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DAILY WISDOM 06/09/2010
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still. -Ajahn Chah, “Still Forest Pool”
Month: September 2010
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DAILY WISDOM 05/09/2010
Just as a monkey roaming through the forest grabs hold of one branch, lets that go and grabs another, then lets go and grabs still another, so too that which is called “mind” and “mentality” and “consciousness” arises as one thing and ceases as another by day and by night. -Buddha, “The Connected Discourses of… Read More DAILY WISDOM 05/09/2010
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DAILY WISDOM 04/09/2010
One sees pleasure as suffering And sees pain as a dart. One sees as impermanent the peaceful feeling That is neither pleasant nor painful. Such a bhikkhu who sees rightly Is thereby well released. Accomplished in knowledge, at peace, That sage has overcome all bonds. – Itivuttaka
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DAILY WISDOM 03/09/2010
If there’s no wound on the hand, that hand can hold poison. Poison won’t penetrate where there’s no wound. There’s no evil for those who don’t do it. – Dhammapada [9]
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DAILY WISDOM 02/09/2010
Take heed that when effort is too strenuous it leads to strain and when too slack to laziness. So make a firm determination that you will adopt the middle way, not allowing yourself to struggle or to slacken, but recognizing that faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom are the fruits of a calm and equable… Read More DAILY WISDOM 02/09/2010
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DAILY WISDOM 01/09/2010
The person who tells a lie, who transgresses in this one thing, transcending concern for the world beyond: there’s no evil he might not do. – Dhammapada [176]