~ Daehaeng Sunim, a Korean nun
If you want to realise the truth, the Buddha-Dharma, you have to experience it through your daily life, your body, and your mind. What could you possibly find by ignoring these and looking for the truth somewhere else? The Buddha taught people to experience the truth for themselves, because this is the only way to become truly free. The goal of the Buddha's teaching
If you want to realise the truth, the Buddha-Dharma, you have to experience it through your daily life, your body, and your mind. What could you possibly find by ignoring these and looking for the truth somewhere else? The Buddha taught people to experience the truth for themselves, because this is the only way to become truly free. The goal of the Buddha's teaching
s is application, not intellectual knowledge.
From the prospective of our fundamental mind," just doing" is easier than speaking. Words may be inadequate or misunderstood, but doing is straightforward: if you do it, ti's taken care of. However, people get caught by words, and argue about wrong and right without ever trying to experience the Dharma directly.
From the prospective of our fundamental mind," just doing" is easier than speaking. Words may be inadequate or misunderstood, but doing is straightforward: if you do it, ti's taken care of. However, people get caught by words, and argue about wrong and right without ever trying to experience the Dharma directly.
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Application: Think good, speak good and act good. Your life will change and become more cheerful, light-hearted and full of wisdom. And now sincerely you are walking on the right spiritual path with a full awareness of your truthful self and the reality of living. May the Triple Gems guide you and bless you all the way.
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Please take this as a joke
There are many people through message, email, telephone call or see me personally asking me to help them in business, job situation and sickness. The first question I will ask them, " Have you top-up your spiritual saving account?"
The answer will be," What? I have many bank saving accounts. which one are you talking about?"
So I will say, " Have you donate your money
There are many people through message, email, telephone call or see me personally asking me to help them in business, job situation and sickness. The first question I will ask them, " Have you top-up your spiritual saving account?"
The answer will be," What? I have many bank saving accounts. which one are you talking about?"
So I will say, " Have you donate your money
to the poor and the needy and the poor closed ones?"
They will then say," I donate to churches and temples and my name uses to appear on their lists and also on the newspapers."
" Sorry friends, with your name appearing on the churches or temples listings and on newspapers is not the right way of doing good and as a result your spiritual account is empty now."
For those who believe me, go and make a donation to the needy and the poor will find that their situation has changed eventually and is better off. I always tell these people, there is someone watching you and taking note of you. It could be God, Buddha or angels? Actually I also don't know. What I know is doing good begets good.
They will then say," I donate to churches and temples and my name uses to appear on their lists and also on the newspapers."
" Sorry friends, with your name appearing on the churches or temples listings and on newspapers is not the right way of doing good and as a result your spiritual account is empty now."
For those who believe me, go and make a donation to the needy and the poor will find that their situation has changed eventually and is better off. I always tell these people, there is someone watching you and taking note of you. It could be God, Buddha or angels? Actually I also don't know. What I know is doing good begets good.
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"Drying my hair in the sun." the ol sage replied.
" Can we help you?" they wanted to
know.
" How can you help me?" he said. " What is there that I need? the hair is being dried by the sun, and I am resting at the origin of all things."
Jnana paramita is simply authenticity in being, all its incandescent immediacy- alive, wakeful and free.
Rumi, the most popular poet of the Islamic Sufi, once
advised," Try to be a duck, with its joyful body paddling along in the loving water of the river. Just enjoy that." Being is it totally. Sometimes Buddhists call it "is-ness." They call it ordinary mind-free from concepts, fabrication and striving. This implies the authentically and scintillating brilliance of pristine, innate awareness. Awareness itself is self-arisen and timeless, all pervasive, and immutable.
~ Lama Surya Das
" How can you help me?" he said. " What is there that I need? the hair is being dried by the sun, and I am resting at the origin of all things."
Jnana paramita is simply authenticity in being, all its incandescent immediacy- alive, wakeful and free.
Rumi, the most popular poet of the Islamic Sufi, once
advised," Try to be a duck, with its joyful body paddling along in the loving water of the river. Just enjoy that." Being is it totally. Sometimes Buddhists call it "is-ness." They call it ordinary mind-free from concepts, fabrication and striving. This implies the authentically and scintillating brilliance of pristine, innate awareness. Awareness itself is self-arisen and timeless, all pervasive, and immutable.
~ Lama Surya Das
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