Biographies

Mahamegha is happy to introduce a new English Sadaham publication, written by Prajapathi Jayawardena. The short story Arahant Kondanna: the First Bhikkhu relates the story of Kondanna, who attended to the Bodhisatta during his quest for enlightenment and later became the first Noble Disciple in Gautama Buddha’s Dispensation by listening to the first discourse of the Buddha. A few days later, upon listening to the Anattalakkhana Sutta, Kondanna became an Arahant.

 In this book you will learn about the life of Sakka, the lord of the gods. You will hear many of his conversations with the Buddha as well as debates with other gods. Additionally, you will learn about Sakka's previous life as a human and the good actions he did that lead to his rebirth as a god. Stories of Sakka, Lord of Gods, is a translation of the Sakkasamyutta found in the Samyutta Nikaya. (This book is a translation of Buddhist scriptures found in the Sutta Pitaka, preserved in the Theravada Buddhist tradition.)

From this book you will learn about the lives and enlightenment of monks who followed the Buddha's path to the final end. This is a complete translation of the Theragatha.

From this book you will learn about the lives and enlightenment of monks who followed the Buddha's path to the final end. This is a complete translation of the Theragatha.

When we study the teachings of the Buddha in the Sutta Piṭaka and the Vinaya Piṭaka, the Buddha’s majestic glory and life free of defilements dazzle before our eyes. It is impossible to think of anything or anyone more wonderful and marvelous than the Buddha.Many books have been written on the life of the Buddha. But this book is not a scholarly study, rather, this book was written in the way that a disciple who has gone for refuge to the Buddha would view his Teacher.The life of the Blessed One, the Dhamma he realized, and his disciples born of the Dhamma—the Saṅgha—cannot be separated. In this biography of the Buddha, the interconnection of the Triple Gem has been taken into consideration as much as possible. Also, other beings such as devas and Brahmās who live in far-away worlds are mentioned to show the Buddha in his capacity as the supreme spiritual teacher of the universe, the teacher of devas and humans.If by reading Buddha: the Marvelous Sage someone is inspired to happily go for refuge to the Buddha by saying buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi, then the purpose of this book will have been served. Why so? Because to go for refuge to a Buddha is the rarest blessing a being can receive in saṃsāra.By reading this book, may you too have the good fortune to receive this blessing!Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnānānanda Thera

’’යක්කඩුවේ හිමියන්ගේ ජීවිතය අමුතුම පිළිවෙළේ. ඒ හාමුදුරුවන්ට ම ආවේණික වූ ජීවිතයකි. එය අන්‍යයන් විසින් අනුගමනය කළ හැකි හෝ කළ යුතු පිළිවෙළක් නොවේ. උන් වහන්සේ මුළු රාත්‍රිය ම වගේ වැඩ කරති; අලූයම් කාලයේ නින්දට ගොස් දවල් දානයට කල් ඇති ව අවදි වෙති. දවල් දානයෙන් පසු නැවතත් නොනවත්වා ම රෑ තුන හතර වන තුරු, ඉගෙනීම, ඉගැන්වීම, පාලන සංවිධාන ආදි අනේකප්‍රකාර වැඩවල වෙදෙති. කෙස් රැවුලු ඛාන්නේත් නොඛාම බැරි තරමට දික් වූ විට පමණි. බාහිර පෙනුම ගැන කිසි හැඟීමක් හෝ සැලකිල්ලක් නැත. ලෝකයේ නොයෙක් රටවල නොයෙක් තරාතිරම්වල අය දකින්ට ආශ්‍රය කරන්ට ලැබුණ නමුත්, මෙබඳු  පුද්ගලයෙක් නම් මට හමු වී නැත.’ "
මහාචාර්ය වල්පොළ රාහුල හිමි