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Posts tagged with "kindness"
Nov. 14 |
The wise learn what they should, to help themselves.
The kind share what they can to help others.
Jan. 22 |
The essence of givingis to give awaygreed, hatred and delusion.— Shilashanti
Giving is the warm heart of Bodhisattva practice. Generosity attends and responds with kindness to whatever turns up, including people and events we find challenging....
Sep. 23 |
What is the meaning, purpose or point of this life, be it long or short? These existential issues are pondered by a dog, who is able to recall several immediate past lives. Is it just to have fun and games, to play and eat? If only it is that...
Apr. 18 |
Being the fundamental source
of physical kindness in our lives,
our parents should first to be repaid,
by sharing the Dharma learnt with them.
– Shilashanti
As recounted by the Pure Land Tradition’s 2nd Patriarch Great Master Shàndǎo (净土宗二祖善导大师)...
Mar. 6 | The ‘DC’ in DC Comics stands for ‘Detective Comics’, but they might as well stand for ‘Darker Comics’? On both big and small screens in recent years, their characters are consistently darker than Marvel’s, and...
Oct. 17 |
‘The Sea Of Trees’ (Jukai: 树海) is an alternative name of Japan’s ‘Suicide Forest’ (Aokigahara: 青木ヶ原), with its dense foliage that moves with swells and waves like the sea. Believed by many to be very easy...
Jul. 18 |
Four Bases Of Sympathy:
[1] Generously giving gifts
[2] Speaking kind words
[3] Doing kind deeds
[4] Being equal in treatment
Hatthaka [the lay Buddhist] was famous… for his ability to attract people to the Dharma. Once he brought five hundred...
Apr. 25 |
见报恩人,当愿众生,
于佛菩萨,能知恩德。
见背恩人,当愿众生,
于有恶人,不加其报。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第88-89偈)
Seeing persons repaying kindness,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
of...
Sep. 1 | It is normal for the unenlightened
to be criticised by the more enlightened.
It is abnormal for the unenlightened
to not be criticised by the more enlightened.
Stonepeace | Books
When you are criticized, accept it as an opportunity to acknowledge your...
Feb. 7 | Always reciprocate
even the smallest kindness done for us,
but never seek reciprocation
even for the greatest kindness done for others.
– Stonepeace
Jan. 27 | How kind can one be to others
if one is unkind
to another kind to one?
– Stonepeace
In the Katannu Sutta, the Buddha taught that those with integrity would express gratitude towards those who have helped them. It so happens that the ones we should...
Jan. 2 |
因为完全地善待自己,
而体会到慈爱的无价。
因为体会到慈爱的无价,
而把它与一切众生分享。
这就是最好的善行。
这就是未来佛——菩萨,所行之道!
(1月2日 – TDE 1)
The kindest thing you...