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The Blessed Buddha once said:



Sabbe sattā, sabbe pānā,

sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā,

sabbe bhadrāni passantu.

Mā kañci pāpamāgamā.

May all creatures, all living things,

all beings without any exception,

experience good happiness only!

May they not fall into any harm.
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67
Solitude is happiness for one, who is content,

who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.

Non-violence is happiness in this world:

Harmlessness towards all living beings.

Udana 10
HARMLESS
The one, who has left violence,
who never harm any being,
whether they are trembling or still,
who never kill, nor causes to kill,
such one, harmless, is a Holy One.
Dhammapada 405

Hi Loong, I love the teachings on harmlessness, because they sound so simple, but really are so deep. In this case, non-violence, harmlessness, we of course think of as no physical violence, and no mean words etc. But really to be truly harmless, we have given up our attachment to ourselves as a separate being that needs to lash out in defense or offense. This does not mean we will not protect ourselves or the dharma, but rather that we do not act from a place of malice, personal hurt, or vengeance. Our actions arise from awakened, non-separate mind.

Dear Teacher,

Last few days went through rough sea ,I beleive it to be leftovers from that second big bad nitemare.

My therapy of 20 sessions with the psychologist, helped me a lot of ridding myself of anger.
Also the readings in the last month ,brought me to a new level.
To give you an exemple, each time I think of the person that stabbed me,I feel for him.

loong

That is wonderful Loong. Yes truly, someone who is in a violent place is also suffering. It is not a happy mindstate - to want to kill or harm another being. When we can come to that place where we can feel that, it is a deep compassion for all the kinds of suffering we sentient being experience.

And when I think back on my own life, when I have myself wanted to harm someone (never stabbing of course, just angry thoughts!) these have been my unhappiest times - in many ways worse than feeling grief or sadness, which we often think of as the hardest kind of suffering. Anger and violent states of mind are so heavy and dark. There is no happiness in them.

So yes, when we can practice for both victims and attackers, we are beginning to experience true bodhicitta. And then also we can face all of these myriad of states within ourselves, for we are all every state of mind also. Enlightenment is not separate.

To all or none,

Buddha said:Do it the way you understand it.Will do that !

Loong
Mahayana Buddhist.

To all or none
Text by Banthe in sri-lanka

Friends:

The Clever Agrarian Mind Maker:


As a good farmer removes weeds and rocks harmful to his field, similarly
does a monk remove anger and jealousy from his mind. When a thought comes
to his mind that produces defilement, then he immediately removes it, so that
his mind becomes pure again, like a field becomes ready once weeds and rocks
have been removed. Just like a farmer who cultivates his field with the best
rice seed and plants at the right time - first fertilizing for better growth -
so must the Buddhist disciple cultivate advantageous states like friendliness,
pity, mutual joy, and equanimity in order to purify, refine and enrich his mind.



WORTHY
Whoever is master of his own mind, bright, clear and true,
such one may indeed rightly wear the yellow robe
Dhammapada 10

BEGIN HERE
This is the proper way to begin for any clever one:
Guard the Senses.. Be Content.. Keep the 5 Precepts..
Cultivate only friends of pure livelihood, of lovely moral
and who are rightly striving.
Dhammapada 375

To all or none.
Text by Banthe

Friends:

Mission Complete: Laid down is the burden!


The Buddha once said about The Arahat: The Perfected Worthy One:
For a disciple thus released, whose mind dwells in pure peace, there is
nothing to be added to what has been done, and nothing more remains
for him to do. Just as a rock of one solid mass of granite stone stands
unshaken by any wind, even so do neither forms, nor sounds, nor smells,
nor tastes, nor contacts of any kind, whether attractive or repulsive,
disturb an Arahat. Imperturbable is his mind, gained is release! AN 6:55



He who has considered all dualities, all differences, all contrasts here,
who is never anymore stirred or perturbed by anything in all this world,
such Peaceful One, freed from rage, elevated above sorrow, and without
fumes of longing, he has passed beyond birth, decay, and death... Sn 1048


Arahat Qualities, Best among Gods & Men, Withdrawn_&_Accomplished

FREED
One who has completed this journey is untouched by any pain or sorrow.
One who is in every-way wholly freed has broken all the mental chains.
For such perfectly Noble One, no suffering is ever possible!
Dhammapada Illustration 90 Background Story 90

CALM
Calm is his mind. Calm is his speech. Calm is his action.
So is the Tranquillity; So is the Equanimity;
of one freed by the Insight of absolute knowledge.
Dhammapada Illustration 96 Background Story 96

RADIANT
Whether in village or forest, on land, in the sea or on the mountain;
where Arahats dwell all is indeed delightful, subtle and refined.
Dhammapada Illustration 98 Background Story 98

SOLITARY
Delighting are the forests, where the passionate common folks do not haunt
their trivial pleasures... There the cooled ones find the Bliss not of this World!
Dhammapada Illustration 99 Background Story 99

Buddha Gautama

To all or none,

Buddha Gautama once said.......

The blessed Buddha once said:
Blissful is solitude for one who is content, learned and who understands the Dhamma.
More blissful is gentle harmlessness towards all breathing beings without exception..
Even more blissful is complete freedom from all urge for whatsoever sense pleasure...
Yet, the supreme bliss, is the elimination of this abysmal deep inner conceit “I am” !!!
Udana 11

loong

To all or none,

I rarely comment on the words of the Master Gautama,yet this still my weakness:Yet, the supreme bliss, is the elimination of this abysmal deep inner conceit “I am” !!!

loong,trying to let go

To all or none

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Difficult is the life of the modest and humble one!
Difficult is it to always seek only mental purity,
to be detached, composed, restrained, and
always blameless with a clear straight view..
Dhammapada 245


Not Easy, but Possible! and extremely Advantageous..


Buddha Gautama