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July 26, 2019 - April 8, 2020
The Buddha called suffering a Holy Truth, because our suffering has the capacity of showing us the path to liberation. Embrace your suffering, and let it reveal to you the way to peace.
Three points characterize this sutra.
Our suffering is holy if we embrace it and look deeply into it.
We have to learn the art of stopping — stopping our thinking, our habit energies, our forgetfulness, the strong emotions that rule us.
5 steps to calming down
After calming, the third function of shamatha is resting.
Looking deeply requires courage.
When we look deeply into any one of the Four Truths, we see the other three.
if you build one small temple while dwelling deeply in the present moment — not wanting to be anywhere else, not caring about fame or recognition — the merit from that act will be boundless, and you will feel very happy.
there are Six Elements.” These are the Four Great Elements (mahabhuta) of earth, water, fire, and air, plus space and consciousness.
Twenty-four hours are a treasure-chest of jewels.
Right Mindfulness and Right Concentration lift us above the realms of sensual pleasures and craving, and we find ourselves lighter and happier.
Thats deep ASF
Humans can survive only with the survival of other species. This is exactly the teaching of the Buddha, and also the teaching of deep ecology.
Going back, taking refuge in the Buddha in myself, I vow, together with all beings, to realize the Great Way in order to give rise to the highest mind (bodhichitta). Going back, taking refuge in the Dharma in myself, I vow, together with all beings, to realize understanding and wisdom as immense as the ocean. Going back, taking refuge in the Sangha in myself, I vow, together with all beings, to help build a Sangha without obstacles.
Buddha is the teacher showing the way, the perfectly awakened one, beautifully seated, peaceful and smiling, the living source of understanding and compassion. Dharma is the clear path leading us out of ignorance bringing us back to an awakened life. Sangha is the beautiful community that practices joy, realizing liberation, bringing peace and happiness to life.
“Maitreya,
We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness, and strength so we can help transform the situation.
True love allows you to preserve your freedom and the freedom of your beloved.
a human being is composed of Five Aggregates (skandhas): form, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness.
We perceive phenomena on the basis of our lack of insight into the nature of impermanence and interbeing.
The 5 faculties
being and nonbeing lead to birth and death.
