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 Posted October 23rd, 2007 12:52 IP   
Bhabba Suttha:
"Monks, one who hasn't abandoned nine things is incapable of realizing arahantship. Which nine?
Passion, aversion, delusion, anger, resentment, arrogance, insolence, envy, & stinginess. One who hasn't abandoned these nine things is incapable of realizing arahantship.
"One who has abandoned nine things is capable of realizing arahantship. Which nine? Passion, aversion, delusion, anger, resentment, arrogance, insolence, envy, & stinginess. One who has abandoned these nine things is capable of realizing arahantship."
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Posted November 17th, 2007 20:51 IP
Bodhisattva vows:
http://www.katinkahesselink.net/tib.../bodhisatva.htm
However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them.
However inexhaustible the defilements are, I vow to extinguish them.
However immeasurable the dharmas are, I vow to master them.
However incomparable enlightenment is, I vow to attain it.
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Countless sentient beings, I vow to help to cross the ocean of existence.
Eternal Sufferings, I vow to end.
Innumerable spiritual methods, I vow to study and comprehend.
The buddha's unsurpassable supreme dharma, I vow to realize.
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May I be a guard for those who are protectorless,
A guide for those who journey on the road;
For those who wish to go across the water,
May I be a boat, a raft, a bridge.
May I be an isle for those who yearn for landfall,
And a lamp for those who long for light;
For those who need a resting place, a bed,
For all who need a servant, may I be a slave.
May I be the wishing jewel, the vase of plenty,
A word of power, and the supreme remedy.
May I be the trees of miracles,
And for every being, the abundant cow.
Like the great earth and the other elements,
Enduring as the sky itself endures,
For the boundless multitude of living beings,
May I be the ground and vessel of their life.
Thus, for every single thing that lives,
In number like the boundless reaches of the sky,
May I be their sustenance and nourishment
Until they pass beyond the bounds of suffering
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Posted November 22nd, 2007 01:55 IP
"When one is cultivating one must direct one's thoughts to this problem of birth and death. One should take whichever demons one encounters as Dharma protectors. They have come for the sake of assisting you in cultivating the Way. If someone scolds you or hits you, he is helping you cultivate the Way. If there is someone who speaks about your rights and wrongs or gives you trouble, he too is helping you cultivate the Way. To sum it up, if something comes which goes against you, just take it by going along with it. In every case just take them to be friends who are simply helping you in your cultivation of the Way. In such a case, then as for afflictions, there just aren't any. If there are no afflictions, then one gives birth to wisdom. If one has genuine and correct wisdom, at such a time all of the demons are left with no way of coming and rattling your mind."
-- Hsuan Hua Shang Ren
More gems from Ven. Master Hsuan Hua
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Posted November 22nd, 2007 09:18 IP
Great stuff, I really enjoyed readig this, and the links I will read when I have time. Thanks! 
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Posted November 22nd, 2007 21:16 IP
Glad if you liked it, ML.
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Posted November 23rd, 2007 16:22 IP
Quotes from Ajahn Chah:
There are people who are born and die and never once are aware of their breath going in and out of their body. That’s how far away they live from themselves.
What is Dhamma? Nothing isn’t.
How does the Dhamma teach the proper way of life? It shows us how to live. It has many ways of showing it - on rocks or trees or just in front of you. It is a teaching but not in words. So still the mind, the heart, and learn to watch. You’ll find the whole Dhamma revealing itself here and now. At what other time and place are you going to look?
First you understand the Dhamma with your thoughts. If you begin to understand it, you will practice it. And if you practice it, you will begin to see it, you are the Dhamma and you have the joy of the Buddha.
Regardless of time and place, the whole practice of Dhamma comes to completion at the place where there is nothing. It’s the place of surrender, of emptiness, of laying down the burden. This is the finish.
The Dhamma is not far away. It’s right with us. The Dhamma isn’t about angels in the sky or anything like that. It’s simply about us, about what we are doing right now. Observe yourself. Sometimes there is happiness, sometimes suffering, sometimes comfort, sometimes pain …this is the Dhamma. Do you see it? To know this Dhamma, you have to read your experiences.
Only one book is worth reading: the heart.
If you’re allergic to one place, you’ll be allergic to every place. But it’s not the place outside you that’s causing you trouble. It’s the “place” inside you.
Because people don’t see themselves, they can commit all sorts of bad deeds. They don’t look at their own minds. When people are going to do something bad, they have to look around first to see if anyone is looking: “Will my mother see me?” “Will my husband see me?” “Will my children see me?” “Will my wife see me?” If there’s no one watching, then they go right ahead and do it. This is insulting themselves. They say no one is watching, so they quickly finish their bad deed before anyone will see. And what about themselves? Aren’t they a “somebody” watching?
Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water you throw out after washing your feet. Isn’t it wonderful how the sky can take that dirty water and change it into pure, clean water? Your mind can do the same with your defilements if you let it.
Don’t think that only sitting with the eyes closed is practice. If you do think this way, then quickly change your thinking. Steady practice is keeping mindful in every posture, whether sitting, walking, standing or lying down. When coming out of sitting, don’t think that you’re coming out of meditation, but that you are only changing postures. If you reflect in this way, you will have peace. Wherever you are, you will have this attitude of practice with you constantly. You will have a steady awareness within yourself.
I went all over looking for places to meditate. I didn’t realize it was already there, in my heart. All the meditation is right there inside you. Birth, old age, sickness, and death are right there within you. I traveled all over until I was ready to drop dead from exhaustion. Only then, when I stopped, did I find what I was looking for … inside me.
Don’t be attached to visions or lights in meditation, don’t rise or all with them. What’s so great about brightness? My flashlight has it. It can’t help us rid ourselves of our suffering.
In meditation practice, it is actually worse to be caught in calmness than to be stuck in agitation, because at least you will want to escape from agitation, whereas you are content to remain in calmness and not go any further. When blissful clear states arise from insight meditation practice, do not cling to them.
A devout elderly lady from a nearby province came on a pilgrimage to Wat Pah Pong. She told Ajahn Chah she could stay only a short time, as she had to return to take care of her grandchildren, and since she was an old lady, she asked if he could please give her a brief Dhamma talk. Ajahn Chah replied with great force, “Hay, listen! There’s no one here, just this! No owner, no one to be old, to be young, to be good or bad, weak or strong. Just this, that’s all - just various elements of nature going their own way, all empty. No one born and no one to die! Those who speak of birth and death are speaking the language of ignorant children. In the language of the heart, of Dhamma, there are no such things as birth and death.”
All bodies are composed of the four elements of earth, water, wind and fire. When they come together and form a body we say it’s a male, a female, giving it names, and so on, so that we can identify each other more easily. But actually there isn’t anyone there - only earth, water, wind and fire. Don’t get excited over it or infatuated by it. If you really look into it, you will not find anyone there.
One of my teachers ate very fast. He made noises as he ate. Yet he told us to eat slowly and mindfully. I used to watch him and get very upset. I suffered, but he didn’t! I watched the outside. Later I learned that some people drive very fast but carefully; others drive slowly and have many accidents. Don’t cling to rules, to outer form. If you watch others at most ten percent of the time and watch yourself ninety percent of the time, you practice is okay.
No one and nothing can free you but your own understanding.
One of Ajahn Chah’s disciples had a knee problem that could only be corrected by surgery. Although the doctors assured him that his knee would be well in a couple of weeks, months went by and it still hadn’t healed properly. When he saw Ajahn Chah again, he complained saying, “They said it wouldn’t take this long. It shouldn’t be this way.” Ajahn Chah laughed and said, “If it shouldn’t be this way, it wouldn’t be this way.”
Ajahn Chah listened to one of his disciples recite the Heart Sutra. When he had finished, Ajahn Chah said, “No emptiness either… no bodhisatta.” He then asked, “Where did the sutra come from?” “It’s reputed to have been spoken by the Buddha,” the follower replied. “No Buddha,” retorted Ajahn Chah. Then he said, “This is talking about deep wisdom beyond all conventions. How could we teach without them? We have to have names for things, isn’t that so?”
Once there was a layman who came to Ajahn Chah and asked him who Ajahn Chah was. Ajahn Chah, seeing that the spiritual development of the individual was not very advanced, pointed to himself and said, “This, this is Ajahn Chah.”
On another occasion, someone else asked Ajahn Chah the same question. This time, however, seeing that the questioner’s capacity to understand the Dhamma was higher, Ajahn Chah answered by saying “Ajahn Chah? There is NO Ajahn Chah.”
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Posted November 25th, 2007 10:58 IP
Zrianc....
Mahamangala Sutta
Discourse of the supreme blessings
I have heard that at one time the Blessed One was staying in Savatthi at Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's park. Then a certain deva, in the far extreme of the night, her extreme radiance lighting up the entirety of Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One. On approaching, having bowed down to the Blessed One, she stood to one side. As she stood to one side, she addressed him with a verse.
Bahu deva manussa ca
Mangalani acintayum
Akankha-mana sotthanam
Bruhi mangala muttamam
Many deities and humans, yearning after good,
have reflected on Blessings.
Pray, tell me the Supreme Blessings.
Buddha spoke:
Not to follow or associate with the foolish,
to associate with the wise,
and honour those who are worthy of honour.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
To reside in a civilised place,
to have done meritorious actions in the past,
and to have set oneself on the right course
This is the Supreme Blessing.
A good education, accomplished in many skills,
well disciplined
and pleasant speech.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
The support of mother and father,
the cherishing of spouse and children
and peaceful occupations.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
Liberality, righteous conduct,
the helping of relatives
and blameless action.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
To cease and abstain from evil,
to avoid intoxicants
and steadfastness in virtue.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
Patience, humility,
contentment and gratitude,
hearing the Dhamma at the right time
This is the Supreme Blessing.
Self-control, the holy life,
perception of the Noble Truths
and the realization of Nibbana.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
A mind that, when touched
by the ways of the world,
remains steady, unstained, sorrowless, and at peace.
This is the Supreme Blessing.
Everywhere undefeated
when acting in this way,
people go in well-being:
These are the Supreme Blessings.
Sutta Nipata II.4
http://www.buddhacommunity.org/mahamangala.htm
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Posted November 27th, 2007 02:55 IP
Clearly, buddha-dharma is not practiced for one's own sake, and even less for the sake of fame and profit. Just for the sake of buddha-dharma you should practice it. All buddhas' compassion and sympathy for sentient beings are neither for their own sake nor for the sake of others. It is just the nature of buddha-dharma.
-Dogen, "Moon in a Dewdrop"
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Posted November 28th, 2007 22:12 IP
"Suppose that a man were to drop a salt crystal into a small amount of water in a cup. What do you think? Would the water in the cup become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink?"
"Yes, lord. Why is that? There being only a small amount of water in the cup, it would become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink."
"Now suppose that a man were to drop a salt crystal into the River Ganges. What do you think? Would the water in the River Ganges become salty because of the salt crystal, and unfit to drink?"
"No, lord. Why is that? There being a great mass of water in the River Ganges, it would not become salty because of the salt crystal or unfit to drink."
"In the same way, there is the case where a trifling evil deed done by one individual [the first] takes him to hell; and there is the case where the very same sort of trifling deed done by the other individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment. -AN3.99
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipi...3.099.than.html
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Posted December 20th, 2007 15:17 IP
Buddha and the Bandit
Buddha was once threatened with death by a bandit called Angulimal.
"Then be good enough to fulfil my dying wish," said Buddha. "Cut off the branch of that tree."
One slash of the sword, and it was done! "What now?" asked the bandit.
"Put it back again," said Buddha.
The bandit laughed. "You must be crazy to think that anyone can do that."
"On the contrary, it is you who are crazy to think that you are mighty because you can wound and destroy. That is the task of children. The mighty know how to create and heal."
Zen Tales
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The mind has two doors from which issue its activities. One leads to a realization of the mind's Pure Essence, the other leads to the differentiations of appearing and disappearing, of life and death. What, however, is meant by the Pure Essence of Mind? It is the ultimate purity and unity, the all-embracing wholeness, the quintessence of Truth. Essence of Mind belongs to neither death nor rebirth, it is uncreated and eternal. The concepts of the conscious mind are being individualized and discriminated by false imaginations. If the mind could be kept free from discriminative thinking, there would be no more arbitrary thoughts to give rise to appearances of form, existences and conditions... for in Mind-essence, there is nothing to be grasped nor named. But we use words to get free from words until we reach the pure wordless Essence.
~Mahayana-Sraddhotpada-Sastra
If we can reach the understanding of what we actually are,
there is no better remedy for eliminating all suffering.
This is the heart of all spiritual practices.
-Kalu Rinpoche,
"Luminous Mind"
Explaining many profound dharmas is easy;
living them yourself is hard.
-Adept Godrakpa,
"Hermit of Go Cliffs"
Let go of body and mind, until you reach a state of great rest,
like letting go over a cliff ten miles high, being like open space.
And don't produce representations of discriminations
of random thoughts arising and passing away;
the moment a view sticks in your mind,
use the sword of wisdom to cut it right off,
not letting it continue.
-Huai-t'ang
As a mother watches over her child,
willing to risk her own life to protect her only child,
so with a boundless heart
should one cherish all living beings,
suffusing the whole world
with unobstructed loving kindness.
-Metta Sutta
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Posted January 30th, 2008 09:48 IP
Those who know the meaning, went beyond meaningless words.
Those who see the source, have transcended the letters.
The teachings are more than words and letters, so why look for them in those? S-He who attains their meaning, forgets the words, s-he views the source, and leaves the teachings behind.
[Hui-neng (Zen-Master)]
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Posted March 1st, 2008 11:36 IP
"In the same way, monks, when association with worthy people prevails, listening to the True Teaching will prevail. When listening to the True Teaching prevails, faith will prevail. When faith prevails, wise attention will prevail. When wise attention prevails, mindfulness and clear comprehension will prevail. When mindfulness and clear comprehension prevail, sense-control will prevail. When sense-control prevails, the three ways of good conduct will prevail. When the three ways of good conduct prevail, the four foundations of mindfulness will prevail. When the four foundations of mindfulness prevail, the seven factors of enlightenment will prevail. When the seven factors of enlightenment prevail, liberation by supreme knowledge will prevail. Such is the nutriment of that liberation by supreme knowledge, and so it prevails."
— AN 10.61 & 62
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Posted March 2nd, 2008 10:01 IP
Think Before You Speak
The thought manifests as the word.
The word manifests as the deed.
The deed develops into the habit.
The habit hardens into the character.
The character gives birth to the destiny.
So, watch your thoughts with care
And let them spring from love
Born out of respect for all beings.
The Buddha, as paraphrased by Mahagosananda.
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Posted March 6th, 2008 13:50 IP
How to achieve happiness
For a start, it is possible to divide every kind of happiness and suffering into two main categories: mental and physical. Of the two, it is the mind that exerts the greatest influence on most of us. Unless we are either gravely ill or deprived of basic necessities, our physical condition plays a secondary role in life. If the body is content, we virtually ignore it. The mind, however, registers every event, we virtually ignore it. The mind, however, registers every event, no matter how small. Hence we should devote our most serious efforts to bringing about mental peace. From my own limited experience I have found that the greatest degree of inner tranquillity comes from the development of love and compassion. The more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes. Cultivating a close, warm,hearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. This helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the ultimate source of success in life. As long as we live in this world we are bound to encounter problems. If, at such times, we lose hope and become discouraged, we diminish our ability to face difficulties. If, on the other hand, we remember that it is not just ourselves but everyone who has to undergo suffering, this more realistic perspective will increase our determination and capacity to overcome troubles. Indeed, with this attitude, each new obstacle can be seen as yet another valuable opportunity to improve our mind! Thus we can strive gradually to become more compassionate, that is we can develop both genuine sympathy for others' suffering and the will to help remove their pain. As a result, our own serenity and inner strength will increase.
HH Dalai Lama
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Posted March 16th, 2008 23:53 IP
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Posted March 17th, 2008 00:03 IP
Persephone bows to the frog.
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Posted March 23rd, 2008 08:28 IP
Dharma Master Heng Sure's lectures on the Avatamsaka Sutra:
''Buddhahood is accomplished by individuals, but, when the individual accomplishes Buddhahood, he becomes everybody.''
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Posted March 23rd, 2008 10:21 IP
You Are the Buddha
1997 Dharma talk by Adyashanti
Starting right now, this moment, I am asking you to become the Buddha. I am asking you to take your stand, to stand absolutely firm in your intention to awaken to the Truth of your Self.
This is what the Buddha did. He didn’t say, “I’ll try.” He didn’t say, “I hope I’ll find the Truth.” He didn’t say, “I’ll do my best.” He didn’t say, “If not in this lifetime, then maybe next lifetime.” He came to the point where he didn’t look for anyone else to tell him the Truth or show him the Truth. He came to the point where he took it all on himself. He sat alone under the Bodhi Tree and vowed never to give up until the Truth be realized.
The power of this very simple, yet unshakable intention and absolute stand to be liberated in this lifetime propelled him to awaken to the simple fact that he and all beings are liberated—that all beings are freedom itself. Pure awakeness.
The Buddha was no different from you. No different. That is why he serves as a good model, because he was as you are now. So don’t worship the Buddha. Don’t put him on a pedestal. Don’t even look up to him. Become him. Have the same intentions, take the same stand. Be the Buddha now! Put an end to all delaying, to all excuses, to all bowing down to saintly figures of the past or present. Stand up!
You are the Buddha! You are freedom itself! Stop dreaming your dream! Stop pretending that you are in bondage— stop telling yourself that lie! Stop pretending to be someone, or something! You are no one, you are no-thing! You are not this body or this mind. This body and mind exist within who and what you are. You are pure consciousness, already free, awake, and liberated. Stand up and walk out of your dream. I am here to say that you can do this.
Step out of the dream of your concepts and ideas. Step out of the dream of what you imagine enlightenment to be. Step out of the dream of who you think you are. Step out of the dream of everything you have ever known. Step out of your dream of being a deluded person. Stop telling yourself those lies and dreaming those dreams. Step out of all of that. You can do it. Nothing is holding you back. There are no requirements and no prerequisites to awaken. There is nothing to be done, nothing to think, nowhere to go.
Just stop all dreaming. Stop all doing. Stop all excuses. Just stop and be still. Effortlessly be still. Grace will do the rest.
At each and every moment from here on out, have the intention to directly experience Truth, your true liberated Self. Don’t think about the Truth— directly return to your experience here, now, moment to moment. Experience Truth. Experience your Self. Dive into your experience. Your experience! Your experience of hearing, of seeing, of tasting, of breathing, of your heart beating, of your feet touching the floor, of the birds, of the wind.
Experience the vastness of who you are. Experience the freedom of who you are. You are the Buddha—experience that. You are the Buddha.
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Posted March 23rd, 2008 10:28 IP
Song of the Diamond Heart
The pine tree's voice is always whispering,
Yet how many pause to listen?
For when the churning mind is still,
The Diamond Heart within
Reflects even the falling dusk that
Shrouds every eye and branch,
And hears, but listens not.
Walking, then, with Courage and Kindness,
Never ceasing to walk in Wonder,
We follow our ancient path.
For the Way of the sword is folded two;
Like the rose we have thorns,
And like the rose, we unfold.
- Ji Aoi Isshi
How profoundly silent is the temple of Tao! Boundless and infinite, it is the dwelling place of the divine. The light-hall is wide and high, yet awed by silence. Forgetful of words I roam and rest here. I have discarded the world of fame and profit.
How elegant is the morning sun shining on the rafters and eaves. How cool are the terrace and pond after the rain. I burn incense to break the deep silence, and drink the spring water and relax in joy. I penetrate into the wonders of Tao, and chant the ancient sutras. When my mind is at ease my spirit is at peace. When understanding is gained, there is nothing left to comprehend.
Who can say that the realm of Tao is far from us? How tranquil it is ・as at the beginning of Heaven and Earth.
- Ni Tsan (1301-1374)
I've always loved friends of the Way
Always held them dear
Meeting a stranger with silent springs
Greeting a guest talking Zen
Talking about mysteries on a moonlit night
Searching for truth until dawn
When the tracks of our inventions disappear
And we see who we really are.
- Cold Mountain
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Maha-mangala Sutta
Protection
Copyright © 1994 Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Access to Insight edition © 1994
For free distribution.
I have heard that at one time the Blessed One was staying in Savatthi at Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Then a certain deva, in the far extreme of the night, her extreme radiance lighting up the entirety of Jeta's Grove, approached the Blessed One. On approaching, having bowed down to the Blessed One, she stood to one side. As she stood to one side, she addressed him with a verse.
Many devas and human beings
give thought to protection,
desiring well-being.
Tell, then, the highest protection.
The Buddha:
Not consorting with fools,
consorting with the wise,
paying homage to those worthy of homage:
This is the highest protection.
Living in a civilized land,
having made merit in the past,
directing oneself rightly:
This is the highest protection.
Broad knowledge, skill,
well-mastered discipline,
well-spoken words:
This is the highest protection.
Support for one's parents,
assistance to one's wife and children,
consistency in one's work:
This is the highest protection.
Giving, living in rectitude,
assistance to one's relatives,
deeds that are blameless:
This is the highest protection.
Avoiding, abstaining from evil;
refraining from intoxicants,
being heedful of the qualities of the mind:
This is the highest protection.
Respect, humility,
contentment, gratitude,
hearing the Dhamma on timely occasions:
This is the highest protection.
Patience, compliance,
seeing contemplatives,
discussing the Dhamma on timely occasions:
This is the highest protection.
Austerity, celibacy,
seeing the Noble Truths,
realizing Unbinding:
This is the highest protection.
A mind that, when touched
by the ways of the world,
is unshaken, sorrowless, dustless, at rest:
This is the highest protection.
Everywhere undefeated
when acting in this way,
people go everywhere in well-being:
This is their highest protection.
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Posted March 27th, 2008 01:24 IP
Today, on a cd of a conference I couldn't attend Jack Kornfield, a wonderful Buddhist speaker, referenced HHDL's morning prayer. I was driving, so I couldn't write it down. It's so beautiful and powerful, it made me weep.
Kornfield does a meditation, on this same cd, about the losses and the wounds we all carry. I was in heavy traffic, weeping deeply, feeling the community of all who have experienced these losses. That's most of us.
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Posted March 27th, 2008 07:04 IP
Yes. I understand, it has happened to me too...
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Posted March 30th, 2008 12:41 IP
Katańńu Sutta.... on how to treat our parents:
"Monks, I will teach you the level of a person of no integrity and the level of a person of integrity. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak."
"As you say, lord," the monks responded.
The Blessed One said: "Now what is the level of a person of no integrity?
A person of no integrity is ungrateful, doesn't acknowledge the help given to him. This ingratitude, this lack of acknowledgment is second nature among rude people. It is entirely on the level of a person of no integrity.
"A person of integrity is grateful & acknowledges the help given to him. This gratitude, this acknowledgment is second nature among fine people. It is entirely on the level of a person of integrity.
{II,iv,2} "I tell you, monks, there are two people who are not easy to repay. Which two?
Your mother & father.
Even if you were to carry your mother on one shoulder & your father on the other shoulder for 100 years, and were to look after them by anointing, massaging, bathing, & rubbing their limbs, and they were to defecate & urinate right there [on your shoulders], you would not in that way pay or repay your parents. If you were to establish your mother & father in absolute sovereignty over this great earth, abounding in the seven treasures, you would not in that way pay or repay your parents."
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Posted May 3rd, 2008 07:40 IP
In the pure morning, near the old temple
Where early sunlight lights the tree tops,
My path has wound, through a sheltered hollow
Of boughs and flowers, to a Buddhist retreat.
Here birds are alive with mountain light,
And the mind touches peace in a pool,
A thousand sounds are quieted
By the breathing of a temple bell.
- Ch’ang Chien
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Posted May 3rd, 2008 07:41 IP
Happy in the morning
I open my cottage door;
A clear breeze blowing
Comes straight in.
The first sun
Lights the leafy trees;
The shadows it casts
Are crystal clear.
Serene,
In accord with my heart,
Everything merges
In one harmony.
Gain and loss
Are not my concern;
This way is enough
To the end of my days.
- Wen-siang (1210-1280)
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mystic light
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Posted July 17th, 2008 23:59 IP
Sn 2.10
Utthana Sutta
Initiative
Get up!
Sit up!
What's your need for sleep?
And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
pierced by the arrow,
oppressed?
Get up!
Sit up!
Train firmly for the sake of peace,
Don't let the king of death,
— seeing you heedless —
deceive you,
bring you under his sway.
Cross over the attachment
to which human & heavenly beings,
remain desiring
tied.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.
Heedless is
dust, dust
comes from heedlessness
has heedlessness
on its heels.
Through heedfulness & clear knowing
you'd remove
your own sorrow.
Translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Posted July 23rd, 2008 00:54 IP
The Buddhas and all sentient beings are only one mind; there is nothing else. This mind, since beginningless past, has never been born, never perished; it is not green, not yellow; it has no shape or form. It is not subject to existence or non-existence, and is not to be considered new or old... This very substance is it; stir your thoughts and you miss it. It is like empty space; it has no bounds and cannot be measured. Just this one mind itself is Buddha. Buddha and sentient beings are no different; it's just that sentient beings grasp appearances- seeking outwardly, they become more and more lost. If you employ Buddha to seek Buddha, use mind to grasp mind, you may go on all your life until the end of time, but will never succeed. Don't you realize that if you cease thinking and forget thought, Buddha will spontaneously appear?
~Huang Po
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Posted July 23rd, 2008 01:19 IP
Happy in the morning
I open my cottage door;
A clear breeze blowing
Comes straight in.
The first sun
Lights the leafy trees;
The shadows it casts
Are crystal clear.
Serene,
In accord with my heart,
Everything merges
In one harmony.
Gain and loss
Are not my concern;
This way is enough
To the end of my days.
- Wen-siang (1210-1280)
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Posted August 23rd, 2008 09:17 IP
Venerable Huifeng said:
When you throw a stick at a dog, the dog chases the stick.
When you throw a stick at a lion, the lion chases the stick-thrower.
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