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Posts tagged with "fear"
Nov. 13 |
人从爱欲生忧,从忧生怖。若离与愛,何忧何怖?
— 释迦牟尼佛《四十二章经》: 第三十二章
People from attachments and desires give rise to worries, and from worries give rise to fear. If departed from attachments,...
Sep. 22 |
Question: Why should one be afraid of being reborn in a lower realm like hell if one does not remember anything from one’s past life?
Answer: If one knows one is going to hell later, one will be terrified now. If one is in hell...
Jul. 9 |
The Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca once said, ‘We suffer more in imagination than in reality.’ What did he mean? With too much-unfounded information leading to too many ‘what-ifs’, the convoluted thoughts we unwittingly...
Apr. 22 |
If your fears are neverfaced and transformed,they will always haunt you.— Shilashanti
On the second night in the small solo retreat room, one of the most nerve-racking events was experienced… At an ungodly hour, the winds started to...
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...
Jul. 24 | Our spiritual health demands
that we let go of anger,
or else it will never let go of us.
– Seneca
Seneca, to judge by his self-presentation in his writings, was a self-reflective and inward-looking man. He describes, in one of the passages...
Jun. 19 | From lust springs grief,
from lust springs fear;
One free from lust,
has no grief, whence fear?
– The Buddha
(Dhammapada Verse 215)
The Dhammapada Commentary relates the story of Anitthigandha Kumāra in whom love developed for the kind of feminine...
Jun. 6 |
It all seems so stupid,
it makes me want to give up…
– Shame: First half of chorus
(Depeche Mode)
The classic 1987 Depeche Mode concert anthem, ‘Never Let Me Down Again‘, is about a debatable ‘best friend’, who is taking...
Jan. 23 |
Undefiled by the stains of the superstitions of the eight worldly concerns, may I, by perceiving all phenomena as illusory, be released from the bondage of attachment.
– Geshe Langri Tangpa
Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation’...
Jan. 12 |
佛名大觉,具一切智,
若在世时,我母死后,
傥来问佛,必知处所。
– 婆罗门女
《地藏菩萨本愿经》
[The] Buddha [is] named [the] Great Awakened [One],
complete [with] all wisdom,
thus [on] when alive, [and]...
Dec. 19 |
How can a spy truly love a spy? To make it more confounding, how can a very ‘good’ spy love another very ‘good’ spy? After all, a very good spy is also a very good actor. Such acting goes beyond a mere stage. Overflowing before...
Nov. 27 |
People are first haunted by their inner demons, before they become ghosts haunting haunted places, who might in turn become others’ outer demons. Haunted by unresolved and deluded attachment and aversion, both in this life and from life to...
Oct. 11 |
‘The Darkness’ is based on a ‘myth’ that Anasazi Indians bound demons to rocks hidden in underground caves. If removed, they will take the shape of a crow, snake, coyote, wolf and buffalo, before tricking and dragging children...
Jul. 18 | Be calm to be clear,
or you will be fearful
and more confused.
Jun. 20 |
To always rest well,
always live well when awake,
without greed, hatred and delusion.
– Shilashanti
According to the Hatthaka Sutta, the Buddha was staying in a forest near Alavi, on a spread of leaves. Hatthaka, while walking around for exercise,...