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Posts tagged with "evil"
Jan. 24 |
境缘无好坏,好坏起于心。愚人除境不除心,至人除心不除境。既除矣,境岂实有?
达境本空,便能素位而行。 不愿乎外,以所历位,无非无外之法界也。知皆即法界,自无入而不自得。
—...
Dec. 27 |
世间人民不念修善,转相教令共为众恶。两舌、恶口、妄言、绮语、谗贼、斗乱,憎嫉善人、败坏贤明,于傍快喜。— 释迦牟尼佛《无量寿经》The world’s people are not mindful of cultivating good....
Dec. 9 |
Tall, large, with red skin, a tail, hooves and horns, the half-demon Hellboy is a reminder not to judge by appearances – both in the fictitious and real world. Even those who seem ‘definitely’ evil might not be so, who might do...
Dec. 6 |
一切恶事,虛妄为本。
– 释迦牟尼佛 《涅槃经》
All evil matters,are with falsehood as the root.
– Śākyamuni Buddha (Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra)
Dec. 2 |
Ghostly vengeance sounds super scary and violent. Yet, revenge means there was wrong done, that seems to ‘justify’ the havoc, or does it? Bearing in mind that ghosts are ex-humans, which ghost is so downright evil, to wish to wreck chaos...
Oct. 28 |
A key philosophical problem with the Star Wars universe is that it is ‘romantically’ yet unrealistically portrayed in terms of balance. For example, Luke Skywalker explains the force as so to Rey, ‘The force is not a power you have....
Sep. 30 |
The Jedi Master Luke Skywalker once saw his apprentice Ben Solo, to be so potentially dangerous, that he almost destroyed him, in a bid to prevent him from actualising this potential. Yet, in that very moment, Skywalker forgot the existence of Solo’s...
Sep. 26 |
恶人转多,
如海中沙。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《佛说法灭尽经》
Evil persons will multiply to be many,
like sands’ number within the ocean.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of The Dharma’s Complete End)
According...
Sep. 16 |
If we mindfully reflect on the fantastic Greek myth of Perseus, we should realise that it is not truly a tale about external gods and monsters. Instead, it tells of how mere mortals are able to triumph despite seemingly impossible odds, with great...
Aug. 14 | There are those who do not realize
that one day we all must die.
But those who do realize this
settle their quarrels.
– The Buddha
(Dhammapada Verse 6)
Let’s get rid of anger’s evil; let’s purge the mind, tear out by the roots that...
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. 4 |
As not choosing
is also choosing,
do consider well
to choose well.
– Shilashanti
[1] First, you might
not liberate yourself
before this life ends,
but you can choose where reborn.
[2] Second, you might
not care where
you will be reborn,
but such rebirth...
May. 23 |
What if there is an secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks to hide their true identities, and are free to do whatever they wish? There, almost anything goes, though there are some basic rules to ensure there...
May. 16 |
Those who imagine evil
where there is none,
and do not see evil where it is —
upholding false views,
they go to states of woe.
Those who discern
the wrong as wrong
and the right as right —
upholding right views,
they go to realms of bliss.
– The...
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。
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Ancient ones say, ‘With...