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Re: Which Wolf Are You Feeding ?
What if what you see are mere empty reflections?
The body is the Bodhi Tree,
the mind is the stand for a bright mirror -
at all times diligently polish
to remain untainted by dust.Shen Tsiu
Bodhi is originally without any tree;
The bright mirror is also not a stand.
Originally there is not a single thing —
Where could any dust alight?Hui Neng
So long as there is a wolf, you'll have to keep feeding it.
What if there was never any wolf in the first place?
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
"If discomfort and danger be always at hand, why adventure? Something in mankind leads folks to such foolishness, and the rest of us benefit by the riches and knowledge and dreams they bring us. Why else tolerate such dangerous idiots?" ~ Ed Greenwood Spellfire
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Re: Just for fun: the random, useless announcements thread!
Want some of mine @Shoshin1 ? I've been hittin' the wifi long enough. For real though, is it an issue the service provider is taking care of or is it something left to you to troubleshoot?
Re: Which Wolf Are You Feeding ?
Finding inspiration..
"Restraint with the eye is good,
good is restraint with the ear.
Restraint with the nose is good,
good is restraint with the tongue.
Restraint with the body is good,
good is restraint with speech.
Restraint with the heart is good,
good is restraint everywhere."
Dhp 360-361
"When I pushed forward, I was whirled about. When I stayed in place, I sank. And so I crossed over the flood without pushing forward, without staying in place."
SN 1.1
Re: Lobsters latest website/microblog
Projects leading toward more decentralized models of doing things are starting to have bigger and bigger impacts on people's lives. Seemingly for the better. Kinda cool to see more of these things go mainstream.
Re: Lobsters latest website/microblog
This is kinda like what I'd hoped reddit would be more like. I could binge on this all day and feel less bad than just a few minutes on any of the other well known service.
Re: Understanding the do'er?
Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily
Life is just a dream.
No rower without the rowing,
No doer without the doing.
The doing creates the doer!
Re: Understanding the do'er?
"Skillful means" is a term sometimes used to describe a Dharmic transmission being shared in the exact right time & place that one is amenable to receiving it, in contrast to
all the other times & places where that same person and that Dharma seemed to be ignoring each other.
It is not so much about saying something just because it's true. It's about getting enough of the selfish self, ego or identity out of the picture to no longer have that be the obstruction or obfuscation of anyone's Dharma.
Given that there are probably as many different expressions of meditations as there are people......(even though you & I both share the sense gates as an investigative tool)
one way that some Buddhists judge whether something is of** benefit** to others (especially on a Buddhist forum) is to look to see if that something is in accord with or in contradiction with, the four seals of Buddhism.
These four seals are sometimes expressed as
Everything conditioned is impermanent.
Everything influenced by delusion is suffering.
All things are empty and selfless.
Nirvana is peace.
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Re: Are Precepts commandments
@Jeroen said: There is no excuse for burning the lentils if you have a smartphone. Use a timer!
How to roast a chicken:
1: Put it in the oven, at 180 degrees C.
2: Check the internet
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