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Posts tagged with "perfection"
Disappointment Haiku
Oct. 19 | If you see the unenlightened as ‘perfect’, prepare to be disappointed, as an unenlightened and imperfect one too.
TV Haikus
Jul. 27 | Even a TV only occasionally faulty is still a faulty TV. Only a TV never ever faulty is then a perfect TV.
‘I Am Mother’ Of Project Human Being?
Jun. 24 | In the probable event that there is very advanced A.I (Artificial Intelligence), will you trust it, if embodied in a single robot? To push the thought experiment to the extreme, what if you were brought up by this very robot, while you had never interacted...
‘The Song Of Patience By Hánshān & Shídé’ As Sung By The Bodhisattvas Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra & Maitreya 文殊、普贤与弥勒菩萨所唱的《寒山拾得忍耐歌》
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]...
Why Are Some Buddhists Not Monastics Here & Now?
Oct. 31 | Though the problems below are not all’s views, they do reflect those faced by the idealistic, who wish for nothing but the best. Problem [1]: Perfect Teacher Sought Being with idealistic hopes to find a perfect(ionistic) monastic teacher, who...
Purify Yourself Without Projecting Perfection On Others
Apr. 27 | When I am born in a place of impurity It is the weapon of destructive karma turning upon me. For always cultivating impure perceptions. From now on I will cultivate only pure perceptions. – Dharmarakshita (The Wheel Of Sharp Weapons, Verse 14) A place...
Chat On Perfection In ‘Nocturnal Animals’
Apr. 8 | In ‘Nocturnal Animals’, Susan said, ‘I was so busy trying to be perfect and…’ Edward interrupts, ‘And you don’t feel that way?’ She replies, ‘No.’ He says, ‘That’s exactly what...
Six Perfections
Mar. 26 | For generosity, nothing to do, Other than stop fixating on self. For morality, nothing to do, Other than stop being dishonest. For patience, nothing to do, Other than not fear what is ultimately true. For effort, nothing to do, Other than practise continuously. For...
Course: The Heart of ‘The Heart Sutra’ (Run 7)
Dec. 22 | click to enlarge poster Register: http://tinyurl.com/dabeiclass Feedback From Past Runs: Many thanks for your sharing yesterday on the Heart Sutra. Greatly appreciate it. I enjoyed it as it was conducted in a lively and fun manner… Very useful...
Beyond Self-Improvement
Dec. 14 | If one sees the Buddhadharma [Buddha’s teachings] merely as a self-improvement method, one misses its ultimate purpose – for self-perfection, for realising selflessness. – Stonepeace
The Story of Khantivadi Ascetic
Apr. 5 | Why live to expend positive and negative karma? Why not live to create positive karma to dilute negative karma? – Stonepeace Once upon a time the Bodhisattva, leading the life of an ascetic, was meditating at the foot of a tree in the king’s royal...
The ‘Black Swan’ Mara
Mar. 1 | ‘Black Swan’ tells the story of extreme clash of conflict in body and mind. A ballerina feels compelled by her idealism and expectations of others to play both the pure and restrained white swan and the malevolent and seductive black swan...
Can Practising The Good Dharma Create Bad Karma?
Jan. 10 | We should be encouraged that we have enough positive karma that allows us to practise the Dharma. – Stonepeace Can learning and practising the Dharma ‘too diligently’ force negative karma to ripen? Well, there is no such thing as ‘too...
