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Jan. 29 |
On eight worldly conditions
which obsess the world
and round which it revolves:
gain and loss, status and disgrace,
blame and praise, pleasure and pain.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Lokavipatti Sutta)
As summarised from the Lokavipatti Sutta…
How Ordinary...
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’...
Nov. 8 |
There are four kinds of [karmic] actions
proclaimed by me,
after realising them for myself
with direct knowledge.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Kukkuravatika Sutta)
(As paraphrased and extended from the second half of the Kukkuravatika Sutta)
[1] There are dark...
Mar. 19 |
见乐著人,当愿众生,
以法自娱,欢爱不舍。
见无乐著,当愿众生,
有为事中,心无所乐。
– 文殊菩萨
(华严经: 净行品: 第80-81偈)
Seeing those attached to [sense] pleasures,
[reflect that] ‘May sentient...
Dec. 21 | The most simple way to attain sufficiency is the best.
The most complex way to attain excesses is the worst.
~ Stonepeace
While the materialist is mainly interested in goods, the Buddhist is mainly interested in liberation. But Buddhism is “The...