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    Seeing the Nature of the World
    Seeing the Nature of the World
    Seeing the Nature of the World
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    Seeing the Nature of the World

    By Upul Nishantha Gamage

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    Regardless of when and where humans lived, they suffered the most mentally, because a human mind can create suffering limitlessly. Physical suffering such as hunger and thirst has limits. However, suffering created by the mind has no limits. No other being has the ability to create problems in the mind like a human being. Such creativity in the human mind is used for creating problems.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpul Nishantha Gamage
    Release dateOct 16, 2017
    ISBN9781370854547
    Seeing the Nature of the World
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    Upul Nishantha Gamage

    Upul Nishantha Gamage, present resident meditation teacher, has been guiding thousands of people from different backgrounds who come to Nilambe to practice meditation. According to the article titled “Mistakes” published in Dhammaja (Nilambe Buddhist Meditation centre Newsletter-Volume 2, Jan 2009), he started meditation in 1977, at 13 years of age. At that time, he was instrumental in establishing a Youth Society at a Buddhist Temple near his parents’ house and got involved in many activities as the Secretary of the Society. In late 80’s, he had offered to help Godwin at a point where someone’s assistance with the activities at the Meditation Centre was vital. Subsequently, he had been introduced to those at the Centre by Godwin as the “new boss” of Nilambe. Ever since he has been a very dear friend and an outstanding Dhamma teacher for thousands of people who attend programs conducted by him, also many others who are yet to attend his programs and a counselor for those who are in need of counseling. Besides teaching at Nilambe, Upul conducts programs at prisons, schools, monasteries, private residences etc. He is regularly invited to conduct meditation retreats in Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. According to his teaching, practice of Meditation paves the path to help ourselves, to understand ourselves and to change ourselves for better as we are becoming more and more mindful about all our day-to-day activities. Moreover, Upul’s great ability to speak to our hearts and practical and philosophical way of presenting Dhamma has enormous power to make us practice Meditation in a joyful manner.

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      Seeing the Nature of the World - Upul Nishantha Gamage

      Seeing the Nature of the World

      Talk given by

      Upul Nishantha Gamage

      On May 24, 2013 (Vesak Full-moon Day)

      At Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre

      Translated and transcribed by

      Chamara Illeperuma

      Published by

      Nilambe Deshana Publication Board

      Nilambe Buddhist Meditation Centre

      Nilambe, Sri Lanka

      For further readings and audios

      www.nilambe.net

      www.nilambe-deshana.net

      For further information

      upulnilambe@yahoo.com

      ISBN 978 – 955 – 44634 – 1 – 7

      Copyright © Upul Nishantha Gamage

      August 2013

      Printer:

      Sanduni Offset Printers (Pvt.) Ltd.

      No. 4/1, Sarasavi Uyana Good Shed Road,

      Sarasavi Uyana, Peradeniya

      Tel./Fax 081-2387777

      Previous Publications of Light of Nilambe

      1. What is human life?

      2. Be an outsider if you want to change the inside

      3. Seeing emptiness

      4. Suffering is a dream

      5. In between happiness and unhappiness

      6. Buddhism = Heartfulness + Mindfulness

      7. No colour no shape

      8. Living with awareness & Watching thoughts and emotions

      9. Sit on your own seat

      10. Illusion of painful painkillers

      11. Disentangling tangles

      12. Rain of thoughts

      13. No burning

      14. Springs from the heart

      15. Multiple characters Multiple suffering

      16. Save time by investing in time

      17. Hatred, love & mettā

      18. Acquiring a mind like pure gold

      www.nilambe.net/light-of-nilambe.php

      FOR INFORMATION ON OBTAINING OR SPONSORING

      ANY LIGHT OF NILAMBE BOOKLETS PLEASE

      CONTACT: upulnilambe@yahoo.com

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      Dhamma Dāna

      In memory of our beloved father & mother

      Ridley Fernando & Violet Fernando

      May they attain Nibbāna!

      with Love and Gratitude

      Nalin- Sheela- Charith & Kasun

      Contents

      1. The most valuable gift

      2. Turning solutions into problems

      3. Filling the vacuum

      4. The three pieces of advice

      5. Not born by chance

      6. The most valuable and rare opportunity

      7. Duty of the Buddha

      8. Do not ignore

      9. No escaping

      10. Your life story

      11. Standing firm

      12. The greatest way of living

      13. Owning the unnecessary

      14. Non-existing

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