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Posts tagged with "student"
Jan. 6 |
In the last episode of season 2 of ‘The Kominsky Method’, ‘A Thetan Arrives’… (N)orman says, ‘I believe the next step for me is the journey inwards… the spiritual path… There’s an old saying that...
Sep. 27 |
If even perfect Buddhas and great Bodhisattvas
express themselves
humbly in thought, word and deed,
who are we as ordinary beings
to be proud?
– Shilashanti
The easiest way to carry clothes is to wear them.
The easiest way to carry food is to eat them.
The...
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...
Feb. 11 |
The first step of learning
is to recognise evil,
so as to avoid evil.
Without this first step,
what learnt might be evil.
Her Journey Into The Darkness Of Delusion
Since young, she was taught by her seniors that her guru (spiritual teacher) is equal...
Dec. 21 | Seek good enough teachers who lead
to the perfect teacher of Amituofo,
in the perfect school of his Pure Land,
to be a perfect student of his,
to be a perfect teacher like him too.
– Stonepeace | Books
According to Jigme Lingpa, there are four...
Oct. 11 | People degenerate by relying on those inferior to themselves;
By relying on equals, they stay the same;
By relying on those superior, they attain excellence;
Thus rely on those who are superior to yourself.
If you rely on whomever is superior – thoroughly...
Sep. 13 | Good students appreciate
being corrected of their mistakes
as they are good students.
Good teachers appreciate
being corrected of their mistakes
as they are also good students.
– Shilashanti
If a fresh banana leaf is wrapped around a piece of old...
Mar. 28 |
Without names, so that timeless lessons can be universally learnt, the below is based on an actual incident.
Case
There was a public Dharma talk with many misconceptions shared. A teacher, having taken the reasonably calculated risk of recommending...
Jul. 20 |
The only way to know
if you have learned enough
is to keep learning,
till you know and see all.
– Stonepeace | Books
It is best to attend proper Dharma classes
to learn the Buddha’s teachings
ever more systematically and comprehensively,
because...
May. 18 |
As it is with perfectionism
that we become perfect,
why compromise on it?
– Stonepeace | Books
[1] Stages Of Seeking A Perfect Teacher
(i) No Teacher:
Before discovery of Sakyamuni Buddha’s teachings,
the student had no true spiritual teacher,
as...
Nov. 21 | Too much deference
actually spoils the guru.
– H.H The 14th Dalai Lama
The problem with the [Vajrayana] practice of seeing everything the guru does as perfect is that it very easily turns to poison for both the guru and the disciple. Therefore,...
Oct. 29 | Aware of the difference
between being firm and angry,
one can be firm when necessary,
but never ever angry.
– Stonepeace | Books
A Dharma class participant sent me the following question… ‘A “teacher” I know regularly raises...
Apr. 16 | 此诸众生,All these sentient beings [will, in the future (now),
去佛渐远。away] from the Buddha, gradually be further apart [from him].
邪师说法,Evil ‘teachers’ who speak the [corrupted] ‘Dharma’,
如恒河沙。[will...
Jan. 3 | If you have never questioned any teacher’s teachings,
you must have encountered only perfect teachers,
or you are an imperfect student.
– Stonepeace
Apr. 20 | True listening [to the Dharma] does not rest
in how much you have listened to your Master [teacher]
but in how well you have listened.
Even if you have listened well,
you would benefit only
if you can apply properly what you have heard
to the circumstances...