February 2012
“Mind precedes all things;
mind is their chief, mind is their maker.
If one...”
– Dhammapada 1.2
5 tags
7 tags
Nirvana Buddhism
It is believed that as Lord Buddha moved ahead on the path of Enlightenment, He remembered all of his previous lives. In Buddhism, life is considered as a ‘samsara’, which means continuous roving. Often known as reincarnation, rather than rebirth, the theory implies the transfer of the essence or the soul. It does not follow the law of causality or dependant origination, like in...
4 tags
5 tags
4 tags
Facts About Hinduism
Hinduism is the world’s third-largest religion, after Christianity and Islam.
Today there are about 650 million Hindus worldwide.
The majority of Hindus live in India, where the religion was born.
One in every seven people in the world is a Hindu living in India.
There are also significant Hindu populations in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Pakistan, and smaller groups in Sri Lanka, Indonesia,...
5 tags
4 tags
“What we think, we become.”
– The Buddha
2 tags
“Grant me the stubbornness to change what I can, the laziness to accept what I...”
– Dick Dunn
7 tags
A Bit of Buddhist Psychology
The basic problem according to Buddhism, is that emotions like anger and hatred are based on projections and exaggeration, not on objectivity or wisdom, and thus basically incorrect. There is little need to explain what anger and hatred do to ourselves by means of the laws of karma; the misery we cause others will come back at ourselves. Nobody wants suffering, so next is a summary of methods...
3 tags
A Bag of Nails
Once upon a time there was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he should hammer a nail in the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. But gradually, the number of daily nails dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence. Finally the...
5 tags
Buddhist Prayer for Peace
May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power, and may people think of befriending one another. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wilderness ~ the children, the age, the unprotected ~ be guarded by beneficial celestials,...
3 tags
“Faith is often the boast of the man who is too lazy to investigate.”
– F. M. Knowles
“One who is virtuous and wise
shines forth like a blazing fire;
like a bee...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
5 tags
“Impermanent are all compounded things.
When one perceives this with true...”
– Dhammapada 20.277
7 tags
BBC News - Three Tibetans 'in anti-China fire... →
Three Tibetans have set fire to themselves in south-west China, reports say, in the latest apparent protest against rule from Beijing.
3 tags
2 tags
“By love they will quench the fire of hate,
by wisdom the fire of delusion....”
– Itivuttaka 3.93
2 tags
“I swear to god I will lose my mind if I hear the “sex sells” fallacy one more...”
– (via fydestinyhope)
A gross correctional ‘perfection’ paradigm that you do not see men culturally held to so that their time is ultimately free to deal with ‘more important things’ like labor/ politics/ philosophy/ whatever- while women are driven to busy themselves (against each other) over the...
2 tags
“Wisdom springs from meditation;
without meditation wisdom wanes.
Having known...”
– Dhammapada 20.282
2 tags
January 2012
2 tags
“How short this life!
You die this side of a century,
but even if you live...”
– Sutta Nipāta 4.810
4 tags
Eight Weeks to a Better Brain from Harvard... →
6 tags
1 tag
“If by renouncing a lesser happiness
one may realize a greater happiness,
let...”
– Dhammapada 21.290
1 tag
“Entangled by the bonds of hate,
one who seeks one’s own happiness
by...”
– Dhammapada 21.291
1 tag
Question of the Day?
What would you say is your religious identity? Christian, atheist, agnostic, Buddhist, ect?
Tennessee is trying to pass a bill that makes it... →
1 tag
“Solitude is happiness for one who is content,
who has heard the Dhamma and...”
– Udāna 2.11
Question of the day?
What is the most important thing needed to keep you happy?
6 tags
December 2011
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski
5 tags
From "Democracy in America, Part 2"
It is strange to see with what feverish ardor the Americans pursue their own welfare; and to watch the vague dread that constantly torments them lest they should not have chosen the shortest path which may lead to it.
A native of the United States clings to this world’s goods as if he were certain never to die; and he is so hasty in grasping at all within his reach, that one would suppose...
“Reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took...”
– Jon Stewart
deepwithfuture asked: just came upon your blog in stumbleupon, i liked it. <3
1 tag
“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via imall4frogs)
3 tags
Information in B Flat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w5IERp2OdJs
Spoken word piece created for the “In B Flat” project, commenting on the incredible expansion of information in our generation and years to come.
1 tag
“One should give up anger, renounce pride,
and overcome all fetters.
Suffering...”
– Dhammapada 17.221
1 tag
“Overcome the angry by non-anger;
overcome the wicked by goodness;
overcome the...”
– Dhammapada 17.223
1 tag
“Make an island unto yourself!
Strive hard and become wise!
Rid of impurities...”
– Dhammapada 18.238
1 tag
“One has broken the cycle,
attained freedom from desire.
The dried-up stream no...”
– Udāna 7.62
1 tag
“Just as rust arising from iron
eats away the base from which it arises,
even...”
– Dhammapada 18.240
1 tag
“Difficult is life for the modest one
who always seeks purity,
is detached and...”
– Dhammapada 18.245
1 tag
“One who destroys life, utters lies,
takes what is not given,
goes to another...”
– Dhammapada 18.246, 18.247
1 tag
“Know this, O good one:
evil things are difficult to control.
Let not greed and...”
– Dhammapada 18.248
1 tag
“There are those who do not realize
that one day we all must die.
But those who...”
– Dhammapada 1.6