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Posts tagged with "affinity"
Dec. 25 |
If there is always affinityor the lack of it,we might as well createonly good affinity.— Shilashanti
Once Sakyamuni Buddha and his disciple Mahamaudgalyayana went with a large gathering of followers to another country to convert living beings....
Oct. 31 |
古古怪,怪怪古,孙子娶祖母。
猪羊炕上坐,六亲锅里煮。
女吃母之肉,子打父皮鼓。
众人来贺喜,我看真是苦!
– 志公禅师
How oddly strange, how strangely odd,
that a grandson is marrying his father’s...
May. 8 |
What makes a country what it is physically? If it is the land itself, what if it is being expanded upon by reclaiming land, with sand from other countries? Being one of the world’s largest sand importer, if Singapore’s millions of tons of...
Mar. 27 |
Question: How is karmic retribution able to be so exact after many lifetimes? For example, how is it that ‘enemies [tend to meet on a] narrow path’ (冤家路窄)?
Answer: As the workings of the law of karma operate at an unseen level until...
Dec. 12 |
Question: What is the meaning of ‘Tathāgata’?
Answer: ‘Tathāgata’ is Sanskrit for ‘Thus Come One’ (如来), which means ‘as if came; also as if gone’. This is an alternative term for addressing Buddhas....
Oct. 4 |
吾今来此世界八千返,
为此娑婆世界,
坐金刚华光王座。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《梵网经菩萨戒本》
I now [have] come [to] this world [for the] eight thousandth return, for this Sahā World[‘s sentient beings], sitting...
May. 24 |
此诸众生
云何具有
如來智慧,
愚痴迷惑,
不知不见?
– 释迦牟尼佛
(华严经)
[Of] all these sentient beings,
why [are they] complete with
[the] Tathāgatas’ wisdom,
[yet] ignorant [and] confused,
not knowing...
Jun. 2 |
The Bodhisattva path seeks
to create pure connections
between all sentient beings
with the pure Triple Gem.
– Stonepeace | Books
Once upon a time, as two loved each other very much, they soon arranged to be married. However, when the day arrived,...
Aug. 24 |
Question: Is it such that the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas only help those who are mindful of them, who pray to them for help with sincere faith?
Answer: Having perfect compassion and skilful means, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also help those who are not mindful...
Feb. 14 | 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...
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,...
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...
Oct. 12 | Before watching ‘The Child’s Eye’ in 3D, I wondered if the horror movie will be all the more horrible with a literally additional dimension…, which also led me to wonder what is the true source of horror. As Stonepeace put it,
The...
Jan. 27 | We can never truly lose any ‘thing’,
while our present karmic affinities
with people, places, matters, objects and qualities change.
[If so, why not change negative affinities to be positive ones,
and change positive affinities to be pure...