The key to learning about dharma is putting it into regular practice. That's the first sentence you read at Dhamma.com, a Thai-language website with a listening room.

Click on "Hong Fung Dham" for lists of three sermons. It's recommended that you listen to no more than two at a time so that you can stay focused on the crux of the lessons as you put them into practice. 

Many of the sermons pertain to vipassana meditation and are given by such renowned monks as Luang Poh Cha Suphatto of Wat Nong Pa Pong in Ubon Ratchathani, Luang Poh Tian Jittasubho of Wat Sanamnai in Nonthaburi and Luang Poh Pramote Pramotecho of Suan Santidham in Chonburi.

One of the charms of the page is that visitors are advised against sticking to any one specific teacher in case they absorb some of his personal bias. So choose topics based on your interests. After 10 visits I still hadn't encountered any repetition.

For inner peace, the prayer room offers morning and evening prayers in the style of Wat Nong Pa Pong, in Pali with Thai translations, and a list of the benefits of prayer.     

Staying focused on the gist of the Buddha's teachings, the site's pages are simply designed, without pictures (though wallpaper images can be downloaded).

It's a noble effort by the content-provider, identified here only as  "khonjaidee".

By Analaya

Sunday Xpress