Majjhima Nikāya 27: Cūḷahatthipadopama Sutta
The Shorter Discourse On The Simile ofThe Elephant's Footprints.
Ven Dr. M. Punnaji Maha Thera
PART 1 - 25TH MARCH 2013
BUDDHIST MAHA VIHARA
Ven. Dr. Madawela Punnaji Maha Thera made it his life-long mission to research and uncover the original teachings of the Buddha, which he found to be uniquely unlike all major schools of Buddhism: Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana, including Zen and Pure-land Buddhism. His discoveries made him realize that Buddhism, in its original form, was not merely a religion of faith, prayer, and obedience to rules and rituals, but a timeless psychological methodology of growth and evolution of the human consciousness. His research goes beyond academics, it is experiential. Ven Punnaji takes the trouble to examine the Pali Canon closely, meticulously translating the relevant suttas word for word, with context in mind, clarifying the translation and interpretations with the most precise English words possible. This has empowered him to speak out of his own experience instead of merely repeating what one reads in books and scriptures based on grossly outdated traditional translations. Ven. Punnaji's interest in Western psychology led him to the discovery of a form of Buddhist Psychotherapy, which he thinks is the best way to introduce Buddhism to the modern world. Ven. Punnaji has played a significant role in the dissemination of Buddhism in the West and is well known to Buddhists around the world, in particular in Canada and United States. Sought by many globally as a resourceful spiritual guide and authority on the original teachings of the Buddha, Ven. Punnaji shares his time between Canada, United States, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other countries.
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