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Apr. 26 | Practising for learning
is just as important as
learning for practising.
- Stonepeace (Get Books)
After years of solitary meditation in a cave, interspersed with visits to Milarepa, Gampopa finally completed his training and was ready to leave his master…...
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...
Jul. 27 | Never too soon
to learn the Dharma.
Never too late
to practise the Dharma.
- Stonepeace
Apr. 4 | Question: I didn’t attend a regular group Dharma practice session because of a slight headache and tired eyes.
Answer: Another time, perhaps. Actually, the point of regular group practice is to train in discipline, to practise even when a little...
Feb. 22 | The path of spiritual cultivation might be long,
but the path without spiritual cultivation is even more long.
The path of spiritual cultivation might be difficult,
but the path without spiritual cultivation is even more difficult.
修行之路固然很长，但不修行的路更长；
...
Jan. 9 | If you spend too much time
browsing the books of life,
you will have too little time
for truly learning from them,
for applying what you have learnt.
- Stonepeace
Nov. 7 | With aversion of failure, one does not try.
With attachment to failure, one does not retry.
- Stonepeace
There is a saying that is useful for practitioners: “Put down the myriad thoughts. Take up the practice.” The myriad thoughts are scattered,...
Nov. 7 | Tissa,
Get with ‘it’.
Don’t let ‘it’ pass you by.
Those who miss ‘it’ grieve,
when they’re stuck in hell.
Practice! Practice!
- Tissa
Oct. 19 | Spiritual cultivation might be difficult,
but to face its difficulties is worthy.
As this is worthy, it is not seen as difficult,
but seen as good fortune instead.
- Stonepeace
修行可能辛苦，
但辛苦却值得，
因值得不辛苦，
反而非常幸福。
Oct. 19 | Question: I’m attending a few Buddhist classes weekly. A friend told me not to be ‘obsessed’. What do you think?
Answer: Actually, it is impossible to be obsessed with the Dharma in any negative sense because the Dharma is pure. There is no such...
Sep. 26 | Practise now.
Don’t think you will do more later.
- Dipa Ma
May. 23 | Question: I have a friend who liked to read many Dharma books. After recovering from an illness, she occasionally talks about it, and I would always encourage her to further understand the Buddha’s teachings to overcome her suffering, though she...
May. 23 | The Dharma is wonderful when studied.
The Dharma is more wonderful when practised.
The Dharma is even more wonderful when realised.
The Dharma is even much more wonderful when shared.
~ Stonepeace
(What makes the Dharma wonderful
is the suffering it...
Apr. 20 | Asking one about a Dharma teaching
when [this] one had not practised it
is like asking a frog in a well
what one thinks of the sky outside.
Commenting on a Dharma teaching
when one had not practised it
is like a frog in a well
trying to describe the...
Mar. 14 | The Dharma today
is to remind you to practise
what you already know you ought to!
No theory today!
Practise today!
- Shen Shi’an
(The Daily Enlightenment Book 1)
