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Posts tagged with "peace"
Jan. 31 |
If you have the misconception that your life will be perfect, you will always be shocked by its up and down nature. If you expect your life to be up and down, your mind will be much more peaceful.
Lama Yeshe (Make Your Mind An...
Dec. 12 |
若众生心,忆佛念佛,现前当来,必定见佛。– 大势至菩萨 《念佛圆通章》 If sentient beings’ minds recollect the Buddha, and are mindful of the Buddha, now or in the future, they will definitely see the Buddha. ...
Oct. 30 | Consume mindfully
with compassion and wisdom
or consume mindlessly
with greed and delusion.
– Shilashanti
Do not neglect your meals:
Make your meals about the eating
When you eat, are you focused on the act of eating? Breakfast is something you race...
Jul. 10 | With my diligence, carefully
I examined the body
And saw this as it really is —
Both within and without.
– Nanda
(Thig 84)
Because Nanda was so taken up with her physical beauty, the Buddha used his psychic powers to conjure up the vision of an even...
May. 23 |
What if there is an secret camp of sorts, amidst the mountains, where for a fortnight, all don masks to hide their true identities, and are free to do whatever they wish? There, almost anything goes, though there are some basic rules to ensure there...
May. 8 | Renounce falseness and cultivate trustworthiness.
Renounce divisiveness and cultivate harmoniousness.
Renounce harshness and cultivate peacefulness.
Renounce frivolousness and cultivate meaningfulness.
– Shilashanti
Kālāmas, a learned noble disciple...
Mar. 27 | [1] He sleeps in comfort.
[2] He awakes in comfort.
[3] He sees no evil dreams.
[4] He is dear to human beings.
[5] He is dear to non-human beings.
[6] Devas (gods) protect him.
[7] Fire, poison, and sword cannot touch him.
[8] His mind can concentrate...
Mar. 27 | Featured in black and white, yet with the rich nuances of light and shade, ’Roma’ depicts the ordinariness of everyday life, as juxtaposed with the extraordinariness of both domestic and political chaos. It is a closer look at how every single...
Mar. 20 |
极圆极顿,
难议难思,
唯有大智,
方能谛信。
– 净土宗九祖澫益大师
《佛说阿弥陀经要解》
Extremely complete [and] extremely sudden [for enlightenment], difficult [to] discuss [and] difficult [to] conceive, only with...
Mar. 14 |
唯持名一法,摄机最普,下手最易,不致或起魔事。
– 净土宗十三祖印光大师
[O]nly [the] one method [of] upholding [the] name,gathers [all spiritual] capacities most universally,[and is the] most easy to start [practising],not...
Mar. 14 | In a scene where ‘The Punisher’ (Season 1) was spray-painting his signature white skull symbol on his black body armour meant to intimidate his enemies, Lieberman tells him… ‘That skull? That’s a “Memento Mori”....
Feb. 27 | Granted that serving in war is no walk in the park, what happens when soldiers return, trying to readjust to peaceful civilian life? Sadly, the bloodier the experiences one had gone through, the harder it is, even if home is much craved for. Appropriately,...
Jan. 23 |
Undefiled by the stains of the superstitions of the eight worldly concerns, may I, by perceiving all phenomena as illusory, be released from the bondage of attachment.
– Geshe Langri Tangpa
Reflections On ‘The Eight Verses Of Thought Transformation’...
Jan. 16 |
贤者好布施,
天神自扶将,
施一得万倍,
安乐寿命长。
[Of] virtuous ones [who] delight [in] generosity,
heavenly gods [will] personally look after [them].
[When] giving once, [they] attain ten thousand times [more],
[with] peace,...
Dec. 19 |
How can a spy truly love a spy? To make it more confounding, how can a very ‘good’ spy love another very ‘good’ spy? After all, a very good spy is also a very good actor. Such acting goes beyond a mere stage. Overflowing before...