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Aug. 21 | There is no evil like hatred,
And no fortitude like patience.
Thus I should strive in various ways
To meditate on patience.
– Shantideva
(Guide To Bodhisattva’s Way Of Life)
[1] Not Becoming Upset with Those Who Do Harm
The first type of patience...
Jul. 8 |
In ‘Arrival’, a language expert (Dr. Banks) requested to ask another ‘expert’ on the Sanskrit word for ‘war’ and its translation. The reply was ‘gravisti’, and that is means ‘an argument’. Banks...
May. 16 |
The following is a beloved classic teaching on patience (忍辱), called ‘Hánshān Asks Shídé’《寒山问拾得》or ‘Hánshān’s [And] Shídé’s Patience Song’《寒山拾得忍耐歌》, with notes on its meaning.
稽首文殊,寒山之士。南无普贤,拾得定是。
[I]...
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...
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...
Jan. 8 |
When someone whom I have benefited, and in whom I have great hopes gives me terrible harm, I shall regard that person as my holy guru.
– Geshe Langri Tangpa
Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation’ (Part 6 of 8):
第六颂:视害为师
吾昔饶益助某人,
且曾深心寄厚望,
彼虽非理妄加害,
愿视彼为善知识。
–...
Nov. 19 |
We as mind and matter,
arose and ceased
in our past lives,
from life to life.
– Nowanden
There might seem to be ‘two’ kinds of impermanence?
The first kind is the arising and ceasing
of all phenomena of mind and matter,
which arise due...
Nov. 8 |
Question: I was sick at at a clinic. There was a patient there who complained that she had wasted time waiting for an hour, asking if the next in line can let her go first, so that she can go home to take care of her child. Everyone remained silent....
Oct. 4 |
‘Se7en’ can be seen as a contemporary fable on the dangers of the Seven Deadly Sins, which according to Christian teachings, are pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath and sloth. (They are contrary, respectively, to the Seven Cardinal...
Jul. 4 |
Ask well
to be answered well.
Ask better
to be answered better.
– Stonepeace
In the last line of ‘[The] Twenty-Third [Light] Precept [Against] Arrogant [And] Biased Speaking [Of The Dharma]’ (第二十三憍慢僻说[轻]戒) in the ‘Brahmā...
May. 24 |
此诸众生
云何具有
如來智慧,
愚痴迷惑,
不知不见?
– 释迦牟尼佛
(华严经)
[Of] all these sentient beings,
why [are they] complete with
[the] Tathāgatas’ wisdom,
[yet] ignorant [and] confused,
not knowing...
Apr. 25 | Do not be angry when others do harm,
but realise that it is [the effect of] previous karma.
Without causing any more suffering,
eliminate your own faults.
– Precious Garland Of Advice To A King (Verse 271)
Arya Nagarjuna
When others harm you, your...
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Praise From Previous Runs:
An extremely important course to help oneself to neutralise and transform one’s anger for cultivating merits. I learnt to understand...
Nov. 10 | Welcome any tests
by others with good will,
but test not others with ill spirit.
– Stonepeace | Books
Kyabje Khunu Lama Rinpoche told His Holiness the Dalai Lama that one time, somebody was sitting meditating outside Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. Someone...
Aug. 2 |
若见大柱,
当愿众生,
离我诤心,
无有忿恨。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第60偈)
If seeing huge pillars,*
[reflect that] ‘May sentient beings,
depart from self-centred contentious minds,
[to be] without anger and hatred.’**
–...