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Go For That Easy To Get, Use And Keep
Jan. 26 | Wealth is able to buy the pleasures of eating,drinking and other sensual pursuits –yet can never afforda cheerful spirit or freedom from sorrow.— Musonius Rufus [From ‘On Furnishings’]: In general, one would rightly judge what...
Mindfully Ask Your Heart If You Need It
Mar. 11 | It’s only after we’ve lost everythingthat we’re free to do anything.— Chuck Palahniuk(via Tyler Durden in Fight Club) You’re climbing a mountain but you aren’t well equipped. You’re wearing thin clothing,...
Five Poisons
Jun. 14 | The greedy, when overboard, will be deprived, when repented, will be content. The hateful, when overboard, will be loathed, when repented, will be accepted. The deluded, when overboard, will be confused, when repented, will be clear. The arrogant, when...
‘The Song Of Patience By Hánshān & Shídé’ As Sung By The Bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra & Maitreya 文殊、普贤与弥勒菩萨所唱的《寒山拾得忍耐歌》
May. 16 | 古人云：「何以息谤？」 曰：「无辩。」 又云：「吃得小亏，则不至于吃大亏。」 余三十年来屡次经验，深信此数语真实不虚。 弘一大师 《弘一大师全集》 Ancient ones say, ‘With...
Why You Should Be More Giving Now (Or ‘Death Cleaning For Better Living’)
Mar. 27 | Giving what others need now will create merits, which can manifest as what we really need later. – Shilashanti In the Avadāna Sūtra《阿婆陀那经》, Velāma Bodhisattva (韦罗摩菩萨) had the following reflection – ‘People speak...
Contentment For Peace & Bliss
Nov. 19 | 知足之人，虽卧地上，犹为安乐； 不知足者，虽处天堂，亦不称意。 – 释迦牟尼佛 《佛遗教经》 Those who know contentment, although lying on the ground, nevertheless have peace and bliss. Those who not know contentment, although...
Greed Haiku
Sep. 13 | If not much needs to be spent, why make too much? If not much needs to be saved, give those with too little.
Repair & Repurpose Before Rebuying
Aug. 15 | Learn to do more with less before wanting more and more. – Shilashanti One of the principles of a Buddhist lifestyle is to take care of things and repair them. The unsui monks of Eihei Temple designate days that contain the numbers ‘4’...
Never Have Contempt At The Contemptuous
Oct. 31 | Since the mind is not physical, No one can ever destroy it. It is strongly attached to the body, And so it is harmed by physical suffering. Contempt, offensive speech, Ans unpleasant words Do not harm the body, Then why, mind, are you so angry? –...
Where Are The 17 Arhats?
Jul. 13 | Sudden windfalls seldom bring about sudden happiness; bringing sudden unrest instead. – Stonepeace | Books A peasant dug up a very valuable golden statue of an Arhat from a hill. When his friends learned of the discovery, they rushed to congratulate...
Are You As ‘Poor’ As You Think?
Jun. 6 | It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor. – Seneca José Alberto ‘Pepe’ Mujica Cordano is the current president of Uruguay, who is described to be ‘the world’s “poorest”...
Why Drink More Salt Water?
Jan. 26 | Sensual pleasure are like salt water: The more you indulge, the more thirst increases. Abandon at once those things which breed clinging attachment. This is the practice of bodhisattvas. – Bodhisattva (Gyelsay) Togmay Zangpo (Verse #21 Of The Thirty-Seven...
Why Is It Better To Give Than To Receive?
Dec. 10 | 不知足者 Those who not know contentment, 虽富而贫 even if rich, they are however poor. 知足之人 Those who know contentment, 虽贫而富 even if poor, they are however rich. – 佛陀 The Buddha (遗教经 Sutra Of Bequeathed...
