For the Buddhist community to thrive, support good Buddhists by emulating their good efforts, and ‘support’ bad Buddhists by encouraging better efforts. – Stonepeace | Get Books A...
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[3] How To Avert Harming Of All
Vigilant, the moment a delusion appears in my mind, endangering myself and others, I shall confront and avert it without delay. – Geshe Langri Tangpa Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought...
How Maitreya Bodhisattva Gave Rose To The Aspiration To Be Born In Amitābha Buddha’s Pure Land 弥勒菩萨如何发愿往生阿弥陀佛的净土
是故弥勒，设有大火，充满三千大千世界，要当过此，闻是经法，欢喜信乐，受持读诵，如说修行。– 释迦牟尼佛《无量寿经》Therefore, Maitreya, if there is a great fire, that fully fills the three-thousandfold great-thousandfold world, one should cross this...
An Often Hungry Arhat Meets A Well Fed Elephant
愿消三障诸烦恼， 愿得智慧增福报。 普愿罪障悉消除， 世世常行菩萨道。 May there be elimination of the Three Obstacles’* all afflictions, and may there be attainment of wisdom and increase in blessed rewards. Universally wishing...
Should We Simply Act Upon ‘Good’ Intentions?
It is will [intention], O monks, that I call karma [created]; having willed [intended], one acts through body, speech, and mind. – The Buddha (Nibbedhika Sutta: A.III.415) It is often taught that...
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Why Do Buddhists Say ‘Amituofo’ So Much?
阿弥陀佛： 无量光佛； 无量寿佛； 无量之佛。 Amita Buddha [Amituofo] is the Buddha Of Immeasurable Light; Buddha Of Immeasurable Life; Buddha of Immeasurability. On many occasions, Chinese Buddhists often say ‘Amituofo’...
The Buddha’s Victory Over A God &...
If your inner Mara already subdues you, you are subdued by the outer Mara too. — Stonepeace | Get...
Who Are Your Karmic Creditors?
Create not karmic creditors by harming any. Be not karmic creditors by harming any. – Nowanden Who...
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Am ‘I’ Thinking About ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’?
The fundamental delusionis to mistaken the selfas the fundamental reality.— Shilashanti In ‘Meditations On First Philosophy’, René Descartes (1596 – 1650) postulated the possibility that...
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Purpose Haiku
The full meaningof meaningfulness —is purposefulness.
With Dust & Spittle Self-Defiling 尘唾自污
恶人害贤者，犹仰天而唾。唾不至天，还从己堕。逆风扬尘，尘不至彼，还坌己身。贤不可毀，祸必灭己。 — 释迦牟尼佛《四十二章经》: 第八章 When evil persons harm those virtuous, it is like looking up to the sky and spitting. Their spittle does not reach the sky...
Am ‘I’ Thinking About ‘I Think, Therefore I Am’?
The fundamental delusionis to mistaken the selfas the fundamental reality.— Shilashanti In ‘Meditations On First Philosophy’, René Descartes (1596 – 1650) postulated the possibility that...