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Posts tagged with "repentance"
Mar. 30 | Question: I try to observe ‘no killing’ whenever I can, even though I did not take up the precept via a formal ceremony and am not a vegetarian. However, I have investment in the fishery business. Does this make me ‘break’ my...
Nov. 15 | Just as no one is destined
to harm you,
you are not destined
to harm anyone.
- Stonepeace
A mobster, who was supposedly also a ‘devout Buddhist’, when asked how he could do nasty things to people, replied that he simply expressed their bad...
Nov. 29 | All the evil karma I have created in the past,
from beginningless greed, hatred and delusion,
that arose from my body, speech and mind,
for all these I now seek repentance and reformation.
- Samantabhadra Bodhisattva (Avatamsaka Sutra)
我昔所造诸恶业
皆由无始贪嗔痴
从身语意之所生
一切我今皆忏悔
-...
Oct. 3 | To not regret
over the regretable
is regretable.
- Stonepeace
On one occasion this [elderly] monk asked the Dalai Lama for initiation into a particular set of demanding practices. The Dalai Lama demurred, saying that they were meant for younger monks,...
Sep. 26 | Q: If we have not taken the precepts, and have broken all of them, what happens if we later commit to take them all?
A: There will be more regular and good (positive) karma generated throughout life as it is a resolution to not harm others for life. This...
Aug. 2 | ‘Wu Xia’ is an entertaining and nuanced study of the tension between the need for forgiving one who has resolved to turn over a new leaf, versus the danger of forgiving one who turns out to be thoroughly unrepentant. Since we cannot read...
May. 23 | Rebirth is
for reformation
and retraining.
~ Stonepeace
Buddhism holds the view that a person is good as soon as he refrains from doing evil. The Buddhist attitude towards criminals is focused in a way so that they may be reformed and rehabilitated to...
Apr. 20 | Not doing any evil is good,
but it is not as good
as doing much good too.
- Stonepeace
~ Good-natured, even-tempered people are more accommodating and can get along with others wherever they go. However, being ‘accommodating’ does not suggest...
Mar. 7 | As the precepts are interconnected
in the spirit of non-harm to anyone,
to truly observe any one is to truly observe all.
~ Stonepeace
Many years ago there was a man who had two hundred and fifty cows. He took great care of his herd, always driving them...
Jan. 26 | As usual, reflective of the prevalent Chinese Buddhist custom, the monks in the movie ‘Shaolin’ (which is an independent ‘sequel’ to ‘The Shaolin Temple’ made in 1982) chant ‘Amituofo’ (the name of Amitabha Buddha) a lot, in the face of...
Dec. 2 | Question: I have difficulty holding my anger, especially when untrue things are said about me. I lost my cool on Dad today. I feel demoralised, even after repenting before my Buddha shrine. Please advise.
Answer: Here are some methods of curbing anger...
Oct. 12 |
From issue 258 (October 2010) of ‘For You Information’, in the article ‘On Worship, Sutras & Mantras’, there was this question, ‘Can mantras erase kammic debts?’, followed by this answer by Dr. Teoh, ‘All...
Sep. 30 | One who apologises [when wrong]
wins one’s ego.
One who forgives not [when wronged]
loses to one’s ego.
~ Stonepeace
Sep. 29 | Question: Out of the blue, I recalled some painful moments when someone close was not nice to me. Though this had long passed, I still feel a tinge of pain and resentment. Why and how could I had allowed the person to treat me that way? I still blame...
May. 12 | The most enlightening part of ‘The Losers’ was when the cornered Jensen uttered something ‘true to bluff’ those pointing guns at him… (Yes, it’s paradoxical) – ‘In the words of Ancient Tibetan [Buddhist] masters, “Don’t start none…...
