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Meditation comprises a number of talents, which require development, cultivation, practice and usage. This entire activity or the process is known as meditation. It includes planting, cultivating, practicing and using some talents which are instrumental in helping us to live peacefully. It is our duty and responsibility to lead a peaceful life. It is nobody else’s responsibility, but ours.
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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No Burning - Upul Nishantha Gamage
No Burning
Talk given by
Upul Nishantha Gamage
On November 27, 2012 (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
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ISBN 978 – 955 – 54570 – 3 – 3
Copyright © Upul Nishantha Gamage
November 2013
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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
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Dhamma Dāna
In memory of
My beloved parents
May this merit be conducive for them to
attain Nibbana!
With Love & Gratitude
Shema Illeperuma
A fire may set in at any time and spread surrounding you. If you are fully awake, no fire can get close to you. If you are inside the cover or the shelter of mindfulness, fires like anger and desire can't burn you down to ashes. If you are fully extinct, it is impossible to set fire, even with gasoline, as no spark of fire is left. Therefore, give the first priority of your life to mindfulness. Be mindful in every moment!
CONTENTS
1. Where is meditation?
2. Our responsibility
3. Meeting yourself
4. Going with the flow
5. Unfulfilled list
6. Light in between
7. Two rare incidences
8. The truth about happiness
9. Clueless sleeper
10. Surrounded by