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BE LIKE THE BAMBOO
... Bhante was walking through the forest with one of his students down a narrow trail, along a steep incline. The student lost his footing and slipped, just as he began falling down the hill the student reached out and grabbed a small bamboo tree. The bamboo bent nearly all the way over as the student continued to hold on tightly. He pulled himself up and brushed himself off with the Bhantes' help.
“Did you notice that when you fell, you grabbed a hold of the bamboo and it bent nearly all the way over and still supported you.” The Bhante asked.
“Yes,” the student replied. Bhante gripped the bamboo and pulled the bamboo over.
“Be like the bamboo,” Bhante said as he let go of the bamboo and it sprang back to its up-right position. “It is pushed around by the wind and yet it always bounces back and grows upward, toward the sun, enlightenment. Have you ever felt as though you were going to snap. Have you ever felt as though you were at your breaking point, emotionally?”
“Yes,” the student replied.
“Then bend, do not break, such is the way with bamboo. It endures the stress and finds a way to bounce back!” Bhante stated. “This is called resilience.” -
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Chapter 20: The Self Is Empty
The Buddha said, “One should be mindful of the four great elements of the body. Each of them has a name, but an intrinsic self cannot be found. Since the self is empty, it is illusory.”Earth element (pruá¹havÄ«-dhÄ�tu)
Earth element represents the quality of solidity or attractive forces. Any matter where attractive forces are in prominence (solid bodies) are called earth elements. Internal earth elements include head hair, body hair, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bone, organs, intestinal material, etc.[8]
Water (or liquid) element (�pa-dh�tu)
Water element represents the quality of Liquidity or relative motion. Any matter where relative motion of particles is in prominence are called water elements. Internal water elements include bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, nasal mucus, urine, etc.[9]
Fire element (teja-dh�tu)
Fire element represents the quality of heat or energy. Any matter where energy is in prominence are called fire elements. Internal fire elements include those bodily mechanisms that produce physical warmth, ageing, digestion, etc.
Air (or wind) element (v�yu-dh�tu)
Air element represents the quality of expansion or repulsive forces. Any matter where repulsive forces are in prominence are called air elements. Internal air elements includes air associated with the pulmonary system (for example, for breathing), the intestinal system ("winds in the belly and ... bowels"), etc.
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The quality of life in the realm of the gods may look superior to our own, yet the human life is infinitely more valuable. Why? Because of the very fact that we have the awareness and intelligence that are the raw materials for enlightenment, and because the very suffering that pervades this human realm is itself the spur to spiritual transformation.
Pain, grief, loss, and ceaseless frustration of every kind are there for a very real and dramatic purpose: to wake us up, to enable, almost to force us to break out of the cycle of samsara and so release our imprisoned splendor. -
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
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生者必有æ»ï¼Œå�ˆä¼šå¿…离散。
Just as death is a part of life,
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There's a Zen master whose disciple liked to complain. One day, he gave his disciple a cup of water and put in a pinch of salt, the disciple told the Zen master that the water was very saltish that it tasted bitter.
Upon hearing his disciple's complaint. The Zen master threw a pinch of salt into a lake and asked his disciple to drink the water. The disciple drank and said the water tasted nice and sweet.
The Zen master said the worldly sufferings are like the salt, how it tastes depends on how it is being contained. So, do you wish your mind to be like a cup or a lake? 心境似湖， æŠ±æ€¨å…¨æ— . There will be no complaints if your mind is like a lake.
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百事从心起，一笑解���
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