Saturday, 31 March 2012
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
True, false or in suspend?
There are times when we hear things that we do not know.
Sometime the option is not only true or false and right or wrong.
Sometimes we can not conclude and suspend it for now.
Suspend the decision, examine it in the future and come back to it later.
The advantage is that it will let us expand our understanding and keep us humble.
Sometime the option is not only true or false and right or wrong.
Sometimes we can not conclude and suspend it for now.
Suspend the decision, examine it in the future and come back to it later.
The advantage is that it will let us expand our understanding and keep us humble.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
True greatness
How can a man claim to be great,
when he has not yet conquer
his own greed, anger and delusion?
Only those who can truly remove these impurities,
Can he be regarded as great!
when he has not yet conquer
his own greed, anger and delusion?
Only those who can truly remove these impurities,
Can he be regarded as great!
Like a dream
"Life is a journey.
Death is a return to earth.
The universe is like an inn.
The passing years are like dust.
Regard this phantom world
As a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp - a phantom - and a dream" ~ Buddha
Death is a return to earth.
The universe is like an inn.
The passing years are like dust.
Regard this phantom world
As a star at dawn, a bubble in a stream,
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp - a phantom - and a dream" ~ Buddha
A very profound path ~ the extinguish of lust & ignorance, the development of tranquillity & insight (wisdom)
"Two things partake of supreme knowledge. What two? Tranquility and insight.
If tranquility is developed , what benefit does it bring? The mind becomes developed. And what is the benefit of a developed mind? All lust is abandoned.
If insight is developed, what benefit does it bring? Wisdom becomes developed. And what is the benefit of developed wisdom? All ignorance is abandoned.
A mind defiled by lust is not freed; and wisdom defiled by ignorance cannot develop. Thus, through the fading away of lust there is liberation of mind; and through the fading away of ignorance there is liberation by wisdom." ~ Buddha
If tranquility is developed , what benefit does it bring? The mind becomes developed. And what is the benefit of a developed mind? All lust is abandoned.
If insight is developed, what benefit does it bring? Wisdom becomes developed. And what is the benefit of developed wisdom? All ignorance is abandoned.
A mind defiled by lust is not freed; and wisdom defiled by ignorance cannot develop. Thus, through the fading away of lust there is liberation of mind; and through the fading away of ignorance there is liberation by wisdom." ~ Buddha
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