Tag: Buddhism
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The real freedom
The Buddha taught that we can find our freedom only through embracing the conditions that trouble us. Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
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Way of Bodhisattva – Karma
(Physical) pain, mental unhappiness, All the various kinds of fear,As well as separation from what is desiredAll arise from an unwholesome way of life. (However) by committing wholesome actionsWhich are (motivated by aspiration) in the mind,Whenever I go I shall be presented withTokens of the fruit of that merit. Shantideva, Bodhicharyavatara, verse 41, 42 In…
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Be selfless
With perfect and unyielding faith, with steadfastness, respect, and courtesy, with modesty and conscientiousness, work calmly for the happiness of others. Shantideva
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Self transformation
Just as a serpent sheds its skin and adopts a new one, a person has to change his form many a times in his life. Buddha
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Judgmental- Story of Shantideva
There was this hermit called Shantideva, the bearer of some spiritual knowledge. For further exploration, he visited the university of Nalanda as an apprentice. Now, what kind of behavior would be expected from a spiritual person? Of course, a decent one. But, on the contrary, what he depicted there was complete sloth. At the time…
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The Void within
When somebody goes through a heartbreak, they find themselves almost dead from inside; like a walking corpse, that’s something they turn into; like they have transformed into something which just watches things going around and all of which makes no sense to them anymore. This happens because all the good things they were expecting did…
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Buddha and Udraka Rāmaputra
For the further cultivation in his spiritual journey Siddharth headed to the kingdom of Magadh. There he obstructed the path of some soldiers who were carrying a herd of cattle along with them. The animals were gathered for a ceremonial sacrifice. Criticizing, Gautama declared that to take their lives they first needed to kill him.…
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Buddha and Alar Kalam
Prior to leaving his house and after he left, Siddharth was an austere atheist. He believed that god was either in every particle or he wasn’t even there. As he set about his venture he discovered a meditator and a great yoga-guru, Alar Kalam. He became Siddharth’s first spiritual teacher. Kalama had reached Akinchinapi/ Spere…
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Harnessing the Divine energy
Watts said that you trying to attain an awakening is exactly what prevents you from doing so. And certainly if you’re trying to seize an awakening mind, that means at some point of your life you had already experienced it. That unsurpassable bliss, those miracles you had witnessed or even performed by your own. But…
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Essence of Buddhism
Unlike other religions of the world, Buddhism doesn’t have its particular religious text. Although there are various writing pieces that do guide and enlighten people on the better ways of living, bring about harmony in life and embarking on a spiritual journey. One of such books being ‘The Way of Bodhisattva‘ by Shantideva, a revered…
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Zen Buddhism
Once a man went to a Zen master and asked him to explain the meaning of Zen. The master began to pour a cup of tea. The cup went full, but the master still poured and the cup overflowed. The man couldn’t stand this any longer. “Why are you pouring the tea when the cup…
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The life of Buddha
The day Siddharth was born Asitmuni had the news. Asitmuni was a great hermit with profoundness in his esoteric knowledge. He had prophesied that Gautama was going to be the next Buddha. Hence, the day or the next he arrived at the palace of Kapilvastu to meet the new born prince, or should be put…