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Posts tagged with "learning"
Aug. 27 |
Question: What is this ___ sutra about?
Answer: While this is a very good question, it is also very difficult to answer simply. It is especially difficult to answer due to the length of the scripture and its many important subjects covered.
The...
Jul. 22 |
Question: How does reciting sutras (i.e. Buddhist scriptures) differ from attending classes on them?
Answer: There are many nuanced implications in profound teachings that need detailed explanation, via background information, examples and such....
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...
Sep. 7 | Only those who know
they are less experienced
can become more experienced.
Aug. 3 | Everything you experience
is ‘material’ for
reshaping your mind.
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. 27 |
The cause of right Dharma
learnt gives rise to
the effect of right Dharma
practised and realised.
– Shilashanti
Is it so, that with when we are keen to learn and practise the Buddha’s teachings (i.e. the Buddha Dharma), there will be obstacles?...
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...
Jun. 20 |
Much spiritual insurance
does create
enough material insurance.
– Shilashanti
Someone asked if monastics buy health insurance. Well, I do not know who did, if any, while there can be many reasons why others did not – such as due to not knowing about...
Jun. 13 |
Sincerity is needed
to master any worldly skill,
much more spiritual skills.
– Nowanden
A Dharma friend shared that a mutual friend (who is an acquaintance), who used to sing Buddhist songs, had recently given up on Buddhism. My reply was this –...
May. 3 |
诸佛念念念众生…
All Buddhas, from thought to thought,
[who are] are mindful of all beings…
– Shilashanti
According to the ‘Rajjumala-vimāna’, there was a servant’s daughter in Gayā, who was scolded and physically...
Jan. 29 | Be kind whenever possible.
It is always possible.
– H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama
[A]fter Sulak [Sivaraksa] saw a photograph in which the Dalai Lama was drinking Coca-Cola, [h]e mentioned his disapproval when he met with the Tibetan leader in Dharamsala....
Dec. 19 | All the time
in the world
due to (endless) rebirth(s)?
Ever less time
in this life
due to (impending) death!
How many more times
do you wish to assume
you have enough time?
May all be diligent
to learn and practise
the Dharma… in time.
Dec. 4 |
Determined to obtain the greatest possible benefit from all sentient beings, who are more precious than a wish-fulfilling jewel, I shall hold them most dear at all times.
– Geshe Langri Tangpa
Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation’...
Nov. 1 | Your real work is to use your worldly work
to support your spiritual work
of learning, practising and sharing the Dharma.