A Taoist story tells of an old man who accidentally fell into the river rapids leading to a high and dangerous waterfall. Onlookers feared for his life. Miraculously, he came out alive and unharmed…
Source: With the Flow: A Zen Story
Category Archives: Buddhism
The Four Restraints ; Buddhism and The Dharma via GreatMiddleWay
“Do not retaliate with anger when attacked with rage.
Do not retaliate with abuse when reviled.
Do not retaliate with criticism when blamed.
Do not retaliate with blows when threatened with physical violence”.
—Buddha Shakyamuni
Source: Four Restraints
Meditation Tip
Here’s something that might help you improve your meditation practice. When you’ve closed your eyes, repeat to yourself “just___”.
For example, if you’re sitting in your meditation cushion, repeat to yourself “just seat”, or “just breathe”.
This can help you be calm and find inner peace and balance.
Drop By Drop
Do not ignore the effect of small kindnesses, saying, “This will come to nothing.” Just as drop by drop the water jar is filled, so in time the wise become replete with wholesomeness. —…
Source: Drop By Drop
Against Fear — Great Middle Way; Buddhism and The Dharma
Giving protection from fear means actually doing whatever you can to help others in difficulty: providing refuge for those lacking a place of safety, defending those without any protector, and being with those who are alone. —Patrul Rinpoche
Five Liars – Buddhism and The Dharma
The aggregate of form, the material body, tells me where I am.
The aggregate of feeling tells me how I am.
The aggregate of perception tells me what I am.
The aggregate of volition tells me why I am.
The aggregate of consciousness tells me I am the center of all this.
They all change; they all lie.
Source: Five Liars
Transcend ; The Dalai Lama — via fauxcroft
Peace and Clarity – Buddhism and The Dharma Via GreatMiddleWay
These two mental states are conducive to correct knowledge. Which two?
Peace and clarity.By developing peace, what purpose is served? Mind is purified.
By purifying mind, what purpose is served? Craving is abandoned.
By developing clarity, what purpose is served? Wisdom is developed.
By developing wisdom, what purpose is served? Ignorance is abandoned.
Defiled by craving, the mind is not released [from emotional agitation], and defiled by ignorance, wisdom is not developed.
Thus, abandoning craving through peace, there is liberation of the mental fluctuations, and abandoning ignorance through clarity, there is liberation by wisdom.—Buddha
Shakyamuni, Vijjābhāgiya Sutta
Source: Peace and Clarity
The Minutest Action. Buddhism and The Dharma via Great Middle Way
Manifest phenomena arise through a combination of causes and conditions in a sequence of interdependent events.Now, since all phenomena are interconnected in this way, it follows that within the realm of relative truth the law of cause and effect is inescapable: positive and negative actions will inevitably result in happiness and suffering.
Once the causes and conditions are present, nothing can prevent the result from being produced, just as in the spring, if there are seeds in the ground and if the sun gives warmth and the rain moisture, flowers and fruit will appear.
That is why we should always be aware of the potential of even the minutest of our actions.
—Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Source: The Minutest Action
Five Keys to Right Speech; Buddhism and The Dharma Great Middle Way ~ —Buddha Shakyamuni
A statement endowed with five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken.
It is blameless and un-faulted by knowledgeable people. Which five?
It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth.
It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially.
It is spoken with a mind of good-will. —Buddha Shakyamuni
—Buddha Shakyamuni
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