There are two types of Buddhas. And both seemingly reach a level of enlightenment called Nirvana, the end of suffering (while still alive here on Earth) and acquire some supernatural powers. This is a brief about both types of Buddhas. In the Pali Canon, a collection of 16 volumes containing12,800 pages of translation about communications about the study of Buddha Dharma?s ideaology / spirituality, the transcripts reference two types of Buddhas. These are Samyaksambuddha o...

Buddha Dharma, known by many as Buddhism, is also referred to as "the teachings of the awakened one." It revolves around the teachings of Gautama Buddha or Pali Gotama Buddha, an India native from approximate fifth century, before (the) Common (or Christian) Era, and is also referred to as a religion, psychological discipline and a passage of life. History has it that Buddha was born a prince in Nepal, formerly Lumbini, to a wealthy family. Indulging in a life of luxury, h...

One of the greatest hinderances to answered prayer is when we ask with the wrong motive. Understanding God's nature and what He wants to do in response to our prayers will help us pray and receive answers to our prayers.

There's a new disease out there affecting almost everyone in today's world: It's called busy-itus. Almost everyone is over committed and over scheduled. And that means when it comes to the church and helping others, finding the time to do so becomes a major burden for many. How much do you care about the church? About God?s people? How much of your time is spent helping? giving?praying for your church? A lot of people give money to the church but much less give thems...

Across the globe, deep wounds in the collective psyche of mankind are surfacing to be healed. How do we heal that? We can change the world only as a result of what we ourselves become, and we start by accepting responsibility for everything in our lives. When we do this, our lives become a prayer - the highest expresson of being that is possible. Here is how one man changed the world by doing just that.

We all have moments of feeling helpless against the circumstances of daily life. But God made provision for our victory when He gave us His Word with all its inherent dunamis, overcoming power. All that remains to apply the Word in wisdom and watch it work according to Isaiah 55:11.

Have you ever had good intentions only to not follow through? Ever started out on a new goal only to give out of gas after a only short time? A common mistake we all make is to underestimate our own lack of strength, wisdom or creativity. We really believe we are a lot stronger and wiser than we are. We really believe we can do it by ourselves or handle things on our own. It seems ridiculous that we would "try" to live the Christian life in our "own" strength or resourcef...

There are two kinds of faith that exist. The first kind of faith is what I call ?real? faith. It is the explosion of something in the mind that says ?Yes, I believe that?. It is a discovery or a revelation. It starts in the mind. It is actually the mind saying to itself ?I know that is true?. In fact what the mind is saying is ?I believe that is true?. But the mind doesn?t really know the difference. To our minds, really believing something is really knowing something. Pro...

During His teaching about prayer, Jesus gave us this short parable about persevering in prayer. But this parable teaches us something very important that, if we don't know it, it could mean that our prayers will go unanswered.

Do you remember the famous movie of the early 80s "the Blues Brothers" with Dan Aykroyd and the late John Belushi. The two heroes were able to overcome all the obstacles in their way and to avoid their pursuers until the last scene of the film. "They'll never get caught. They're on a mission from God" was the tagline of the film. The current Brazilian national soccer team, which plays at the World Cup in Germany, reminded me of the Blues Brothers. Although they prefer samba m...