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Doubt The Doubtful To Realise The Truthful
Jul. 11 | Be it with skepticism or faith in the Buddha’s teachings, the Buddha welcomes all to question them, all to question him. – Stonepeace Near the beginning of Śākyamuni Buddha’s life of extensive teaching, as recorded in the Kālāma Sutta,...
How To Sleep Well Like The Buddha
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,...
Is It Possible To Fire With Compassion?
Oct. 31 | Question: As I hired an incompetent domestic helper via an incompetent agent, I technically fired the helper. But the agent asked for some holding on to the helper in name first, to facilitate her transfer without incurring more cost for both the agent...
Of Sumeru, Moon & Sutras
May. 18 | To the truly foolish, the wise are foolish. To the truly wise, the foolish are foolish. – Stonepeace | Books XI I see a lot of silly folks who claim their own small spine’s Sumeru, the sacred mountain that supports the world.* Piss ants, gnawing...
Six Faults
Apr. 27 | The proud will never be pleased. The jealous will never be happy. The greedy will never be satisfied. The hateful will never be reconciled. The stingy will never have enough. The ignorant will never accomplish. – Patrul Rinpoche
Doing Evil Knowingly Vs Unknowingly
Feb. 1 | The very ignorant continue to ignore their ignorance, which harms them continually. – Stonepeace | Books The king asked Nagasena again, “Who gets greater demerit, a wise person who does evil, or an ignorant person who does evil?” Nagasena said,...
Are You Ignorant Of Your Cypher Complex?
May. 25 | (To Enter Or Exit ‘The Matrix’ Of Delusion?) Disciple: Do Pure Lands (净土) exist? Master: Does this defiled land (秽土) exist? Disciple: Of course it does. Master: If so, Pure Lands exist all the more. – Pure Land & Zen Dialogue Screened...
The Seven Limbs As Antidotes To Afflictions
Feb. 17 | Revere the more enlightened to rid pride. Learn their teachings and ask to rid ignorance and doubt. Repent and radiate loving-kindness to rid hatred. Rejoice of others’ well-being to rid jealousy. Give to the needy and worthy to rid greed. Dedicate...
We Know Not What We Know Not
Jan. 28 | The very foolish cling to delusions. The more foolish fight for them. The most foolish die with them. – Stonepeace | Books An ignorant person will always be wrong when he sizes up another and believes he can judge the other’s intelligence. It...
‘Inception’ Of Some Ideas For Awakening
Dec. 13 | To know of you are still dreaming, strive to further awaken yourself. – Stonepeace In ‘Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious’, Christopher Nolan, the writer-director of the movie ‘Inception’ says, ‘For me, one of the key...
Water of Greed, Fire of Hate
Aug. 17 | Toward our friends and those we love run the waters of attachment, toward our enemies burns the fire of anger; in the obscurity of ignorance, we lose sight of what should be abandoned and what should be practiced. Therefore renunciation of one’s...
Why Past Buddhas Are Still Bodhisattvas
Aug. 12 | There is nothing more touching than the immeasurable deeds of selfless compassion the enlightened have done, that they continue to do, for the sake of all beings. – Stonepeace It is not uncommon to notice that some fellow Buddhist friends have the...
