Anything which is troubling you
Comment
April 3, 2017
Anything which is troubling you, anything which is irritating you, THAT is your teacher. ~Ajahn Chah
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The Story of Thera Udayi
Comment April 3, 2017
Verse 64: A fool, even though he is associated with a wise man all his life, does not understand the Dhamma, just as a ladle does not know the taste of soup.
The Story of Thera Udayi
While residing at tho Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (64) of this book, with reference to Thera Udayi, a pretentious bhikkhu.
Thera Udayi would often go and sit on the platform from which learned theras delivered their discourses. On one occasion, some visiting bhikkhus, taking him for a very learned thera, put to him some questions on the five aggregates (khandhas). Thera Udayi could not answer, because he did not know anything of the dhamma. The visiting bhikkhus were greatly astonished to find that one staying in the same monastery with the Buddha knew so very little about the khandhas and the ayatanas (sense-bases and sense-objects).
To them, the Buddha spoke in verse as follows:
Verse 64: A fool, even though he is associated with a wise man all his life, does not understand the Dhamma, just as a ladle does not know the taste of soup.
At the end of the discourse, all the visiting bhikkhus attained arahatship.
Dhammapada Verse 64
Udayitthera VatthuYavajivampi ce balo
panditam payirupasati
na so dhammam vijanati
dabbi suparasam yatha.Source: Tipitaka
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Gentleness…
Comment April 1, 2017Gentleness is the value and quality of one’s character. Gentleness is considered to play a very important role in life.
Gentleness means recognizing that the world around us is fragile, especially other people. It is recognizing our own capacity to do harm and choosing instead to be tender, soft-spoken, soft-hearted, and careful. When we are gentle we touch the world in ways that protect and preserve it.
Being gentle doesn’t mean being weak; gentleness can be firm, even powerful. To behave in a gentle manner requires that we stay centered in our own values and strength — that we are active rather than reactive. Coming from this center, a gentle word or touch can channel our energy into healing or making peace. ~Joseph Jung
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Leaving it alone…
Comment April 1, 2017Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. ~Alan Watts
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The sun was warm but the wind was chill…
Comment April 1, 2017
The sun was warm but the wind was chill.
You know how it is with an April day.
When the sun is out and the wind is still,
You’re one month on in the middle of May.
But if you so much as dare to speak,
a cloud come over the sunlit arch,
And wind comes off a frozen peak,
And you’re two months back in the middle of March.~ Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time, 1926
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Only when you can…
Comment March 31, 2017Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong. ~Zen Proverb
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Have good trust in yourself …
Comment March 27, 2017Have good trust in yourself … not in the One that you think you should be, but in the One that you are. ~Maezumi Roshi
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Melting our attachment to self
Comment March 27, 2017Melting our attachment to self is the most powerful medication for bringing mental and emotional imbalances in check. ~ Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche
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Nothing ever exists entirely alone
Comment March 27, 2017Nothing ever exists entirely alone. Everything is in relation to everything else. ~Buddha
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Too much past & not enough presence
Comment March 27, 2017Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence. ~Eckhart Tolle
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Khmer Tipitaka 1 – 110
ព្រះត្រៃបិដក ប្រែថា កញ្រ្ចែង ឬ ល្អី ៣ សម្រាប់ដាក់ផ្ទុកពាក្យពេចន៍នៃព្រះសម្មាសម្ពុទ្ធ
The Tipitaka or Pali canon, is the collection of primary Pali language texts which form the doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism. The three divisions of the Tipitaka are: Vinaya Pitaka, Sutta Pitaka, Abhidhamma Pitaka.
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Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows
Should anyone wish to ridicule me and make me an object of jest and scorn why should I possibly care if I have dedicated myself to others?
Let them do as they wish with me so long as it does not harm them. May no one who encounters me ever have an insignificant contact.
Regardless whether those whom I meet respond towards me with anger or faith, may the mere fact of our meeting contribute to the fulfilment of their wishes.
May the slander, harm and all forms of abuse that anyone should direct towards me act as a cause of their enlightenment.
As a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so the wise are not shaken by blame and praise. As a deep lake is clear and calm, so the wise become tranquil after they listened to the truth…
Good people walk on regardless of what happens to them. Good people do not babble on about their desires. Whether touched by happiness or by sorrow, the wise never appear elated or depressed. ~The Dhammapada
