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Posts tagged with "diligence"
Mar. 5 |
夫为道者,犹木在水,寻流而行。不触两岸,不为人取,不为鬼神所遮,不为洄流所住,亦不腐败。吾保此木,決定入海。学道之人,不为情欲所惑,不为众邪所娆,精进无为。吾保此人,必得道矣。
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Feb. 3 |
忏悔文我昔所造诸恶业,皆由无始贪嗔痴,从身语意之所生,一切我今皆忏悔。— 普贤菩萨《普贤菩萨行愿品》Verse For RepentanceFrom my past, those created all evil karmas,all due to beginningless greed, hatred...
Sep. 26 |
Do (what is right) (with) your (thought, word and deed) best (you can).
Sep. 25 |
夫为道者,譬如一人与万人战。挂铠出门,意或怯弱:或半路而退,或格斗而死,或得胜而还。沙门学道,应当坚持其心,精进勇锐,不畏前境,破灭众魔,而得道果。
— 释迦牟尼佛《四十二章经》:...
Jan. 3 |
是真精进,是名真法供养如来。
若以华、香、璎珞、烧香、末香、塗香、天缯、幡盖及海此岸栴檀之香,如是等种种诸物供养,所不能及; 假使国城、妻子布施,亦所不及。…
是名第一之施,于诸施中最尊最上,以法供养诸如来故。
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Jan. 2 |
生死事大, 光阴可惜。 无常迅速,时不待人。— 寺院钟板文Birth and death is a matter big,and time available is regrettably little.With impermanence swift,time does not wait for one.— Text On Temple Sounding Board
Some...
Dec. 5 |
只看好样子…Only looking at good examples… – 净土宗十三祖印光大师 – Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng
Someone shared a testimonial on how a person gave up...
Oct. 3 |
First, be inspired by the Triple Gem
to take refuge in the Triple Gem.
– Shilashanti
As the Pure Land Tradition’s 13th Patriarch Great Master Yìnguāng (净土宗十三祖印光大师) taught in his ‘Third Reply Letter To Layperson Gāo Shàolín’...
Jul. 25 |
末世法灭之时,
特驻此经,百年在世,
接引众生,往生彼国。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《无量寿经》
When it is the last period of the Dharma-Ending Age [which is this era],
I will specially retain this sūtra, for one hundred [more]...
Jul. 18 |
我观是
阎浮众生,
举心动念,
无非是罪。
– 地藏菩萨
《地藏经》
I see that of these
Jambudvīpa sentient beings [here],
with their raising of minds and moving of thoughts,
none are not with transgressions.
– Kṣitigarbha...
Jul. 10 | With my diligence, carefully
I examined the body
And saw this as it really is —
Both within and without.
– Nanda
(Thig 84)
Because Nanda was so taken up with her physical beauty, the Buddha used his psychic powers to conjure up the vision of an even...
Jun. 27 |
The cause of right Dharma
learnt gives rise to
the effect of right Dharma
practised and realised.
– Shilashanti
Is it so, that with when we are keen to learn and practise the Buddha’s teachings (i.e. the Buddha Dharma), there will be obstacles?...
Jun. 20 |
Much spiritual insurance
does create
enough material insurance.
– Shilashanti
Someone asked if monastics buy health insurance. Well, I do not know who did, if any, while there can be many reasons why others did not – such as due to not knowing about...
May. 30 |
The wise are grateful
for their ancestors’ good,
and never resentful
for their mistakes.
– Nowanden (Part 1)
Is it so, that many generations’ accumulation of merits is needed, for us to be able to learn and practise the Dharma? Although...
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
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Ancient ones say, ‘With...