Liberation

Mar. 30 | Not being attached to one’s suffering by realisation of its unsubstantiality to liberate oneself is wisdom. Not being attached to one’s liberation by realisation of its ungraspability to liberate others is compassion. - Stonepeace (Get Books)

Can ‘Buddhists’ Not Believe In Rebirth?

Dec. 4 | If you do not believe in unenlightened rebirth, what are you seeking liberation from? [to be continued...] - Stonepeace There are some who do not believe in the Buddha’s teachings on rebirth, who nevertheless consider themselves to be Buddhists....

How Not To Attend Dharma Activities?

Sep. 26 | The path to self-liberation starts from awareness of your own suffering. The path to liberating others starts from awareness of others’ suffering. - Stonepeace From a Dharma friend and regular class participant, I received a thought-provoking email....

The Universal Past, Present & Future Key To Liberation

Apr. 4 | 过去心不可得， 现在心不可得， 未来心不可得。 - 金刚经 The past mind cannot be grasped, The present mind cannot be grasped, The future mind cannot be grasped. - Diamond Sutra (The Buddha) The past is empty of fixed aggregates (of...

Small Is Beautiful

Dec. 21 | The most simple way to attain sufficiency is the best. The most complex way to attain excesses is the worst. ~ Stonepeace While the materialist is mainly interested in goods, the Buddhist is mainly interested in liberation. But Buddhism is “The...

Are All Religions Rivers Leading To One Ocean?

Oct. 25 | While there might be more than a path up a mountain, not all paths lead upwards, and not all paths lead to the summit. - Stonepeace A fellow Buddhist remarked that different religions are like rivers leading to the same sea of one taste – of saltiness,...

The Mantra of the Perfection of Wisdom

Mar. 4 | The perfection of wisdom (Prajnaparamita) is the ability to guide all to transcend the sea of Samsara, and to reach the shore of Buddhahood - Stonepeace A mantra is something that you utter when your body, your mind and your breath are at one in deep...

The Great Bliss Prayer for Birth in Pureland

Dec. 9 | What greater bliss can there be, than to dwell in the land of bliss, that leads us to the ultimate bliss of liberation, that leads us to help others realise the same. - Stonepeace Wherever one is born within cyclic existence [Samsara, of cycles of birth...

The Bird That Flew Too Far

Dec. 9 | Dharma practice does not require faith in any god, while every god requires faith in Dharma practice. - Stonepeace It is said in the Kevatta Sutta that a monk once wondered where the four great elements of earth (extension), water (cohesion), fire (heat)...

What is the Whole of the Holy Life?

Dec. 3 | Mindfulness of Buddha is the practice of befriending the best spirirtual friend [and our own Buddha-nature]. - Stonepeace In the Upaddha Sutta, Ananda uttered this to the Buddha, ‘This is half of the holy life, Lord – admirable friendship...