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• Dawnfirstlight

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  When someone insults us, we usually dwell on it, asking ourselves, "Why did he say that to me?" and on and on. It’s as if someone shoots an arrow at us, but it falls short. Focusing on the problem is like picking up the arrow and repeatedly stabbing ourselves with it, saying, "He hurt me so much. I can’t believe he did that."
  Instead, we can use the method of contemplation to think things through differently, to change our habit of reacting with anger.
  Imagine that someone insults you. Say to yourself, "This person makes me angry. But what is this anger? It is one of the poisons of the mind that creates negative karma, leading to intense suffering. Meeting anger with anger is like following a lunatic who jumps off a cliff. Do I have to go likewise? While it’s crazy for him to act the way he does, it’s even crazier for me to do the same."
  
  ~ Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche

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  Biologists have said that human cells constantly metabolize in order to maintain a healthy life. So it is obvious that as human beings, we never stop changing. The “I” of yesterday is not the “I” of today. The “I” of today is not the “I” of tomorrow. As human beings, we must pass through thousands upon thousands of “life and death” moments as we grow and mature.
  Suffering arises and ceases like the cycle of birth and death. Our thoughts and our knowledge arises and ceases as well. Birth and death are like two sides of a coin, similar to how the Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in Mahayana describes the “one mind that opens two doors.” The “door of suchness” transcends birth and death, whereas the “door of arising and ceasing” leads to birth and death are universal truths, and as such they are always present in all things, everywhere, all the time. Because such truths are assured and equally present among all things, we should learn to accept them as a part of life. By accepting them, we can reduce or even eliminate the mental stress that comes from the cycle of birth and death.
  
  from "Endless Knot: Venerable Master Hsing Yun on Living, Dying, and Learning"
  
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  Life is an echo
  All comes back 
  The good, the bad,
  The false, and the true,
  So give the world
  The best you have
  And the best will 
  Come back to you....