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Discourse on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings
zenguitar
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Greetings, illustrious Sangha. Perhaps many of you are familiar with this short sutra, but I thought I would share the link with you since I find it personally quite helpful (when I actually practice it!). From the website of Thich Nhat Hanh:
http://plumvillage.org/sutra/discourse-of-the-eight-realization-of-the-great-beings/
There is also a chanted version of the sutra at the bottom of the page, which I found to be surprisingly musical.
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I have his book "Two Treasures" which I try to read often. In it he offers both this discourse and the Discourse on Happiness.
After each, he breaks them down and explains them in such a way as to make them easy to understand even for me.
Great, thanks, I will have to check that out.
Gratitude for sharing this. I love a good Dharma talk/read. ..
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Very beautiful, @zenguitar!
Thanks for sharing!
You are welcome all.
Just wanted to add I ordered the book "Two Treasures," as recommended by @ourself.
The volume is tiny, which makes it extremely portable, ideal to slip into any handbag or pocket, to enjoy during queues or bus rides.
As @ourself pointed out, the volume contains the "Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings," and the "Discourse on Happiness."
Both sutras are thoroughly explained, and Thich Nhat Hanh suggests guidelines for daily life on the former.
A real treat, in case anyone wanted to add it to their shopping list.
Nice teaching, though personally I struggle with anything beyond three...
Four Noble Truths, Noble Eightfold Path, Twelve Links....