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Posts tagged with "concentration"
Mar. 25 |
Since there is only one thoughtin each moment,be aligned to do only one thing wellin each moment.— Shilashanti
There is no such thing as good multitasking… Pay attention to your attention — when you have it and when you don’t....
May. 8 | Renounce falseness and cultivate trustworthiness.
Renounce divisiveness and cultivate harmoniousness.
Renounce harshness and cultivate peacefulness.
Renounce frivolousness and cultivate meaningfulness.
– Shilashanti
Kālāmas, a learned noble disciple...
Apr. 18 |
Being the fundamental source
of physical kindness in our lives,
our parents should first to be repaid,
by sharing the Dharma learnt with them.
– Shilashanti
As recounted by the Pure Land Tradition’s 2nd Patriarch Great Master Shàndǎo (净土宗二祖善导大师)...
Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort.
[2] He awakes in comfort.
[3] He sees no evil dreams.
[4] He is dear to human beings.
[5] He is dear to non-human beings.
[6] Devas (gods) protect him.
[7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him.
[8] His mind can concentrate...
Nov. 27 | Of a worthy goal reachable,
have Faith to reach it,
have Aspiration to reach it,
have Practice to reach it.
– Shilashanti
… there is the case where a certain monk
follows right after the community of monks…
He doesn’t have the other...
Aug. 29 |
若得美食,当愿众生,
满足其愿,心无羡欲。
得不美食,当愿众生,
莫不获得,诸三昧味。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第116-117偈)
If attaining delicious food,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
fulfil...
Sep. 6 |
见树叶茂,
当愿众生,
以定解脱,
而为荫映。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第64偈)
Seeing a tree’s leaves that are lush,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
with concentration [attain] liberation,
and with it...
Nov. 23 | Note and do the worthy;
never the unworthy –
always focus!
Feb. 24 |
若人欲拿金碧峰,
除非铁鍊锁虛空,
虛空若能锁得住,
再來拿我金碧峰。
– 金碧峰禅师
If one desires to seize Jin Bifeng,
unless able to use metal chains to lock empty space,
[and] if empty space is able to be locked...
Oct. 1 |
Shamatha is the one-pointed
concentration of the mind.
Vipashyana is perfect discernment.
– The Cloud Of Jewels
Because body and mind are interrelated, if one adopts a correct physical posture, the subtle channels with their energies will be straight,...
Dec. 28 | When your mind is not clear…
you may well take a thief
to be your own child.
– The Buddha (Surangama Sutra)
When you practice meditation in stillness and enter samadhi, the essence of your mind merges with the Bodhisattvas of the ten directions...
Feb. 29 | Life is uncertain;
death is certain.
Rebirth is certain;
where to is uncertain.
– Extended Buddhist Saying
Summarised in one line, the Pure Land teachings, which are the most popular in the Mahayana tradition, teach that via faithful single-minded...
Feb. 15 | Clean (in conduct, via observation of morality),
Calm (in emotion, via cultivation of concentration),
Clear (in reason, via realisation of wisdom),
these are characteristics of a noble person.
– Buddhist Saying