Bodhisattva Spirit Of The ‘Green Lantern’ Corps

Jun. 27 | The Green Lantern (GL) mythos speaks of the universe being invisibly yet carefully divided into thousands of intergalactic sectors, each guarded by an appointed member of the GL Corps. Reminds me of the concept of Buddhalands being compassionately watched...

Non-Dual Form & Emptiness

Jun. 27 | If you’re confused about the outside, you’re attached to forms. If you’re confused about the inside, you’re attached to emptiness. To be free of form amid forms and to be free of emptiness amid emptiness, this is when you aren’t...

Don’t Give Too Much Too Soon

Jun. 27 | To give without wisdom is to share your delusion. ~ Stonepeace We can give anything we like [for practising the perfection of generosity], as long as we do it freely and with pleasure. At the beginning, we will perhaps be capable of giving only a glass...

Realisation & Action

Jun. 27 | Greatness in wisdom and compassion arises from detailedness in realisation and action. ~ Stonepeace Realisation: of the truth Action: of relieving suffering of one and all

What Is The Best Gift?

Jun. 27 | Question: What should I give a friend who is about to ordain to be a monk? Answer: I think it’s best to ask him directly what he needs! Question: Isn’t someone who is renouncing more likely already prepared, and less likely to ask for anything?...

Map Of The Four Noble Truths

Jun. 27 | The First Noble Truth is the effect of suffering. The Second Noble Truth is the cause of suffering. The Third Noble Truth is the effect of the end of suffering. The Fourth Noble Truth is the cause of the end of suffering. The First Noble Truth is about...

Chat On Truthfulness

Jun. 13 | Question: Sometimes I lie to protect my privacy. Answer: Perhaps you should just say you’re uncomfortable with the topic or change it? Question: Sometimes it’s because I don’t wish to discuss a matter. Answer: You can use the method...

Paradox Of True Happiness

Jun. 12 | While True Happiness [by attaining Buddhahood] is not conditioned by anyone, it is conditioned by helping everyone to realise True Happiness [by actualising Bodhicitta]. - Stonepeace

Count Your Blessings

Jun. 12 | Why inconvenient yourself, by comparing how your life is less convenient than another’s? Why not convenient yourself, by comparing how your life is more convenient than another’s? - Stonepeace

Why Inner Hatred Is Worse Than Outer Enemies

Jun. 12 | If we truly realise how our defilements defile us, would we remain defiled? - Stonepeace ‘The destructive effects of hatred are very visible, very obvious and immediate. For example, when a very strong or forceful thought of hatred arises within...

Are You An Outcast?

Jun. 12 | No one is truly an outcast, unless one outcasts oneself with deluded immorality. - Stonepeace As in the Vasala Sutta, the Buddha once encountered a brahmin priest on his alms round, who was preparing a religious offering. Upon sight of his shaved head,...

Precepts Matter

Jun. 8 | Question: If one has not taken the precepts, and had broken all of them, what happens if one commits to take them later? Answer: There will be more regular good (positive) karma generated throughout life as it is a resolution to not harm others for...

Don’t Weep

Jun. 8 | Don’t weep, insects - lovers, stars themselves, must part. ~ Issa

A Simple Paradox

Jun. 8 | The simplest to be is… to be one with our true nature, to be one with our Buddha-nature, to be free of any defilements. It is simple, yet not simple, to be simple. ~ Stonepeace

Those Mountains of Old Age, Sickness & Death

Jun. 8 | With the four walls of (re)birth, ageing, sickness and death ever closing upon us, realising the Dharma is the only way to escape. - Stonepeace One of the Buddha’s great royal patrons, King Bimbisara, was now gone. His successor, Ajatashatru,...