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Posts tagged with "good"
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。
—...
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. 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...
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. 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. 5 |
Whatever harm an enemy
may do to an enemy or a hater to a hater,
an ill-directed mind inflicts
on oneself a greater harm.
Neither mother, father,
nor any other relative
can do one greater good
than one’s own well-directed mind.
– The Buddha
(Dhammapada...
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...
Mar. 14 | Where is the good?…
Where is the evil?
In the will.
– Epictetus
Oct. 25 | If you think you are either superior or inferior to someone,
an invisible wall goes up between you.
Treat him like an old friend you haven’t seen in a while.
When you let your guard down, so will he.
– Haemin Sunim
I heard a story from Korea…...
Jun. 27 |
若见长者,当愿众生,
善能明断,不行恶法。
若见大臣,当愿众生,
恒守正念,习行众善。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第100-101偈)
If seeing elders,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
be good at clear...
May. 24 |
见著甲胄,当愿众生,
常服善铠,趣无师法。
见无铠仗,当愿众生,
永离一切,不善之业。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第94-95偈)
Seeing those wearing armour,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
always...
May. 15 |
When we are no longer
able to change a situation,
we are challenged to change ourselves.
– Viktor Frankl
(Man’s Search For Meaning)
In the movie ‘The Week Of’, Isaac the boy had to sit on a bench when his baseball coach ushered the...
Mar. 8 | Since all good and evil start small,
may all nurture even minor good,
and never nurture even minor evil.
– Stonepeace | Books
… [Sakyamuni Buddha said,] ‘Have you ever seen the seed of a nigrodha tree?’ [The Brahmin replied], ‘Of...
Feb. 11 |
The first step of learning
is to recognise evil,
so as to avoid evil.
Without this first step,
what learnt might be evil.
Her Journey Into The Darkness Of Delusion
Since young, she was taught by her seniors that her guru (spiritual teacher) is equal...