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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kalyanamithra" data-source="post: 2280886" data-attributes="member: 99586">Coming to Akarawathi Shraddha...Dear friends, If you do not know about Akaravathi Shraddha and want to know moreVen. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thero would provide a good starting point.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">"<a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/sadaham/Thora_Ganimu_Sabae_Nayakathwaya.pdf" target="_blank">Thora Ganimu Sebe Nayakathvaya</a>" (<a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/sadaham/Thora_Ganimu_Sabae_Nayakathwaya.pdf" target="_blank">තෝරා ගනිමු සැබෑ නායකත්වය</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">"<a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/sadaham/Sabae_Srawakayada_Oba.pdf" target="_blank">Sebe Shrawakaya da Oba?</a>" (<a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/sadaham/Sabae_Srawakayada_Oba.pdf" target="_blank">සැබෑ ශ්*රාවකයා ද ඔබ?</a>)</li> </ol>The page: <a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads_home.htm" target="_blank">http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads_home.htm</a> has lot more resources.  If you do not have faith in what a Thero/lay person says?It's good to have suspense; but one should not discard it without checking with Dhamma. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy    :)" data-shortname=":)" /> One should not take things with blind faith. Dhamma is a personal thing; any wrong interpretation is bad for oneself. Thus one should not rely on explanations/advice given by others (including people like me) unless he/she can be satisfied that they are in accordance with Dhamma. Best way to verify is independently checking what we read/listen against the Tipitaka (Buddhist canons); and inspecting with Yoniso Manasikara (i.e. thinking in accordance with Dhamma => this is possible once we understand the basics of Dhamma)Although not in simplified Sinhalese <a href="http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/" target="_blank">http://www.mettanet.org/tipitaka/</a> is a good resource. And we will be deduce this way whether what preached by a Thero/ a lay person is correct or not... When we begin to feel (gradually as we practice) that Dhamma could not have been originally disclosed by an ordinary person (like us) other than by- someone without defilements ('Keles') in the mind (Arahan) - who had attained perfect enlightment without outsider help (Sammasambuddha) - etc. We can be happy that we are in the correct path (eventhough we have far more to go)  We can judge that we have 'Akarawathi Shraddha' when we begin to see 'budu guna', 'dam guna', and 'sanga guna' as true with reasons.For instance, we'll be able to conclude Dhamma is Svakkatha seeing how well all aspects of Damma, dsiclosed in 1000s of Suttas agree in harmoney. We'll be able to realize that Dhamma is like a river flowing towards the ocean of Nibbana. <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/kalyanamithra/SF2vJbKUFeI/AAAAAAAAAzE/ljQ5zLnteWU/s400/dasabalaselappabhava.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[source: <a href="http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/thripitaka/Sanyuthaya_Nikaya_4_Part_02.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.gautamabuddha.org/downloads/pdf/thripitaka/Sanyuthaya_Nikaya_4_Part_02.pdf</a>] Theruwan saranai</blockquote>

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