Ashoka Maitrey Foundation

Welcome to Our Ashoka Maitrey Foundation !

Ashoka Maitrey Foundation Mission Statement Founded in 2016 and based in the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Magasvargiy Trust - Nagpur, Ashoka Maitrey Foundation is an online multimedia platform providing a diverse range of English , Marathi and Hindi languages Buddhist content to the world, centered on the Dharma and dedicated to serving Buddhist communities and helping practitioners navigate their spiritual path.

Our diverse and inclusive editorial content encompasses:

Buddhist studies and philosophy

Indian Buddhist thought, culture, and history

Meditation, mindfulness, and psychology

Buddhist art and culture

Engaged Buddhism

Buddhist history and heritage

Sustainable living in harmony with the natural environment

Current events in contemporary Buddhism

Ashoka Maitrey Foundation is expressly non-sectarian and strives to promote an egalitarian, progressive vision of Buddhism that embraces all Buddhist traditions. In line with our vision of a free and open medium for sharing the riches of the Dharma through which individuals and communities can learn, connect, and interact our content is, and always will be, freely available to all.
To meet with Buddhist monks and lay friends with similar ideas, engage in useful discussions and exchange ideas to live a peaceful and successful life and help each other
To show their children the values of Buddha’s teachings and through that provide them with guidance to achive success and lead a peaceful life.

Meditation

What is Meditation?

Answer

Meditation is a conscious effort to change how the mind works. The Pali word for meditation is 'bhavana' which means 'to make grow' or 'to develop'

Buddhas Teachings

These teachings which include the Sutra of the Four Noble Truths and other discourses, are the principal source of the Hinayana, or Lesser Vehicle, of Buddhism

About Buddhism

Dharma Chakra

Dhamma is a Pali word which means teachings and doctrines of the Buddha.

Eightfold Path

Eightfold Path, Pali Atthangika-magga, Sanskrit Astangika-marga.

Five Principles of Panchsheel

1. No killing, 2. No stealing, 3. No sexual misconduct, 4. No lying, 5. No intoxicants

Karma and Intention

"What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday, and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind

Nirvana

Nirvana literally means extinguishing or unbinding.

Four Noble Truths

The Four Noble Truths which came to the Buddha at the enlightenment, revolves around the logical process of seeing life, seeing all actions, not as we wish to see them, but as they really are.