é™æ€è¯ Readings For Silent Reflection
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More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.
We don’t get to know what will end when. We don’t get to know how long things will last.
" Pleasant feeling is pleasant when present; it is painful when changing.
Painful feeling is painful when present; it is pleasant when changing.
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling is pleasant if one understands it; it is painful if there is no understanding".
- Majjhima Nikaya No. 44; Cula-vedalla Sutta
None of the things that seem secure and safe are guaranteed to endure–not forever, or for any length of time, for that matter. The nature of life is that everything moves and changes, ebbs and flows, with beginnings, middles, and ends.
Dependent origination, or Co-dependent arising, states that all dhammas ("things") arise in dependence upon other dhammas: "if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist." It is a pragmatic teaching. -
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Most temples hold ceremonial bathing of an image of baby Prince Siddhartha placed in perfumed water with flowers on Vesak day. The perfumed water is scooped with a ladle and poured over the statue. This symbolises the purification of one’s unwholesome deeds with wholesome deeds.
多数寺院都会举行将悉达多太å�的圣åƒ�置于充满鲜花å�Šé¦™æ°´çš„盆里，用勺å�掬起净水淋在佛åƒ�上，为佛æ²�浴的仪å¼�。 这象å¾�以善行æ�¥å‡€åŒ–我们的æ�¶ä¸šã€‚
Benefits of Bathing the Buddha
“Noble son, the consequence of performing this bathing of the Buddha image is that you and the great multitude of men and gods will presently receive wealth, happiness, and long life without sickness; your every wish will be fulfilled. Your relatives, friends, and family will all be at ease. You will bid a long farewell to the eight conditions of trouble and forever escape the fount of suffering. You will never again receive the body of a woman and will quickly achieve enlightenment.”
– The Sutra On The Merit Of Bathing The Buddha -
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