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Archive for December, 2011
Dec. 28 | Q: What are the world’s top scientists saying about 2012?
A: NASA’s (USA’s ‘National Aeronautics and Space Administration’) statements can be seen at http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html They represent many...
Dec. 20 | To be someone for someone
is the romantic’s mundane vision.
To be someone for everyone
is the Bodhisattva’s supramundane vision.
- Stonepeace
Zeph encountered the ‘perfect’ girl one day. She was browsing in a bookstore. She seemed...
Dec. 14 |
TDE books make another appearance at NUS Buddhist Society’s camp: http://moonpointer.com/new/2011/12/dharmacinema-for-nusbs
Feedback: ‘The books are very interesting… We can distribute the books during our daily activities!’
Get...
Dec. 14 |
More full and short movie reviews can be seen @
http://moonpointer.com/new/category/moviestv &
http://moonpointer.com/new/movies
Dec. 14 | If one sees the Buddhadharma [Buddha's teachings]
merely as a self-improvement method,
one misses its ultimate purpose -
for self-perfection, for realising selflessness.
- Stonepeace
Dec. 14 | Like the center of a cloudless sky,
This self-luminous mind is impossible to express.
It is wisdom of non-thought beyond analogy,
Naked ordinary mind.
- The 2nd Jamgon Kongtrul
Dec. 14 | To fully recognise suffering
is to fully begin the path
to fully transcend suffering.
- Stonepeace
The practice here is to meditate on the three expressions of suffering and to experience their nature. The Buddha said there is one word that can describe...
Dec. 6 | And what is Perfect Thought?
The thought of giving up,
the thought of love, and
the thought of helpfulness -
this is called Perfect Thought.
- The Buddha
(Majjhima Nikaya: M, III:251)
(Greed, hatred and delusion are to be given up.
Generosity, loving-kindness...
Dec. 6 | Truly, it is not easy to teach the Dharma to others.
In teaching the Dharma to others, establish well five things, and then teach.
What five?
Teach the Dharma to others, thinking:
‘I will speak the Dharma in a gradual way;
I will speak with good...
Dec. 6 | Always thank others more than enough,
because you do not know
what they have done for you more than enough.
- Stonepeace
I just watched the movie ’50/50′, which is based on a true story, of how a young guy called Adam got a rare form of cancer....
Dec. 6 | Amituofo’s Pure Land, being the best Dharma school in the universe,
presided by the best principal (Amituofo) and teachers (Bodhisattvas),
guarantees graduation of its inhabitants towards Buddhahood.
- Stonepeace
What is the wish for rebirth in...
Dec. 6 | 100 free copies of
The Daily Enlightenment Books 1,2,3,4
offered for NTU Buddhist Society’s Camp.
Get yours
and support TDE today @
http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/get-tde-book-1-2-3-4 :-]
Dec. 5 |
Register: http://kmspks.org/download/form/prform.doc
Feedback From Round 3:
Thank you again for the very interesting class!… The course content is easy to relate to as the teacher supplements it with the usage of movies and everyday examples....
Dec. 5 |
Register: http://kmspks.org/download/form/dharmacinema.doc
Feedback From Past Courses:
http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/07/understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-8th-run
http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/course-project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge-round-3
About...
Dec. 5 |
Register:
http://kmspks.org/download/form/Pure%20Land%20Prospectives%20Zen%20Application%20form%20v2.pdf
(Update: Fee now applies to all)
Feedback From Past Courses:
http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/07/understanding-amituofo-via-the-amitabha-sutra-8th-run
http://thedailyenlightenment.com/2011/05/course-project-rebirth-rediscover-reflect-recharge-round-3
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