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Posts tagged with "wisdom"
How Sariputra Spoke The Dharma
Aug. 1 | In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be factual, true, beneficial, and endearing and agreeable to others, he has a sense of the proper time for saying them. – Sakyamuni Buddha (Abhaya Sutta) Of all the Buddha’s disciples,...
Wisdom Haikus
Jul. 26 | The dying who are also wise waste not a single moment on greed, hated and delusion. ___ The living who are also wise waste not a single moment on greed, hated and delusion. ___ We the living now are also the dying now, but are also wise now? – Shilashanti
The Buddha’s Leading Lay Disciple’s Dialogue With Mahavira
Jul. 11 | In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be unfactual, untrue, unbeneficial, unendearing and disagreeable to others, he does not say them. – Sakyamuni Buddha (Abhaya Sutta) [Citta was the model Buddhist layman whose learning and behaviour the...
Are Kids Growing Up Faster These Days?
Jun. 20 | Question: It seems that kids these days ‘mature’ earlier. Is this due to human lifespan being on the general decline, according to the Buddhist teachings, in this Dharma-Ending Age? Is it such that ‘learning’ is naturally sped...
Wisdom Haiku
May. 24 | The intelligent might understand much, while the wise realise the essential and follow through with action.
How One Who Slighted None Attained Buddhahood
May. 24 | 此诸众生 云何具有 如來智慧， 愚痴迷惑， 不知不见？ – 释迦牟尼佛 （华严经） [Of] all these sentient beings, why [are they] complete with [the] Tathāgatas’ wisdom, [yet] ignorant [and] confused, not knowing...
The Sūtras With Ultimate Compassion And Wisdom
Apr. 25 | 愿我命终时， 除灭诸障碍， 面见阿弥陀， 往生安乐国。 – 文殊师利菩萨 《文殊师利发愿经》 May I [Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva], when life [is] ending, eradicate all obstacles, [to] personally see Amitā[bha Buddha come...
Verses On Sickness
Apr. 13 | 见无病人，当愿众生， 入真实慧，永无病恼。 见疾病人，当愿众生， 知身空寂，离乖诤法。 – 文殊菩萨 (华严经: 净行品: 第84-85偈) Seeing persons without sickness, [reflect that] ‘May sentient beings, enter...
Verse For Lamp-Lighting (点灯偈)
Feb. 21 | 灭除心头火， 提起佛前灯， 愿以大智慧， 照破众无明。 Eradicating the mind’s fires [of greed, hatred and ignorance], lifting up, before the Buddha, [I offer] this lamp, May [I], with great wisdom, illuminate to shatter [the...
Do All Religions Share The Same Essence?
Feb. 21 | Appreciate similarities for harmony. Acknowledge differences for harmony too. – Stonepeace | Books (Although the below reflects how Buddhists see Buddhism; it does not necessarily reflect how others see it. The related articles that follow should...
How Two Journeyed Into Darkness & Light
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. – Stonepeace | Books Her Journey Into The Darkness Of Delusion Since young, she was taught by her seniors that her guru (spiritual...
Was That Truly A Buddhist Teaching?
Dec. 21 | In the unessential they imagine the essential; in the essential they see the unessential – they who entertain [such] wrong thoughts never realise the essence [of the Dharma]. – Sakyamuni Buddha (Dhammapada, Verse 11) When there is a supposedly...
Do You Have The ‘Nerve’?
Dec. 13 | ‘Nerve’ is, (for now at least, thank goodness) a fictitious phone app game from the dark web. There are two ways to participate – as a watcher or player. The first decides and sees the latter live out increasingly outrageous dares in real...
