Devaputra, when the sun rises, it is not dismayed by the fact that some men are blind nor by the mountain shadows that it is unable to dispel. No, it sheds light on all that can be illuminated. In the same way, when Bodhisattvas appear for the sake of beings, they are not dismayed by the fact that some are wild and hostile. They bring to maturity and liberate all those who are capable of Liberation.
Monks, any desire-passion with regard to the eye is a defilement of the mind. Any desire-passion with regard to the ear... the nose... the tongue... the body... the intellect is a defilement of the mind. When, with regard to these six bases, the defilements of awareness are abandoned, then the mind is inclined to renunciation. The mind fostered by renunciation feels malleable for the direct knowing of those qualities worth realizing.
(SN 27, Kilesa-saṃyutta)
Make haste in doing good
and restrain the mind from evil;
if one is slow in doing good,
the mind finds delight in evil.
~ Dhammapada 9.116
A poor man asked the Buddha,
“Why am I so poor?”
The Buddha said, “you do not learn to give.”
So the poor man said, “If I’m not having anything?”
Buddha said: “You have a few things,
The Face, which can give a smile;
Mouth: you can praise or comfort others;
The Heart: it can open up to others;
Eyes: who can look the other with the eyes of goodness;
Body: which can be used to help others.”
So, actually we are not poor at all, poverty of spirit is the real poverty.
However many holy words you read,
However many you speak,
What good will they do you
If you do not act upon them?
ON CHANGE
"What then of this fathom-long body ? Is there anything here of which it may rightly be said , "I" or "mine" or "am"? Nay verily nothing whatsoever.
This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds. To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.
This mind is like a fish
out of water that thrashes
and throws itself about, its
thoughts following each of
its cravings. Such a
wandering mind is weak
and unsteady, attracted
here, there and everywhere.
How good it is to control it
and know the happiness of
freedom.
[dhammapada]
"Om Mani Padme Hum" first known description of the mantra appears in the Karandavyuha Sutra (佛說大乘莊嚴寶王經/ The Buddha Teaches the Sutra of Mahayana King's Sublime Treasure), which is part of certain Mahayana canons such as the Tibetan's. It was stated inside the sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha said, "This is the most beneficial mantra, even I made this aspiration to all the million Buddhas and subsequently received this teaching from the Buddha Amitabha." This text is first dated to around the late 4th century CE to the early 5th century CE.
"The Powers of the Six Syllables"
The six syllables perfect the Six Paramitas of the Bodhisattvas.
Gen Rinpoche, in his commentary on the Meaning of said:
"The mantra Om Mani Pädme Hum is easy to say yet quite powerful,
because it contains the essence of the entire teaching. When you say
the first syllable :
"Om" it is blessed to help you achieve perfection in the
practice of generosity,
"Ma" helps perfect the practice of pure ethics, and
"Ni" helps achieve perfection in the practice of tolerance and patience.
"Päd", the fourth syllable, helps to achieve perfection of perseverance,
"Me" helps achieve perfection in the practice of concentration, and the final sixth syllable "Hum" helps achieve perfection in the practice of wisdom.
So in this way recitation of the mantra helps achieve perfection in the six practices from generosity to wisdom. The path of these six perfections is the path walked by all the Buddhas of the three times. What could then be more meaningful than to say the mantra and accomplish the six perfections?"
The six syllables purify the six realms of existence in suffering.
"Kālāma Sūtra"
Rely not on the teacher, but on the teaching.
Rely not on the words of the teaching, but on the spirit of the words.
Rely not on theory, but on experience.
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.
Do not believe anything because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything because it is written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
But after observation and analysis,
when you find that anything agrees with reason
and is conducive to the good and the benefit of one and all,
then accept it and live up to it ~
There is only one time
when it is essential to awaken.
That time is now.
You only lose what you cling to.
We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes
Desire is the cause for all your sickness and misery
* Sensual passions are your first enemy.
Your second is called Discontent.
Your third is Hunger & Thirst.
Your fourth is called Craving.
Fifth is Sloth & Drowsiness.
Sixth is called Terror.
Your seventh is Uncertainty.
Hypocrisy & Stubbornness, your eighth.
Gains, Offerings, Fame, & Status wrongly gained,
and whoever would praise self
& disparage others.
That, Namuci, is your enemy,
the Dark One's commando force.
A coward can't defeat it,
but one having defeated it
gains bliss
Whatever is impermanent is subject to change. Whatever is subject to change is subject to suffering
He who does not see the four noble truths, he who does not understand the three characteristics and has not grounded himself in the Uncreate, has still a long path to traverse by repeated births through the desert of ignorance with its mirages of illusion and through the morass of wrong
The Four Noble Truths
1. There is Suffering - Suffering is common to all.
2. Cause of Suffering - We are the cause of our suffering.
3. End of Suffering - Stop doing what causes suffering.
4. Path to end Suffering - Everyone can be enlightened.
THE “NOBLE EIGHT-FOLD PATH” OF THE BUDDHA
(In Beatitudes)
(1) Blessed are they who understand RIGHT VIEW
That Life is One. (Samyak drishti)
Its “forms” do come and go:
But Life itself floweth on!
(2) Blessed are they who resolve RIGHT RESOLVE
That they will build the strength (Samyak sankalpa)
To lessen suffering and pain
And attain to Wisdom pure!
(3) Blessed are they who speak RIGHT SPEECH
In sympathy and gently to all, (Samyak vak)
Who do away with bitter words
And never speak in anger or in hate!
(4) Blessed are they who rightly act RIGHT EFFORT
and put away all thought of gain, (Samyak Prayatna)
Who know that motive is the deed
And who, renouncing power, are pure, indeed!
(5) Blessed are they who earn RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
Their daily bread in such a way (Samyak ajiva)
That brings not hurt nor pain
To living creatures on the Earth!
(6) Blessed are they who cast RIGHT ACTION
Out ill-will and pride in daily life (Samyak karmanta)
And act obedient to the Law
In sympathy and love!
(7) Blessed are they who walk the Way, RIGHT MINDFULNESS
Aware by night and day that life is (Samyak smriti)
sacred still!
They strive for Peace: and ever before them shine
The noble Truths of life!
(8) Blessed are they who meditate RIGHT CONCENTRATION
In silent joy and see how rich, indeed, (Samyak Samadhi)
Is the life of compassion, Service, Love!
Radiant as the Lamp of Light is such a life!
Thus taught the Blessed One, moving from town to town and village to village, teaching men and women the Way of Deliverance – the Way of Peace, Compassion and Illumination.
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