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Posts tagged with "conscience"
Apr. 7 |
There is no enjoying the possession of anything valuable unless one has someone to share it with. — Seneca
Neither the Buddhists nor the Stoics believed in what has come to be called ‘original sin’ — that we are a fallen and flawed...
Jan. 23 |
‘The Fix’ is a comedy talk show hosted by a comedian with the assistance of a data expert. Two teams of comedians try to half-joke and half-seriously fix the world’s problems with humour and facts, also known as ‘wit and wisdom’....
Jan. 16 | Radical transformation of society
requires personal and spiritual change
first or at least simultaneously.
– Sulak Sivaraksa
A topic that Sulak [Sivaraksa] weaves into nearly every talk, essay, book, or discussion is spiritual friendship, which he regards...
Jul. 4 |
In the movie ‘Doubt’, Father Brendan Flynn masterfully delivered this unnerving sermon… ‘A woman was gossiping with her friend about a man whom they hardly knew… [Note: Such is the nature of gossip, which is spread of the...
May. 4 |
All beings fear danger, life is dear to all.
When a person considers this,
he does not kill or cause to kill.
– The Buddha (Dhammapada, 129)
‘Animals And The Buddha’ (https://youtube.com/watch?v=S0MWAAykFuc) is a documentary by ‘Dharma...
Jun. 15 | In the movie ‘Julie And Julia’, Julie (Powell) got nervous about preparing a ‘lobster thermidor’ dish, by following Julia Child’s recipe in her cookbook. She lamented that Child made killing sound so easy, saying, ‘I...
Mar. 21 | In moral arguments,
true victory is when
you win the rediscovery
of your conscience.
In moral arguments,
true defeat is when
you defend the loss
of your conscience.
– Stonepeace | Get Books
Dec. 5 | Group spiritual practice is crucial,
in case you lack mindful discipline
and do not know this is the case.
– Stonepeace | Get Books
Geshe Ben was an erudite and accomplished monk of the Oral Precept School who lived in the eleventh century. He was...
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...
Jun. 22 | If one expects gratitude and reciprocation
of one’s kindness from others,
one should expect disappointment too.
– Stonepeace
In Singapore subway trains, there used to be a sign above certain seats in each carriage, which reads, ‘Priority...
May. 9 | How connected you are
to good, evil and purity
pivots upon
how connected you are
to your Buddha-nature.
– Stonepeace