Cloves
"will you all please stop talking about these fuck face cigarettes. they are fucking gross. grosser than regular cigarettes which are already disgusting. why dont you just roll up a strawberry air freshener or spray lysol in your mouth."
- Comment by alienmodePresence
We all have the ability to generate this energy of mindfulness. Do walking meditation, breathe mindfully, drink your tea mindfully, and cultivate this energy that dwells in you, illuminates you, and makes life possible.
Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse INEB Address
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's INEB Address by Khyentse FoundationThe Tides Of Conceiving
This person consists of six elements, six basis of contact, and eighteen kinds of mental exploration. And he has four foundations. The tides of conceiving do not sweep over one who stands there. And when the tides of conceiving no longer sweep over him, then he is called "muni santo", a sage at peace. One should not neglect wisdom, one should preserve truth, one should cultivate relinquishment, and one should train for peace.
MN-140 - Dhatu-vibhanga Sutta - An Analysis of the PropertiesPeace And Quiet
Few have the will to pursue a realization like Siddhartha's. Instead, we wander like a disoriented desert traveler who sees a lush oasis in the distance. The oasis is actually just the reflection of heat on sand, yet out of desperation, thirst, and hope, the wanderer identifies it as water. Using his last strength to get there, he discovers it is only a mirage and becomes filled with disappointment.
Even though we don't consider ourselves to be so desperate, and believe that we are well educated, sane, and sober, when we see and feel that everything truly exists, we are behaving like the man in the desert. We rush to find authentic companionship, security, recognition, and success, or simply peace and quiet. We may even succeed in grasping some semblance of our desires. But just like the wanderer, when we depend on external substantiation, eventually we are disappointed. Things are not as they seem: they are impermanent and they are not entirely within our control.
-from What Makes You Not a Buddhist
Impermanence
Why would any person of sound mind shed blood and tears for something that he knew would eventually evaporate or must be abandoned?
-from What Makes You Not a Buddhist
What Do Other Beings Know
Do beings like ants know that they have conscious experience and that other things like rock do not?
Craving
I don't think it is the belief that true satisfaction can be found in these things that causes me to take on another body, but rather the fear of ceasing to exist.
Body
Friends, just as when in dependence on timber, vines, grass and clay, space is enclosed and is gathered under the term 'house,' in the same way, when space is enclosed in dependence on bones, tendons, muscle and skin, it is gathered under the term, 'body'.
MN-28 Maha-hatthipadopama Sutta - The Great Elephant Footprint Simile
Giving
One gives as a way of giving up.
Practice
It is important to diminish undisciplined states of mind, but it is more important to meet adversity with a positive attitude.
Buddha Is As Buddha Does
Would thinking that I am a Buddha urge me to do Buddha activities?
Enlightenment
Free ourself from grasping which is the enlightenment
Travelling
- Distracted
- Feeling the bed
- Sit on the floor
- Look for something, a piece of paper
- Was I imagining the room?
- Go to the window
- Felt the cold breeze on my nose
- The window was closed
- Afraid to fall out the window, so I felt the bed
- Relax
- The room was as 10 years ago