, Argentina

“When I applied to join the course, I was struggling in my practice and had lost heart. I can’t sufficiently express my appreciation and gratitude for the wonderful resource you offer. The content was immediately engaging, and was throughout delivered with clarity and thoughtful care. Perhaps I can best express feedback in terms of how differently things feel having completed the course. The words that pop up are refreshment, reinvigorated, revival; joyful reconnection and commitment. Thank you.” - E, UK

“Before joining this course I was doing meditation but not with such discipline and without any structure. This course showed me many beautiful aspects of meditation which I have read before but not experienced. My sincere thanks to you and all people working for this online course. This is great help to people who cannot go physically to Ashrams to attend and practice.” S, India

“I greatly enjoyed it! And found it to be a great introduction to various meditation techniques.” - M, Hong Kong

“I very much appreciated the structure of the course and the exercises, which made it easy to integrate them into normal everyday life. Not being in a retreat but living in normal circumstances while practicing the exercises has enabled me to more and more notice phenomena arising in particular situations and I indeed started to learn and observe how suffering is created in everyday life situations and what suffering feels like. (A bit like ‘training on the job.’) Also I noticed insights arising, literally out of nowhere.” - A, Germany

“am very happy with the offered course, and Andrew’s use of personal perspective really helped me understand things better. Although I’ve previously used Vipassana meditation, this course really brought it together for me.” J, USA

“Meditations of Loving-Kindness, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, Equanimity etc. will no doubt help to maintain an emotional balance in the midst of discouraging vicissitudes of life. All in all the package was complete, precise and well crafted for the development of mind. Thank you, with your help I began the journey. And hope, will continue till the end.” J, India

“Truly memorable experience. Am determined more than ever to continue my practice and perpetual exploration. Thanks for taking us through this journey.” G, India

“I enjoyed very much the January meditation course. Although I’ve done a few of those 10 day courses, this online course taught me new techniques that I find helpful. I also enjoyed the readings and found Andrew’s style of writing to be very pleasing to read. He doesn’t shove the text down one’s throat. Instead, he imparts the information in a way which is easy to read and leaves the reader feeling at ease - as though this is really doable if only one approaches it with a relaxed and calm attitude. Thanks Andrew! I hope we meet someday!” - A, USA

Recent comments:

“This course has been very helpful to me in establishing a daily practice.” - D, USA

“I have learned much and my meditation practice has benefitted greatly…” - C, Australia

“I would like to thank you for your well structured, informative and personal course, it helped me for 3 months in a great way and left me determine to continue meditation practice…” - T, Qatar

“Wonderful course. Like a guided stroll through a wondrous rainforest. Rough terrain and stormy weather were dealt with gently but profoundly. Beauty was to be rejoiced in. Student discussion was fun and educative. Both my meditation practise and my Buddhism grew exponentially. Thank you Andrew and all participants.” -S, Australia

“I enjoyed your course. I meditate each morning…” - A, USA

“Thank you very much for the Vipassana course! … I kept up, learned, and benefitted in what feels like a major way.” - M, USA

“Impermanence! I do not like endings. Thank you so much for offering this meditation course to the world. I was so happy to find it.” - S, Canada

“Hi, I have just completed the course. It was fantastic, life altering. Feel very sad that it is finished. I have now established a daily meditation practice and will try to find a group in Sydney to further my dhamma practice. Thank you, it really has been a remarkable experience. I will join the Parisa and stay in touch with this organization. I have NO complaints only gratitude. Thank you.” - K, Australia

“As we near the end of the course I just want to say ‘thank you’ for your work on it and share some of my thinking and experience at thsi point. Ive found the different aproaches to meditation interesting and useful and have appreciated your focus on practicalities. The frequently asked questions have helped to avoid my inundating you with questions, as many people have clearly walked the path before asking them! … I am happy that it is a practical philosophy for living an ethical life, I like the emphasis on acting skillfully, feel that individual responsibility for ones actions (rather than relying on redemption) makes sense … Thank you for a very accessible path! - J, UK

Earlier comments

Dhamma Essay:
Path and Fruit by Ayya Khema

The purpose of this website is to propagate Buddha Dharma to the whole world. As we all know that this is the Dharma-Ending age, Buddhism is getting weaker whereas our worldy desires grow stronger.

As said before by Shakyamuni Buddha (Scripture Preached by the Buddha on the Total Extinction of the Dharma), in this Dharma-Ending age all Buddhist-Sutras will disappear slowly one by one, starting with Shurangama Sutra and the last one to be Amitabha Infinite Life Sutra. After the first sutra is gone, the world will start to enter a chaotic time where evil deeds will become daily routines.

Excerpt from Shurangama Sutra:
…”In fifty-two years after that, the Shurangama Scripture and the pratyutpanna-samádhi will prematurely change and vanish, and shortly afterwards the twelve divisions of the Mahayana canon will also be destroyed in their entirety, and will not appear again. The robes of the monks will spontaneously turn white.

“When my Dharma is destroyed, the process will be comparable to an oil lamp, which, drawing close to the time it will go out, will shed an even greater radiance and brilliance, and then be extinguished. When my Dharma is destroyed, it will surely be like a lamp going out….

Excerpt from Infinite Life Sutra:
… The Buddha further said, “I have expounded this teaching for the sake of sentient beings and enabled you to see Amitayus and all in his land. Strive to do what you should. After I have passed into Nirvana, do not allow doubt to arise. In the future, the Buddhist scriptures and teachings will perish. But, out of pity and compassion, I will especially preserve this sutra and maintain it in the world for a hundred years more. Those beings who encounter it will attain deliverance in accord with their aspirations.

The Buddha said to Maitreya, “It is difficult to encounter and behold Tathagata when he is in this world. Difficult of access, difficult to hear are the Buddhas’ teachings and scriptures. It is also difficult to hear the excellent teachings for bodhisattvas, the Paramitas. Difficult too is it to meet a good teacher, to hear the Dharma and perform the practices. But most difficult of all difficulties is to hear this sutra, have faith in it with joy and hold fast to it. Nothing is more difficult than this. Thus have I formed my Dharma, thus have I expounded my Dharma, and thus have I taught my Dharma. You must receive it and practice it by the method prescribed.”…
This website hosts the complete list of all the Buddhist Sutras, including the Shurangama and Infinite Life Sutra. Hopefully we all can keep this site up and running for a long period of time, thus prolonging the sutra disappearance from happening.

http://buddhasutra.com/files/a_little_spell_of_emptiness.htm

I, Ánanda, Live in the Fullness of Emptiness
Empty of Empty Habits
Not an Empty Habitat

A Little Spell of Emptiness

Translated from the Pali by Michael Olds
I hear tell:

Once Upon A Time, The Lucky Man, Savatthi-Town, East-Park, The Palace of Migara’s Mother came-a-visiting. At this time, Ánanda, just emerging from his afternoon’s sit down practice, went to the Teacher, greeted him, and sat down to one side. There he said:

Sir, at one time, The Lucky Man was residing among the Sakyans in the market town of Nagaraka, and I, also, was there. In that place, I recall having heard, learnt, studied, grasped, face-to-face with the Lucky Man, this statement made by him: “At this time, Ánanda, I reside in the fullness of emptiness.” Did I hear this correctly?

Yes, Ánanda, you heard, learnt, studied, grasped this correctly. Previously, as well as now, I reside in the fullness of emptiness.

In the same way, Ánanda, as this Palace of Migara’s Mother [1] is empty of the disturbances of the city: empty of elephants, cows, horses, asses; empty of dealings with gold and silver; empty of groups of men and women, and there is only this that remains to disturb the emptiness: that is, the vibration emanating off the beggars here; in the same way, a beggar, paying no attention to the disturbances of the city, paying no attention to human beings, pays attention only to the vibration emanating off the forest. He takes to paying attention only to perception of the forest, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of the city. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of human beings. This way there is only that disturbance which emanates off perception of the forest.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the city. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of human beings. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the forest.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present; and, with regard to what remains, he understands that: ‘That being; this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to human beings, paying no attention to the forest, he takes to paying attention only to perception of earth, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

In the same way as he would regard a bull’s hide, stretched out to cure, held down by a hundred pegs, it’s life done gone; when he pays attention to earth, he does not think about anything on earth such as dry land or rivers or swamps or marshes with plants with branches and thorns or mountains or plains, but he only just pays attention to the vibration which emanates off perception of earth. He takes to paying attention only to perception of earth, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of human beings. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of the forest.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of human beings. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the forest. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of earth.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present; and, with regard to what remains, he understands that: ‘That being; this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to the forest, paying no attention to earth, he takes to paying attention only to perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of the forest. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of earth.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the forest. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of earth. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Space.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to earth, paying no attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Space, he takes to paying attention only to perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of earth. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of earth. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Space, paying no attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness, he takes to paying attention only to perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way there is no disturbance emanating from the perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Space. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the Sphere Where No Thing’s There.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness, paying no attention to The Sphere Where No Thing’s There, he takes to paying attention only to perception of The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of the Sphere of Unlimited Consciousness. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from the perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the vibration which emanates off perception of the Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere Where No Thing’s There, paying no attention to The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception, he takes to paying attention only to the mental High-Getting that is Sign-less, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There. This way there is no disturbance emanating from perception of the Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception.” Thus: “This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere Where No Thing’s There. This way is empty of disturbance emanating from perception of The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness: that is, the six sense-realms bound to this body reacting to life.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And again, Ánanda, deeper than that, paying no attention to The Sphere Where No Thing’s There, paying no attention to The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non Perception, he takes to paying attention only to the mental High-Getting that is Sign-less, and cleans out, tidies up and liberates his mind.

He understands: “This Mental High-Getting that is Sign-less is something that has been constructed, thought out. Whatever has been constructed or thought out is subject to change and coming to an end.” Knowing and seeing this, his heart is free from the grip of sense pleasures, his heart is freed from the grip of living, his mind is free from the grip of blindness. In Freedom comes the knowledge of Freedom, and he knows: “Left Behind is Rebirth, Lived is the Best of Lives, Done is Duty’s Doing, Crossed over Am I; No More It’n and At’n for Me!”

He understands: “This way there is no disturbance emanating from the grip of sense pleasures. This way there is no disturbance emanating from the grip of living. This way there is no disturbance emanating from the grip of blindness.” Thus: “This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from the grip of sense pleasures. This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from the grip of living. This way is empty of the disturbance emanating from the grip of blindness. This way there is only this that disturbs the emptiness, that is the six sense-realms bound to this body reacting to life.”

In this way he regards that which is present as empty of that which is not present, and, with regard to what remains, he understands that ‘That being, this is.’

Thus, Ánanda, there is in the case of this case, a sitting-down-to-empty-out that results in surpassing purity.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen of the long distant past who attained the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and made it a habitat, all of them did so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness and making it a habitat.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen who in the far distant future will attain the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and make it a habitat, all of them will do so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness and making it a habitat.

And, Ánanda, all those Shamen or Brahmen who at present are able to attain the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and make it a habitat, all of them do so by attaining this same highest surpassing purity of emptiness and making it a habitat.

Wherefore, Ánanda, train yourself this way: “I will attain the highest surpassing purity of emptiness and make a habitat of that.”

Footnote:

[1] Pasade: Palace, Balustrade, Terraced house; as we understand it today not much more elegant than what would have been a well constructed two-story adobe home in what we might call an “open space preserve” — a bit of forest nearby town. The Palace was apparently covered top to bottom in precious rugs and cloth coverings.