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Posts tagged with "impermanence"
Apr. 6 | Just when you think
everything is rock steady…
Sinkhole!
Mar. 30 | Impermanence is not just
about the end of all things,
but their renewal too.
- Stonepeace (Get Books)
Having learnt about the truth of impermanence of all things material in this life, of the value of living with more contentment and less excesses, and...
Mar. 30 | I don’t know
if this is good or bad.
It is just like that.
- Stonepeace | Get Books
A prayer wheel, or mani wheel, is a wheel filled with innumerable mantras and inscriptions wrapped clockwise around a central axis. Some prayer wheels are tiny,...
Jan. 10 | All Buddhas only wish
that all practise and share
the Dharma well to benefit all.
- Stonepeace
According to the Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutra, Mara (the most evil heavenly demon king from the Paranirmita-vashavartin heaven) once disguised as Sakra (the chief...
Oct. 12 | Falling autumn leaves
Blooming spring flowers
Equally transient
(Why do we only frown
over fallen leaves
and only smile at flowers then?)
Sep. 5 | Sunset now
But sunrise later
Disappointment or hope… later?
(There is no need
to be sad or elated
over the fleeting.)
Aug. 24 | The more clearly we see phenomena,
we will see there is
no clearly distinct or static phenomena.
- Stonepeace
The value of pi is that when the circumference of any circle is divided with its diameter. This mathematical constant is approximately 3.14159265359…...
Aug. 16 | Life doesn’t stay in place,
even for just a moment.
- Gampopa
Gampopa said, “When you first begin to practice, you must be like a deer locked in a pen, or a prisoner in jail, urgently seeking a way out of samsara. In the intermediate stages...
Aug. 10 | As long as unenlightened,
each thing misperceived
is a ‘hidden’ metaphor for truth missed.
- Stonepeace
Thus have I heard: Once upon a time, the Bhagavan [Blessed One; Buddha] was staying in Jetavana grove near Shravasti City. Then, the Bhagavan...
Aug. 2 | A giant firefly:
that way, this way, that way, this -
and it passes by.
- Issa
Jun. 6 | New year’s decorations,
milestones on the journey
to the other world -
auspicious and not auspicious
at the same time.
- Ikkyu
May. 2 | The only good about suffering
is that it reminds us
that it is good to rise above it.
- Stonepeace
A recurring problem for many beginner meditators (and those who practise chanting, which is essentially a meditative practice too) is that of physical pain,...
Feb. 29 | The truly skilful are able
to correct the unskilful
without antagonising the latter.
- Stonepeace
When Zen Master Ikkyu was still a child, he began to study Zen in a monastery. Ikkyu’s master had a jar of candy that he was particularly fond of and,...
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...
Aug. 23 | Nothing in the cry
of cicadas suggests they
are about to die
- Basho
