Surajkund, India (Ganges - BBC)
this is what i heard
如是我聞
“As followers of Buddha we must shelter not only the good but wrongdoers as well. Is it not for their sake that we exist?”
Greetings from Watertown, MA. Ugh.
Buddhism posts will continue at a later time
A monk told Joshu, “I have just entered the monastery. Please teach me.”
Joshu asked, “Have you eaten your rice porridge?
The monk replied, “I have eaten.”
Joshu said, “Then you had better wash your bowl.”
At that moment the monk was enlightened.
(Source: sanaakosirickylee.wordpress.com)
it's all dhamma.: Sulak Sivaraksa on Buddhist Ecumenism
Today I accidentally encountered Sulak Sivaraksa at my school. Was very fortunate not to have missed his talk despite its not being advertised ahead of time!
At the 43:25 mark of the video, he calls on me. I ask the following:
Q: In relation to your comment that it’s not okay to just be…
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I’ll list the deeds that bring remorse,
that are far from the teachings.
Listen!
An angry person
- kills his father,
- kills his mother,
- kills Brahmans
- & people run-of-the-mill.
It’s because of a mother’s devotion
that one sees the world,
yet an angry run-of-the-mill person
can kill this giver of life.
Like oneself, all beings hold themselves most dear,
yet an angry person, deranged,
can kill himself in many ways:
with a sword, taking poison,
hanging himself by a rope in a mountain glen.
”— “Kodhana Sutta: An Angry Person” (AN 7.60), translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, 4 July 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an07/an07.060.than.html . Retrieved on 27 March 2013.
“When we are angry, we are not usually inclined to return to ourselves. We want to think about the person who is making us angry, to think about his hateful aspects — his rudeness, dishonesty, cruelty, maliciousness, and so on. The more we think about him, listen to him, or look at him, the more our anger flares. His dishonesty and hatefulness may be real, imaginary, or exaggerated, but, in fact, the root of the problem is the anger itself, and we have to come back and look first of all inside ourselves. It is best if we do not listen to or look at the person whom we consider to be the cause of our anger. Like a fireman, we have to pour water on the blaze first and not waste time looking for the one who set the house on fire.”
— Peace Is Every Step — Thich Nhat Hanh
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Give up anger, give up conceit,
Pass beyond every fetter.
There is no suffering for one who possesses nothing,
Who doesn’t cling to body-and-mind.
”— Dhammapada verse 221
“These are the six dangers inherent in habitual partying: You constantly seek, ‘Where’s the dancing? Where’s the singing? Where’s the music? Where are the stories? Where’s the applause? Where’s the drumming?’
from the “Sigalovada Sutta: The Buddha’s Advice to Sigalaka” (DN 31), translated from the Pali by John Kelly, Sue Sawyer, and Victoria Yareham. Access to Insight, 8 June 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/dn/dn.31.0.ksw0.html . Retrieved on 4 March 2013.
