January 2012
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... →
“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?
December 2011
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts,...”
– Charles Bukowski
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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
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“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via imall4frogs)
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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.
“One should give up anger, renounce pride,
and overcome all fetters.
Suffering...”
– Dhammapada 17.221
“Overcome the angry by non-anger;
overcome the wicked by goodness;
overcome the...”
– Dhammapada 17.223
“Make an island unto yourself!
Strive hard and become wise!
Rid of impurities...”
– Dhammapada 18.238
“One has broken the cycle,
attained freedom from desire.
The dried-up stream no...”
– Udāna 7.62
“Just as rust arising from iron
eats away the base from which it arises,
even...”
– Dhammapada 18.240
“Difficult is life for the modest one
who always seeks purity,
is detached and...”
– Dhammapada 18.245
“One who destroys life, utters lies,
takes what is not given,
goes to another...”
– Dhammapada 18.246, 18.247
“Know this, O good one:
evil things are difficult to control.
Let not greed and...”
– Dhammapada 18.248
“There are those who do not realize
that one day we all must die.
But those who...”
– Dhammapada 1.6
“At death a person abandons
what one construes as mine.
Realizing this, the...”
– Sutta Nipāta 4.812
“To have much wealth
and ample gold and food,
but to enjoy one’s luxuries...”
– Sutta Nipāta 1.102
“Who is hospitable, and friendly,
Liberal and unselfish,
A guide, an...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 3.273
“The friend who is a helpmate,
the friend in happiness and woe,
the friend who...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 3.265
“Whoever through desire, hate or fear,
Or ignorance should transgress the...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 3.246
“With firm resolve, guard your own mind!
Who so untiringly pursues the Dhamma...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 2.185
“Who gives, one’s virtues shall increase;
Who is self-curbed, no hatred...”
– Dīgha Nikāya 2.197
November 2011
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Enlightenment
Reason to me, is the defining characteristic of being human. Reason is a tool of the enlightened. Not simply the learned who see what others have done and go their way. The enlightened reasoner constantly learns and will never deal in absolutes or mysticism. The reasoner will not belittle, hate, or commit violence. A reasoner is always able to doubt or disbelieve. A reasoner will concede in an...
Christopher Hitchens: I'm not here to debate physics and may I add, I'm not competent to do so.
Frank Turek: So you don't have an answer for how the universe came into existence?
Christopher Hitchens: No more than you do, no.
Frank Turek: If all space and all time had a beginning, then the cause must be outside of space and time.
Christopher Hitchens: You don't know how it happened, and neither do I.
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“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature,...”
– Aristotle
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“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects...”
– Aristotle
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“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
– Gandhi
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“A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.”
– Gandhi
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“Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who...”
– Carl Jung
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“We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills...”
– Carl Jung
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“The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced...”
– Carl Jung
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“The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and...”
– Carl Jung
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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances:...”
– Carl Jung
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“The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but...”
– Carl Jung
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“Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.”
– Carl Jung
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“If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.”
– Carl Jung
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“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or...”
– Carl Jung
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“Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy...”
– Carl Jung
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“As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a...”
– Carl Jung
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“A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has never overcome...”
– Carl Jung
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“For a person who cherishes compassion and love, the practice of tolerance is...”
– Dalai Lama
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“Though one may conquer
a thousand times a thousand people in battle,
yet one...”
– Dhammapada 10.103
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“Better it is to live
one day virtuous and meditative
than to live a hundred...”
– Dhammapada 10.110
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