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Showing posts with label Buddha's Quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buddha's Quotes. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Cankers
Monday, December 26, 2011
Respectable and Honorable Ones
Who is wise and virtuous,
Gentle and keen-witted,
Humble and amenable,
Such a one to honor may attain.
Who is energetic and not indolent,
In misfortune unshaken,
Flawless in manner and intelligent,
Such a one to honor may attain.
Who is hospitable and friendly,
Liberal and unselfish,
A guide, an instructor, a leader,
Such a one to honor may attain.
Generosity, sweet speech,
Helpfulness to others,
Impartiality to all,
As the case demands.
These four winning ways make the world go round,
As the linchpin in a moving car.
If these in the world exist not,
Neither mother nor father will receive,
Respect and honor from their children.
[Sigalovada Sutta]
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Wrongly Directed Mind is the Worse Enemy
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Lotus from the Mud
The lotus has its roots in the mud, Grows up through the deep water, And rises to the surface. It blooms into perfect beauty and purity in the sunlight. It is like the mind unfolding to perfect joy and wisdom.
Good and Evil
Monday, October 31, 2011
Buddha Saying: 10/31/2011
Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone. -Buddha
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Buddha Saying: 18/10/2011
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else. - Buddha
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Benefit Your Mind and It Should Benefit You
You can develop, cultivate, and protect your mind as you go for great benefits to come, says Buddha. You risk danger, suffering, and possibly harm if you don't. And if you go about in unproductive ways, or dangerous and harmful ways, you could be in for sufferings too. Therefore, for development work the help of a guru in the Self is indispensable after the guru takes charge out of compassion [Geta 32, 44]. Gracious gurus are not dispensed with in some of the major traditions of Buddhism either.
Now, what is given below in the form of capsules are extracts of presumably basic Buddhist teachings. My modifications are shown by the mark #. - TK
When developed and cultivated, the mind leads to great benefit and happiness; when undeveloped and uncultivated, it brings about stress, suffering, great harm. [Anguttara Nikaya 1.27-30]
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The two Nibbana-elements
These two Nibbana-elements were made known
By the Seeing One, stable and unattached:
One is the element seen here and now
With residue, but with the cord of being destroyed;
...The other, having no residue for the future,
Is that wherein all modes of being utterly cease.
Having understood the unconditioned state,
Released in mind with the cord of being destroyed,
They have attained to the Dhamma-essence.
Delighting in the destruction (of craving),
Those stable ones have abandoned all being.
[Iti 2.17; Iti 38]
(translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland)
The Buddha
Entangled by the bonds of hate, he who seeks his own happiness by inflicting pain on others, is never delivered from hatred. [Dhp. 290]
Monday, May 24, 2010
All processes are impermanent
The recollection of peace
There is one thing which, if practiced and developed conduces to letting go, giving up, stilling, calming, higher knowledge, awakening and to Nirvana. And what is that one thing? It is the recollection of peace. -Anguttara Nikaya I.29
Sunday, May 23, 2010
A person with good eyes
A person with good eyes, encountering a treacherous, uneven place, would try hard to avoid it. A wise person, in the world of life, should avoid evil deeds. [Ud 5.3]
-The Buddha
This holy life is lived for the abandoning of becoming
This world is burning.
Afflicted by contact,
it calls disease a "self,"
for by whatever means it construes [anything],
...that becomes otherwise from that.
Becoming otherwise,
the world is
held by becoming
afflicted by becoming
and yet delights
in that very becoming.
Where there's delight,
there is fear.
What one fears
is stressful.
This holy life is lived
for the abandoning of becoming.
[Ud 3.10 PTS: Ud 32 ]
Bound round with delusion
Bound round with delusion, the world only appears to be competent. Bound with acquisitions, foolish, surrounded by darkness, it seems eternal, but for one who sees, there is nothing. [Ud 7.10 PTS: Ud 79]
Saturday, May 22, 2010
True happiness
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. -The Buddha
Feeling of the Dislike for Evil
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. -The Buddha
Having Done What should Not be Done
One whose heart is overwhelmed by unrestrained covetousness will do what he should not do and neglect what he ought to do. And through that, his good name and his happiness will come to ruin.[AN 4:61] - The Buddha
Having understood the unconditioned state
Having understood the unconditioned state, Released in mind with the cord of being destroyed, They have attained to the Dhamma-essence. Delighting in the destruction (of craving), Those stable ones have abandoned all being. [Itivuttaka] - The Buddha
One should blame neither oneself nor others
When in contact with pleasure or pain in village or forest, one should blame neither oneself nor others. Contacts make contact dependent on a sense of acquisition. Where there's no sense of acquisition, contacts would make contact with what? [Ud 2.4] - The Buddha
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