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Archive for May, 2011
May. 31 |
No One Is An Island: The Buddha’s Wonderful Advice on Interdependence
Buddhism doesn’t just talk about ‘emptiness’. Interdependence forms the core of the Buddha’s teachings too. It is the reality of how all people, the...
May. 31 |
Question: I came across a Reuters news item titled the above (without the question mark). The article read,
‘For a small fee, one can have a go at the ultimate of second chances – the chance to die, rise again, and make a fresh start in...
May. 24 | Major sudden enlightenment in an instant
is the culminating effect
of minor gradual awakenings over much time.
~ Stonepeace
In the Lotus Sutra, there is a section where Wisdom Accumulation Bodhisattva asks Manjushri Bodhisattva if there is anyone who...
May. 23 | Rebirth is
for reformation
and retraining.
~ Stonepeace
Buddhism holds the view that a person is good as soon as he refrains from doing evil. The Buddhist attitude towards criminals is focused in a way so that they may be reformed and rehabilitated to...
May. 23 | Question: I have a friend who liked to read many Dharma books. After recovering from an illness, she occasionally talks about it, and I would always encourage her to further understand the Buddha’s teachings to overcome her suffering, though she...
May. 23 | The Dharma is wonderful when studied.
The Dharma is more wonderful when practised.
The Dharma is even more wonderful when realised.
The Dharma is even much more wonderful when shared.
~ Stonepeace
(What makes the Dharma wonderful
is the suffering it...
May. 23 | When you try to understand everything,
you will not understand anything.
The best way is to understand yourself,
and then you will understand everything.
~ Shunryu Suzuki
May. 19 | Be islands unto yourselves,
refuges unto yourselves,
seeking no other refuge;
with the Dharma as your island,
the Dharma as your refuge,
seeking no other refuge.
~ The Buddha
Shortly after the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi (Enlightenment)...
May. 19 | When there is no need to discriminate, it is wise not to.
When there is need to discriminate, it is wise to do so – with wisdom.
~ Stonepeace
May. 19 | The compassionately wise and skilful
find opportunities to share the Dharma
through every and any occasion.
~ Stonepeace
The eleventh rainy season was spent in the vicinity of Rajagriha. Following it the Buddha began wandering through the country of the...
May. 19 | If you have attachment to this life,
you are not a spiritual person.
If you have attachment to the world of existence,
you do not have renunciation.
If you have attachment to your own purpose,
you do not have the thought of enlightenment.
If grasping...
May. 19 | Question: Is fengshui (geomancy) related to Buddhism? Did the Buddha teach it?
Answer: The Buddha didn’t teach about it.
Question: Is palm-reading and fortune-telling true?
Answer: Palm-reading is a form of fortune-telling. It is hard to say what...
May. 11 |
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About the teacher: An independent Buddhist teacher and writer, Shen Shi’an was one of the founding...
May. 10 | To have unconditioned happiness,
have unconditioned love
for one and all.
- Stonepeace
There is a great conversational gem in the underrated film ‘Adaptation’. In it, Charlie spoke of, to his brother Donald, a time in high school, when he...
May. 10 | Emptiness Is Form
When, just as they are,
White dewdrops gather
On scarlet maple leaves,
Regard the scarlet beads!
Form Is Emptiness
The tree is stripped,
All colour, fragrance gone,
Yet already on the bough,
Uncaring spring!
~ Ikkyu
