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Posts tagged with "suffering"
Sep. 9 |
You will earn the respect of all menif you begin by earning the respect of yourself.— Musonius Rufus(Fragment: 30)
In order to support more easily and more cheerfully those hardships which we may expect to suffer in behalf of virtue and goodness,...
Jun. 21 |
In this sixth M:I movie instalment is a rather intriguing yet deluded manifesto featured, that a bombing terrorist insisted to be aired on the news to justify his destruction. Deluded thoughts are especially dangerous when expressed to many with...
Apr. 17 | Unenlightened life is suffering —
brace yourself for it,
or become enlightened.
Feb. 8 |
Life is already too bitterto be even more bitterabout others’ bitterness.
Jan. 30 |
For that which I have proclaimedand made known as the Dharma and the Discipline,that shall be your Master when I am gone.– Śākyamuni Buddha(Mahāparinibbāṇa Sutta)
What if you encounter a so-called famous ‘master’, who claims...
Nov. 8 |
佛心者慈与悲:大慈则与乐,大悲则拔苦。
– 空海大师(性灵集)
Those with the Buddha’s hearthave loving-kindness and compassion:with great loving-kindness thus giving joy,with great
compassion thus uprooting...
Sep. 26 |
恶人转多,
如海中沙。
– 释迦牟尼佛
《佛说法灭尽经》
Evil persons will multiply to be many,
like sands’ number within the ocean.
– Śākyamuni Buddha
(Sūtra In Which The Buddha Speaks Of The Dharma’s Complete End)
According...
Sep. 24 |
Question: Is chanting to express respect to Buddha? How does it help us and others?
Answer: Chanting should always be practised respectfully, so as to be attentive, to receive the teachings chanted well. But chanting is not done just to express respect...
Sep. 23 |
What is the meaning, purpose or point of this life, be it long or short? These existential issues are pondered by a dog, who is able to recall several immediate past lives. Is it just to have fun and games, to play and eat? If only it is that...
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...
Aug. 20 |
Question: Is it possible to suffer on the behalf of other sentient beings?
Answer: Most parents, being loving, wish to suffer on behalf of their children when they are sick, but who is able to do this? If this can be done, the world would not have any...
Jul. 31 | If you believe plants are also sentient,
you should not eat animals’ meat and such,
as they eat much plants to grow them,
while vegans directly eat the least plants.
– Commonsensical
[T]he Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer wrote a book...
Jul. 19 |
Irrigators regulate the rivers;fletchers straighten the arrow shaft;carpenters shape the wood;the wise control themselves.
Just as a solid rockis not shaken by the storm,even so the wiseare not affected by praise or blame.
On hearing the Teachings,the...
Jul. 4 |
As not choosing
is also choosing,
do consider well
to choose well.
– Shilashanti
[1] First, you might
not liberate yourself
before this life ends,
but you can choose where reborn.
[2] Second, you might
not care where
you will be reborn,
but such rebirth...
Jun. 26 | But little water do the oceans four contain,
Compared with all the tears that man hath shed,
By sorrow smitten and by suffering distraught.
Woman, why heedless dost thou still remain?
– The Buddha to Patacara
Patacara, a lady from a well-to-do family...