é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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般若是"�明智慧"的��,是指超越一切的大智慧 （Great wisdom).
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Always recite "Nanmo Amituofo" .
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"Before you say anything, ask yourself whether it is necessary or not. If it's not, don't say it. This is the first step in training the mind - for if you can't have any control over your mouth, how can you expect to have any control over your mind?"
- Ajahn Jotiko
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There are five Mental Hindrances:
1: Sense-Desire,
2: Anger,
3: Lethargy and Laziness,
4: Regret and Restlessness,
5: Doubt and Uncertainty.
There are five Mental Abilities:
1: Faith,
2: Energy,
3: Awareness,
4: Concentration,
5: Understanding.
There are five Clusters of Clinging to:
1: Form,
2: Feeling,
3: Perception,
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Introducing vegetarianism is
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佛法是心法，�点�是�什么，而是为什么�，如何用心。
心用对了，一切時处都是修行。
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比上�足，比下有余. It means you are worse off than some,better off than many;to fall short of the best,but be better than the worst. So, why compare?
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Even in the greatest yogi, sorrow and joy still arise just as before. The difference between an ordinary person and the yogi is how they view their emotions and react to them.
An ordinary person will instinctively accept or reject them, and so arouse the attachment or aversion that will result in the accumulation of negative karma.
A yogi, however, perceives everything that rises in its natural, pristine state, without allowing grasping to enter his perception. -
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, this is the only direct way to the mental purification of beings, to the overcoming & elimination of sorrow, frustration, pain and misery, to gaining the right method, to the realization of Nibb�na, that is:
This establishing of the 4 Foundations of Awareness.
The 4 frames of reference.
Awareness is therefore a Mountain of Advantage!
Take Home: The 4 Foundations of Right Awareness are:
1: Being aware of the BODY as a mere transient form.
2: Being aware of the FEELING as a mere reactive response.
3: Being aware of the MIND as a mere passing set of moods.
4: Being aware of the PHENOMENON as a mere mental state.
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To walk consistently on Bodhisattva's path is to nurture one's inner compassion without bearing any improper thought. -
The Blessed Buddha once said:
Slay anger and you will be happy,
Slay anger and you will not sorrow.
For the slaying of anger in all its forms with its poisoned root and sweet sting, that is the only slaying the Nobles praise; With anger slain one sorrows no more!
Samyutta Nik�ya I, 161
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The Blessed Buddha once said:
Let no one deceive another, or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.
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