Guilty as charged ... [me] Guilty as charged ... [me] Guilty, again, as charged ... [again, me ... well except for the deleting part] Amen !!!
Hmmm... After watching the various transitions the past few posts have been in, I only have one thing to say ... Slow Down !!! :) Your...
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To criticise is to find fault with ... to express one's views as to the merit or demerit of something. Where does the fault lie? Is the fault...
Why do you believe or think the discussions in threads "seem to end in bickering."? Could it be because we have ideas on how one should conduct...
It might be interesting to note that in the original Tibetan Om Mani Padme Hum is actually written as: Om Ma Ni Pa dMe Hum dMe changes the...
You can also find this and similar text at http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/ This particular one is a reproduction, copy of one found at...
THE TRUE GOAL Hence, the purpose of the Holy Life does not consist in acquiring alms, honor, or fame, nor in gaining morality, concentration,...
THE SILENT THINKER "I am" is a vain thought; "I am not" a vain thought; "I shall be" is a vain thought; "I shall not be" is a vain thought. Vain...
INSIGHT (1st Step) But whatsoever there is of feeling, perception, mental formation, or consciousness-all these phenomena he regards as...
THE TRANCES (8th Step) He has put aside these five Hindrances and come to know the paralyzing corruptions of the mind. And far from sensual...
ABSENCE OF THE FIVE HINDRANCES He has cast away Lust; he dwells with a heart free from lust; from lust he cleanses his heart. He has cast away...
ATTENTIVENESS AND CLEAR CONSCIOUSNESS (7th Step) Clearly conscious is he in his going and coming; clearly conscious in looking forward and...
CONTROL OF THE SENSES (6th Step) Now, in perceiving a form with the eye- a sound with the ear- an odor with the nose- a taste with the tongue- a...
MORALITY (3rd, 4th, 5th Step) Having thus left the world, he fulfills the rules of the monks. He avoids the killing of living beings and...
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHTFOLD PATH IN THE DISCIPLE CONFIDENCE AND RIGHT-MINDEDNESS (2nd Step) SUPPOSE a householder, or his son, or someone...
THE FOUR TRANCES Detached from sensual objects, detached from unwholesome things, the disciple enters into the first trance, which is accompanied...
EIGHTH STEP RIGHT CONCENTRATION WHAT, now, is Right Concentration? Fixing the mind to a single object ("One-pointedness of mind"): this is...
NIRVANA THROUGH WATCHING OVER BREATHING "Watching over In-and Out-breathing" practiced and developed, brings the four Fundamentals of...
CONTEMPLATION OF PHENOMENA (Mind-objects) But how does the disciple dwell in contemplation of the phenomena? First, the disciple dwells in...
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