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Posts tagged with "focus"
Mar. 2 |
Question: Although I usually practise mindfulness of the name of Amitābha Buddha (i.e. Āmítuófó: 阿弥陀佛), as I once felt very desperate, I then pleaded to both Āmítuófó and Guānshìyīn Bodhisattva (观世音菩萨) for help. Is this...
Jan. 18 | Begin focusing now
on what you have to
at the end.
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...
Aug. 12 |
When trapped on the planet Sakaar, there was this conversation… Korg: I’m actually organising another revolution. I don’t know if you’d be interested in something like that. Do you reckon you’d be interested?...
Jun. 25 |
Question: I hope to be able to come to Dharma class, if not strapped by work again. Time is running out, but I seem to have no choice but to choose working over learning.
Answer: If being too busy recurs too often, there might need to see if it makes...
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...
Apr. 19 |
Question: What if I find some teachers’ teachings confusing, and even potentially misleading?
Answer: Never let the Buddha, his Dharma and yourself down. You should sincerely and politely clarify with them, to check your understanding. If it turns...
Apr. 18 |
In season one of ‘The Umbrella Academy’, the one deemed most ‘extra ordinary’ among the Hargreaves’ foster siblings turn out to be the most extraordinary. The brothers and sisters lived as a school of X-men of sorts, with...
Nov. 19 | With life able to end any day,
you are always already too old
to waste your time on nonsense.
Oct. 17 | Should you desire
the great tranquility,
prepare to sweat white beads.
– Zen Master Hakuin
There are no shortcuts or ways to bypass the Apprenticeship Phase. It is the nature of the human brain to require such lengthy exposure to a field, which allows...
Jul. 26 | As featured in October 2018 issue of For You Information (佛友资讯)
若作是言
‘我当灭度无量众生’,
则不名菩萨。
– 金刚经
(释迦牟尼佛)
If to make this statement,
‘I will deliver to Nirvāṇa immeasurable...
Mar. 22 | Nianfo is focus on one skill
for mastering focus
on all other skills
[upon reaching Pure Land].
May. 3 | There should be enough focus
on what has consequences
in this life,
without losing enough focus
on what has consequences
after this life.
– Stonepeace