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Posts tagged with "perception"
Apr. 26 | Same birdsong,
but music to him
and noise to her.
Apr. 26 | Without sincerity and humility
to learn the Dharma,
preconceptions and egoism.
will mar the Dharma.
- Stonepeace (Get Books)
Mar. 15 | The waves crash on,
not exactly for anyone,
but they enlighten the attentive ones!
Nov. 14 | Although the eyes can see,
they cannot see
how they might see wrongly.
Oct. 25 | Just as you do not wish others
to generalise your character
due to a single act,
why generalise another’s character
due to a single act?
- Stonepeace
Mar. 7 | When one expresses good will,
one is always blameless.
When one bears ill will,
one is already blameworthy.
- Stonepeace
Some friends occasionally speak of feeling troubled when they encounter ‘some dressed as Buddhist monastics’ (as they...
Mar. 7 | If you know you are dreaming,
you are to that extent awake,
it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then,
as you continue waking.
If you do not know you are dreaming,
you are to that extent asleep,
it is so-called ‘reality’ for you then,
as you continue...
Feb. 13 | Whether something that happens to you
is truly good or bad for you
depends on how you perceive the experience.
- Stonepeace
We often hear the utterance of the dreaded exclaimation, ‘Very bad karma!’ Sometimes, this is remarked in response...
Jan. 30 | Knowing beings tend to cling to first impressions,
Bodhisattvas strive to create good impressions,
so as to better benefit them with the Dharma.
- Stonepeace
If you visit a restaurant for the very first time, and the food happens to be not great, it is...
Jan. 10 | Just as a positive karmic affinity
can be rendered negative unmindfully,
a negative karmic affinity
can be rendered positive mindfully.
- Stonepeace
One day, when the Buddha entered a village with his assistant Ananda, he approached a poor woman to share...
Oct. 25 | When the student is ready,
the master appears.
(When the students wrongly assume they are ready,
the might maras appear.)
- Zen Saying (extended)
There is the mistaken notion, that after ‘carefully’ choosing human gurus (spiritual teachers),...
Oct. 24 | The misfortune we experience from others
are rebounding effects of our evil,
be they from this present life or past lives.
- Stonepeace
It is often said that when we perceive others to be evil (i.e. to have misgivings), we are the evil ones, as the evils...
Sep. 20 | The practice of all the bodhisattvas is never to entertain concepts,
which revolve around dualistic notions of perceiver and perceived,
in the knowledge that all these appearances are but the mind itself,
whilst mind’s own nature is forever beyond the...
Jul. 6 | Question: I speak harshly when I’m not in a good mood or am angry. An alternative is to be silent. What do you think?
Answer: Hmmm… yes, but we should train ourselves to be more mindful, to not let moodiness or anger affect how we communicate...
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
