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Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 90 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.95 Rating: N/A |
Monks, these two people are hard to find in the world. Which two? The one who is first to do a kindness, and the one who is grateful for a kindness done and feels obligated to repay it. These two people are hard to find in the world." | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 89 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.95 Rating: N/A |
Monks, I have known two qualities through experience: discontent with regard to skillful qualities[1] and unrelenting exertion. Relentlessly I exerted myself, [thinking,] 'Gladly would I let the flesh & blood in my body dry up, leaving just the skin, tendons, & bones, but if I have not attained what can be reached through human firmness, human persistence, human striving, there will be no relaxing my persistence.' From this heedfulness of mine was attained Awakening. From this heedfulness of mine was attained the unexcelled freedom from bondage. "You, too, monks, should relentlessly exert yourselves, [thinking,] 'Gladly would we let the flesh & blood in our bodies dry up, leaving just the skin, tendons, & bones, but if we have not attained what can be reached through human firmness, human persistence, human striving, there will be no relaxing our persistence.' You, too, in no long time will reach & remain in the supreme goal of the holy life for which clansmen rightly go forth from home into homelessness, knowing & realizing it for yourselves in the here & now. "Thus you should train yourselves: 'We will relentlessly exert ourselves, [thinking,] "Gladly would we let the flesh & blood in our bodies dry up, leaving just the skin, tendons, & bones, but if we have not attained what can be reached through human firmness, human persistence, human striving, there will be no relaxing our persistence."' That's how you should train yourselves." Note | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 88 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.95 Rating: N/A |
âMonks, any monks who explain not-Dhamma as not-Dhamma are practicing for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the benefit of many people, for the welfare & happiness of human beings & devas. They amass much merit and help this True Dhamma to remain.â âMonks, any monks who explain Dhamma as Dhamma are practicing for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the benefit of many people, for the welfare & happiness of human beings & devas. They amass much merit and help this True Dhamma to remain.â Friends following with this view above, I tell you Ramayana must have been between 140-900 bc, buddha around 500 bc and possibly gita around 400bc Friends it's valmikis vision that people started taking up sanyasa and attain moksha by practicing brahmacharya Friends in line with and assimilating the views of ramana maharshi, nisargadatta, vivekananda, buddha etc, christianity etc I wish to share some deep insights i realised. Vemans also became popular after many years of poetry not in the first go. But his poetry upon his enlightenment didn't change from day 1 but it took time for people to see. Similarly I urge you to hear what I am trying to say by giving a chance to meet and talk | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 87 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 117.231.200.97 Rating: N/A |
Swami Vivekananda toldâ At present there are three parties in India included under the term âHinduâ â the orthodox, the reforming sects of the Mohammedan period, and the reforming sects of the present time. Hindus from North to South are only agreed on one point, viz. on not eating beef.[Source] Buddha dealt a blow at animal sacrifice from which India has never recovered; and Buddha said, âKill no cowsâ, and cow-killing is an impossibility with us.[Source] England has the sword, the material world, as our Mohammedan conquerors had before her. Yet Akbar the Great became practically a Hindu; educated Mohammedans, the Sufis, are hardly to be distinguished from the Hindus; they do not eat beef, and in other ways conform to our usages. Their thought has become permeated by ours.[Source] Every man, in every age, in every country is under peculiar circumstances. If the circumstances change, ideas also must change. Beef-eating was once moral. The climate was cold, and the cereals were not much known. Meat was the chief food available. So in that age and clime, beef was in a manner indispensable. But beef-eating is held to be immoral now.[Source] Havenât you heard Shri Ramakrishnaâs story about âthe sin of killing a cowâ? . . . A man had laid out a beautiful garden into which a cow strayed one day and did much injury. The man in rage gave some blows to the cow which killed her. Then to avoid the terrible sin he bethought himself of a trick; knowing that Indra was the presiding deity of the hand, he tried to lay the blame on him. Indra perceiving his sophistry appeared on the scene in the guise of a Brahmin and by a number of questions drew from him the answer that each and every item in connection with that garden was the manâs own handiwork; whereupon Indra exposed his cunning with the cutting remark, âWell, everything here has been done by you, and Indra alone is responsible for the killing of the cow, eh!â[Source] If a Christian finds a piece of beef before him and does not eat it to save his own life, or will not give it to save the life of another man, he is sure to feel that he has not done his duty. But if a Hindu dares to eat that piece of beef or to give it to another Hindu, he is equally sure to feel that he too has not done his duty; the Hinduâs training and education make him feel that way.[Source] If we did not eat beef and mutton, there would be no butchers. Eating meat is only allowable for people who do very hard work, and who are not going to be Bhaktas; but if you are going to be Bhaktas, you should avoid meat.[Source] In the midst of all these differences we note one point of unity among all Hindus, and it is this, that no Hindu eats beef.[Source] It is improper to hold many texts on the same subject to be contradicted by one or two. But why then are the long-continued customs of Madhuparka and the like repealed by one or two such texts as, âThe horse sacrifice, the cow sacrifice, Sannyasa, meat-offerings in Shrâddhaâ, etc.? If the Vedas are eternal, then what are the meaning and justification of such specifications as âthis rule of Dharma is for the age of Dvâpara,â âthis for the age of Kaliâ, and so forth?[Source] (Note: Madhuparka was a Vedic ceremony, usually in honour of guest, in which a respectful offering was to be made consisting, among other dainties, of beef.) The Brahmins at one time ate beef and married Sudras. [A] calf was killed to please a guest. Sudras cooked for Brahmins.[Source] There was a time in this very India when, without eating beef, no Brahmin could remain a Brahmin; you read in the Vedas how, when a Sannyasin, a king, or a great man came into a house, the best bullock was killed; how in time it was found that as we were an agricultural race, killing the best bulls meant annihilation of the race. Therefore the practice was stopped, and a voice was raised against the killing of cows.[Source] You will be astonished if I tell you that, according to the old ceremonials, he is not a good Hindu who does not eat beef. On certain occasions he must sacrifice a bull and eat it. That is disgusting now. However they may differ from each other in India, in that they are all one â they never eat beef. The ancient sacrifices and the ancient gods, they are all gone; modern India belongs to the spiritual part of the Vedas | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 86 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.216.207 Rating: N/A |
Friends I can suggest you to install solar panels and convert to everyone batteries that can power mopeds and help the environment. If you are nearby petro bunks or charging stations you can rie up with automotive companies and support them with transport so that it is not only better to environment but also a no cost open source fuel which can give returns for a small investment I am not just asking to meet for buddhism but for how we can live better. If you are saying all I share here are just words, then I can tell you if you are serious about this solar thing, although not much rich I am, but believe I can support in a meaningful way if your are also having the intention. But anyway there are more qualified people here to support but nevertheless I wanted to share some thoughts. I keep posting here hoping one or the other day you will give me a chance. I can arrange for the to and from charges wherever you want it to take place | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 85 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.216.207 Rating: N/A |
Friends why learn things the hard way, better have fore knowledge and not suffer. The buddhas teachings are offered as open source. What is useful has been shared by the Buddha. Now instead of reading whole buddhism, I wish to explain it to you with my real life spiritual experience which is as close to these saints as possible, I deeply hope you find a connection here and think about having a meet-up D: I fear that Self-realisation is no easy thing to attain. M: Why impede yourself by anticipating failure? Push on. Self-realisation will come to an earnest seeker in a trice. To illustrate this, Sri Bhagavan told the following story: KING JANAKA WAS listening to a philosophical treatise read by the state pandit, wherein a passage occurred to the effect that a rider who had placed one foot in the stirrup, contemplating upon realisation could realise the Self before he lifted the other foot to place it in the other stirrup. That is, the passage taught, that when realisation comes, it comes in an instant. The king stopped the pandit from proceeding further, and ordered him to prove the statement. The pandit admitted that he was only a book-worm and was unable to impart practical wisdom. Janaka suggested that the text was either false or exaggerated, but the pandit would not agree to this. Though he himself was unable to impart practical wisdom, he maintained that the text could not be false or exaggerated, since it contained the words of wise sages of the past. Janaka was annoyed with the pandit and in a fit of rage condemned him to prison. He then inflicted the same punishment on every pandit who passed for a wise man but was unable to prove this scriptural text. For fear of being imprisoned, some of the pandits fled the country in voluntary exile. While two or three of them were running through a thick forest, a sage called Ashtavakra1, who though young in age was wise in learning, happened to cross their path. Having learnt their plight, Ashtavakra offered to prove the text true to the king and thereby have the imprisoned pandits released. Impressed by his bold assurance, they took him in a palanquin to the king. At the sight of the sage, the king stood up and saluted him with great reverence. Ashtavakra then ordered the king to release all the pandits. Janaka thought that such an order could come only from one who had the capacity to set his doubts at rest, and hence he released all the pandits and asked the sage whether he could summon the horse. The sage advised him not to be in a hurry and suggested that they should go to a solitary spot. Thereupon the king on his horse and the sage in a palanquin went out of the city towards the forest. When they reached the forest the sage asked the king to send back the retinue. The king did as he was asked, and then placing one of his feet in the stirrup, he requested the sage to prove the scriptural text. But the sage replied by asking whether the position in which they stood indicated a proper master-disciple relationship. The king then understood that he should show due reverence towards Ashtavakra, and prayed to him for grace. The sage then addressed him as âJanakaâ, since he was no longer a king and told him that before being taught Brahma jnana, a true disciple should surrender himself and all his possessions to his Master. âSo be itâ, said the king. âSo be itâ replied the sage and disappeared into the forest. From that moment Janaka stood transfixed with one foot in the stirrup and the other dangling in the air, as if he were a statue. (Saying this, Sri Bhagavan imitated the posture of King Janaka). Time passed by, and the citizens, finding no sign of their king returning, grew anxious and began to search for him. They came to the place where Janaka was standing transfixed and were dismayed to find him unaware of their presence and indifferent to their earnest enquiries. They therefore began searching for Ashtavakra who, they thought, must be a charlatan that had cast a spell upon their king, and vowed vengeance upon him. At the same time, being concerned with the kingâs condition and wanting to minister to him, they brought him back to the city on a palanquin. The king, however, continued to remain in the same condition. At last, having found Ashtavakra, the ministers entreated him to remove the alleged spell and bring the king back to his normal condition. At the same time they charged him with the responsibility for having cast the spell. Ashtavakra treated their ignorant remarks with contempt and called the name of Janaka, who immediately saluted him, and responded to his call. The ministers were surprised. Ashtavakra told the king that he was being maliciously accused by the people of having brought him to some sad plight and asked him to tell the truth. On hearing this, the king angrily asked, âWho said soâ? The ministers were taken by surprise and pleaded for mercy. Thereupon, the sage advised the king to resume his normal functions, adding that Brahma jnana could be taught only to competent persons and that since the king had successfully passed the test, he would now impart it to him. Then the sage remained alone with the king during the night and taught him the ultimate Truth, saying âBrahman is not anything new or apart from oneself and no particular time or place is needed to realise It.â He finally concluded by saying, âThat Thou Artâ (tat tvam asi). That is the Self, eternal and infinite. The next morning the ministers found that the king called the assembly and performed his functions as usual. In the assembled court Ashtavakra asked the king whether his former doubt about whether Brahma jnana could be attained as suddenly and as quickly as mentioned in the scriptures was cleared, and if so to bring the horse and demonstrate the truth of it. The king was all humility now and said, âLord! Because of my immaturity, I doubted the correctness of the scriptural text. I now realise every letter of it is true.â The ministers thanked the sage. | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 84 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.216.207 Rating: N/A |
If beings knew, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they would not eat without having given, nor would the stain of selfishness overcome their minds. Even if it were their last bite, their last mouthful, their last meal, they would not eat without having shared, if there were someone to receive their gift. But because beings do not know, as I know, the results of giving & sharing, they eat without having given. The stain of selfishness overcomes their minds. - Buddha | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 83 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.22 Rating: N/A |
Friends our enemies are our friends for they show us the insufficiency in ourselves. By giving goodwill and offerings to our enemies we become friends. If you hate the Buddha then it will be beneficial for both Buddhists to read hindu scriptures, meet hindu sangha and similarly for Hindus to read buddhism. If both this develop mutual good will then we can help and support each other rather than keep distance. This is why interfaith and crossfaith dialogue is helpful. To all Christians I will again say faith moves a mountain is similar to hanuman lifting the sanjeevini parvat and Krishna govardan hill. Friends we must know each other and reduce this differences. I say that a leader is one who can bring together diverse people together. Don't let our biases disrupt our society. This world is not to do japas and kirtans alone but to learn knowledge from all for we are humans afterall. Don't treat ourselves to the ways of animals where abuse and death are the norm. One should follow a man of learning who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage. Your indifference to my request may feel the right way to respond to me but I tell you there are good people in every part of the world for example greece etc where Socrates and others were born. It is good to learn from them as well. In same may I wish to share few things to you and hope you are open, beaod and understanding. Friends if you stay like previous generations who didn't bother to look into then you would not have the information that you can pass to next generation. That's why I request all of you to give me a chance to talk to you. You can see inspite of gita trying to unite different sects is still incomplete. That's why I tell you as modern people of the land come and see what I am saying. If anything I am only trying to share with you what other good people across the world have shared their understandings. It is good to this extent that you give a chance | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 82 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 117.231.200.69 Rating: N/A |
For a person giving, merit increases. For one self-restraining, no animosity is amassed. One who is skillful leaves evil behind and â from the ending of passion, aversion, delusion â is totally unbound. | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 81 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 117.231.200.65 Rating: N/A |
Come friends it's very important for our life thats Why I am desperate. I am a good person friends. I would not desire anything bad for any of you irrespectively. Pls meet friends | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 80 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 117.231.200.44 Rating: N/A |
Once a king met buddha, he said my kingdom is becoming weak. People steal, children do not study , discipline is fading, leaders are dishonest. What should I do? The Buddha said if the roots are weak, the tree will suffer. The king asked what are the roots. The Buddha said help the poor with fair work and teach them knowledge and wisdom | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 79 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.142 Rating: N/A |
Friends the Buddha only tried to say not to put faith on an external entity called god who would come and protect but to be your own light. For various reasons the sani puja and rahu puja and all sorts of fears have been imbibed unto us in the name of a holy God. This practice is what the Buddha tried to move us away from. Yesterday morning a dream came where a Hindu man was waving a flag in joy and I could all hindus rejoice. It is not mamata benerjee who got looted, it is actually hindus who got looted for generations. If invaders destroyed temples and monasteries, the citizen here have been inculcated to put faith on a saviour god who would come to help them but such a god doesn't exist. Venkanna would not come flying to instill justice. Whatever the gita tried to instill courage and faith, beyond all of it is leadership. A leader is not about weakness and strength but about having the intention and drive to take all the diverse people forward as one group. And all people who take up buddhism for achieving political goal whether it is ambedkarites or others, I say buddhism is more. If you want to use buddha use his message of love for all humanity and seek justice for all not only for a sect because as the Buddha said both the rich and poor suffer their own ways. I believe life is more than religion, the past human history has shown that religion is life is faulty. I hope India be a modern nation going past religion and strive hard to build a safe and secure future. I believe the people here are lazy by genes and nd therefore most of the forefathers were dumb due to which few had to make great sacrifices whether it is independence or fighting terrorists etc. I therefore hope instead of looking for freebies and handouts and feel politically recognised, focus on education and benefit the society than be free loader. I hope the constitutional framework is much more strengthened and becomes a source of justice not by past but by present realities. | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 78 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.142 Rating: N/A |
Then Kesi the horsetrainer went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there, the Blessed One said to him: "You, Kesi, are a trained man, a trainer of tamable horses. And how do you train a tamable horse?" "Lord, I train a tamable horse [sometimes] with gentleness, [sometimes] with harshness, [sometimes] with both gentleness & harshness." "And if a tamable horse doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, Kesi, what do you do?" "If a tamable horse doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild and harsh training, lord, then I kill it. Why is that? [I think:] 'Don't let this be a disgrace to my lineage of teachers.' But the Blessed One, lord, is the unexcelled trainer of tamable people. How do you train a tamable person?" "Kesi, I train a tamable person [sometimes] with gentleness, [sometimes] with harshness, [sometimes] with both gentleness & harshness. "In using gentleness, [I teach:] 'Such is good bodily conduct. Such is the result of good bodily conduct. Such is good verbal conduct. Such is the result of good verbal conduct. Such is good mental conduct. Such is the result of good mental conduct. Such are the devas. Such are human beings.' "In using harshness, [I teach:] 'Such is bodily misconduct. Such is the result of bodily misconduct. Such is verbal misconduct. Such is the result of verbal misconduct. Such is mental misconduct. Such is the result of mental misconduct. Such is hell. Such is the animal womb. Such the realm of the hungry shades.' "In using gentleness & harshness, [I teach:] 'Such is good bodily conduct. Such is the result of good bodily conduct. Such is bodily misconduct. Such is the result of bodily misconduct. Such is good verbal conduct. Such is the result of good verbal conduct. Such is verbal misconduct. Such is the result of verbal misconduct. Such is good mental conduct. Such is the result of good mental conduct. Such is mental misconduct. Such is the result of mental misconduct. Such are the devas. Such are human beings. Such is hell. Such is the animal womb. Such the realm of the hungry shades.'" "And if a tamable person doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, what do you do?" "If a tamable person doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, then I kill him, Kesi." "But it's not proper for our Blessed One to take life! And yet the Blessed One just said, 'I kill him, Kesi.'" "It is true, Kesi, that it's not proper for a Tathagata to take life. But if a tamable person doesn't submit either to a mild training or to a harsh training or to a mild & harsh training, then the Tathagata doesn't regard him as being worth speaking to or admonishing. His knowledgeable fellows in the holy life don't regard him as being worth speaking to or admonishing. This is what it means to be totally destroyed in the Doctrine & Discipline, when the Tathagata doesn't regard one as being worth speaking to or admonishing, and one's knowledgeable fellows in the holy life don't regard one as being worth speaking to or admonishing." "Yes, lord, wouldn't one be totally destroyed if the Tathagata doesn't regard one as being worth speaking to or admonishing, and one's knowledgeable fellows in the holy life don't regard one as being worth speaking to or admonishing! "Magnificent, lord! Magnificent! Just as if he were to place upright what was overturned, to reveal what was hidden, to show the way to one who was lost, or to carry a lamp into the dark so that those with eyes could see forms, in the same way has the Blessed One â through many lines of reasoning â made the Dhamma clear. I go to the Blessed One for refuge, to the Dhamma, and to the community of monks. May the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower who has gone to him for refuge, from this day forward, for life." | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 77 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.219.142 Rating: N/A |
Driver bro, we are all here to help each other, if one religion teachings are not interesting learn from another. What is important is to learn. Corona taught me a lesson to love thy neighbour, the same jesus also said. So do I go and fight saying ma devudu okkade nijam ani. Friends we are all born unexpectedly as one country men or one religion, if we were born in another, will we convert to hindus then. Let's celebrate each other's growth and it will teach to overcome envy. Aa caste veligipothundi, ee caste lo antha chedda vallu, aa Desam terroristulu, ee Desam mana satruvu, vaadu durmargudu, veedu uttamudu kaadu, we are all here to live and experience and help each other. This is what the Vedic rishis, buddhas and others have taught | ||
Driverramudu Megastar Username: Driverramudu Post Number: 24362 Registered: 02-2009 Posted From: 104.4.25.57 Rating: N/A |
Enni saarlu kottina savani paamu Oka RGV Enni saarlu server down aina aagani postlu by Spacemac  Driving is my PASSION. Ball or Bimmer does not matter. | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 76 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.217.112 Rating: N/A |
This Sutra advises how one should regard certain things that arise in the mind's eye and how to eliminate them. It's more complex and requires both attention and discernment: When a monk's effluents that should be abandoned by seeing have been abandoned by seeing, his effluents that should be abandoned by restraining have been abandoned by restraining, his effluents that should be abandoned by using have been abandoned by using, his effluents that should be abandoned by tolerating have been abandoned by tolerating, his effluents that should be abandoned by avoiding have been abandoned by avoiding, his effluents that should be abandoned by destroying have been abandoned by destroying, his effluents that should be abandoned by developing have been abandoned by developing, | ||
Spacemac Junior Artist Username: Spacemac Post Number: 75 Registered: 05-2012 Posted From: 49.43.217.112 Rating: N/A |
Sabbasava sutta |