Dear brother Sukhdev,

It is also a good idea for you to follow the recommendations of brother Piya Tan. It is your merit to have so many good brothers to care for you.
True followers of Lord Buddha are never selfish, and very important, they are not superstiscious. They believe in Kama and understand annica, duka and anata. We are not created by God, we undergo uncountable rebirths due to ignorance. Due to such ignorance, we create kama, we cling to our craving, never let go, thus we are reborn according to our previous actions (good and bad kama). Being born in Heaven also facing death. To stop the rebirth is to achieve Nibbana.

Lastly, please do not forget to visit to the Nibbana Vihara at Kajang. You are able to learn meditation all year round from the monks there.
(I have read from their magazine stated that they also conduct Pali class.)

If you happen to visit to Penang, please do not forget to pay a personal visit to Ven. Suvano at MITOSI Temple near to Penang Hill. You will gain Dhama knowledges from him.

Sadhu, Sadhu, Sadhu.

From: Ang


Sukhdev Singh <sukh2val@...> wrote:

Respected members of this forum,

My name is Sukhdev Singh, male aged 44, living in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I learnt about this forum
through the Theravada-my (yahoo group) forum. I am
very intersted to learn Pali.

I am new in the Dhamma, about just over three months.
No one introduced it to me. I just happened to come
across some Buddhist literature while trying to seek
some facts of life by studying my native religion,
Sikhism, as well as some western philosophy.

I think that it was the shockingly intelectual and
empirical nature of the Buddha's methods and
viewpoints that hooked me.

Mentally, I have already rejected almost everything
about my native religion, Sikhism. It simply doesn't
answer all the questions. All it tells you to do is
to be more obedient and more devoted to the "Guru".
To do that, you have to stop asking questions and put
more effort into devotion, something I got extrememly
tired of doing.

Just these three months of reading of the Buddha's
methods and viewpoints has taught me more about life
than all the Sikhism (or even philosophy) I have ever
studied and all the devotional practices that I have
ever carried out.

Praise be to The Enlightened One
Praise be to The Path to Enlightenment
Praise be to The Community of The Enlightened

Thank you

Sukhdev Singh
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

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