静思语 Readings For Silent Reflection

• Dawnfirstlight

  30 Dec 17, 09:32

  

  Buddha saw that sentient beings' greatest suffering is to fall into confusion at the moment of death, and so he vouchsafed this Pure Land teaching to us. This is why he urged us again and again to take vows: because vows can guide us.
  Patriarch Ou-i

   

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIwWIHIDmkw

• Dawnfirstlight

  30 Dec 17, 09:36

  

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• Dawnfirstlight

  30 Dec 17, 09:38

   

  As your mind is your immediate environment, when your mind changes, your world changes
  
  - Stonepeace
  
  
  Composure is the ability to avoid becoming angry at the insults of others or smug from praise. 
  
  �因他人辱骂而生气，�人夸赞而高兴，��「平常心�

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  30 Dec 17, 09:39

   

   

   

   

  Shifu used to encourage us to practice blessings and wisdom�慧.
  Shifu said the reason why blessings come before wisdom is exactly what is stated below :-
  
  
  "When the Buddha saw his condition he asked that the food be prepared for this peasant. Once this man ate the food and become refreshed, the Buddha started to teach. Upon listening to the talk, the man realized the first stage of enlightenment.
  It should be noted that the Buddha considered it important for the poor peasant to have food before listening to his talk. He was aware that if that man was still hungry, it was difficult for him to understand his talk and attain enlightenment."

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• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

  31 Dec 17, 09:48

  他家有�他家事 ， 自家没�努力修 。

   

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  31 Dec 17, 09:50

  "All suffering is just a pause between two moments of happiness, and all happiness is a pause between two moments of suffering"
  
  ~ Ajahn Brahm

  

• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

  31 Dec 17, 09:55

  The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.

  Ajahn Sumedho