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    Springs from the Heart
    Springs from the Heart
    Springs from the Heart
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    Springs from the Heart

    By Upul Nishantha Gamage

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    The head is open to a world full of arguments, but the heart is close. The head goes after ideas and knowledge, but the heart is quiet. The head goes with pretension, but the heart goes with honesty.The head cannot change a person, but the heart can.The heart changes upon meeting a living exemplar who experiences the Dhamma. The heart, not the head, sees the peaceful way of living of the exemplar.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUpul Nishantha Gamage
    Release dateJul 28, 2017
    ISBN9781370006861
    Springs from the Heart
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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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      Springs from the Heart - Upul Nishantha Gamage

      Springs from the Heart

      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

      For further readings and audios

      www.nilambe.net

      www.nilambe-deshana.net

      For further information

      upulnilambe@yahoo.com

      ISBN 978 – 955 – 54570 – 5 – 7

      Copyright © Upul Nishantha Gamage

      November 2013

      Printer:

      Sanduni Offset Printers (Pvt.) Ltd.

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

      Sarasavi Uyana, Peradeniya

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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

      13. No burning

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      Dhamma Dāna

      May this be a tribute to those who are

      yet to be blossomed!

      Upali Illangasekera

      Chintha Illangasekera

      The head is open to a world full of arguments, but the heart is close. The head goes after ideas and knowledge, but the heart is quiet. The head goes with pretension, but the heart goes with honesty. The head cannot change a person, but the heart can.

      The heart changes upon meeting a living exemplar who experiences the Dhamma. The heart, not the head, sees the peaceful way of living of the exemplar. The heart, not the head, is curious to experience the wonder of such a way of living. So the heart opens and starts looking for truth through the experiences of the exemplar. As a result, confidence (saddhā) springs from the heart. Having sprung, the confidence ensures your inner beauty and morality and makes you see the world with the eyes of Dhamma, while making you spiritually healthier day by day.

      CONTENTS

      1. The path and the walk

      2. A wheel of a machine

      3. Understanding and freedom

      4. Curiosity

      5. Doubts and queries

      6. Advice for hectic people

      7. A messy head

      8. Fate of butter

      9. Preparing your hands

      10. The leaning tree

      11. Be generous out of the circle!

      12. Faith vs confidence

      13. The wealth of the truly wealth

      14.

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