静思语 Readings For Silent Reflection

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:22

  

• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:24

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:25

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:26

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:27

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:28

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:29

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  27 Dec 14, 11:30

  

• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

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• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:13

  

  Abandon the illusion of obtaining an easy life. Life is not easy. It will have its ups and downs. That is life. The goal is to find and live in harmony with both the blessings and the challenges.

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:14

  Treating others well is normally easy to do; to do that under difficult circumstances takes true character.

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:15

  

  Consider That We Are Owners of Our Deeds:
  
  We are owers of our deeds. Whatever we do we will get in return. In explaining the law of kamma, the Buddha said:
  "Monks, beings are owners of their deeds. They are heirs of their deeds. Their deeds are the womb from which they spring. They are related to their deeds. Their deeds are their refuge. Whatever they do, whether good or bad, of that they will be the heir."

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:16

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:21

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:23

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:24

  Always recite "Nanmo Amituofo" and Amituofo will sure come and fetch you when passing.

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:25

  

  When little obstacles crop up on the spiritual path, a good practitioner does not lose faith and begin to doubt, but has the discernment to recognize difficulties, whatever they may be, for what they are—just obstacles, and nothing more. It is the nature of things that when you recognize an obstacle as such, it ceases to be an obstacle. Equally, it is by failing to recognize an obstacle for what it is, and therefore taking it seriously, that it is empowered and solidified and becomes a real blockage.

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  中英法��/Bilingual Dhammapada
  
  世间�/Lokavagga: The World (Dhp 167-178)
  
  此世间盲闇（无智慧），鲜为人察�，鸟少脱罗网，人鲜有�天。
  
  
  Blind is the world; here only a few possess insight. Only a few, like birds escaping from the net, go to realms of bliss.
  
  Explanation: Most people in this world are unable to see. They cannot see reality properly. Of those, only a handful are capable of insight. Only they see well. A few, like a stray bird escaping the net, can reach heaven.

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  Life:
  
  Teaches you to recognize the uncertainty of life,
  Teaches you to realize that happiness and sorrow always come together,
  Teaches you to be mindful of everything you do in the now,
  Teaches you to learn to wait because you cannot get everything you need.

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:27

  Even unintentional mistakes can produce bad karma. We must be mindful about our thoughts.

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:28

  

• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:29

  了悟一切存在的体性，心�能得自在。　
  
  Our mind will be freed when we understand the nature of all existence.

  

  
  
• Dawnfirstlight

  6 Jan 15, 17:30