Saturday, January 3, 2009

How to see Buddha

"The one who sees Dhamma sees me." - Buddha

Friday, December 26, 2008

Eight-fold Noble Path

1. Right view
2. Right thoughts
3. Right speech
4. Right action
5. Right livelihood
6. Right effort
7. Right awareness
8. Right concentration

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Illness of life

Birth is ill.
Old age is ill.
Sickness is ill.
Death is ill.
Getting associated with disliked things is ill.
Not getting associated with liked things is ill.
Not getting what one wants is ill.
In short, five aggregates is ill.

Monday, September 8, 2008

S.N. Goenka

Control new actions
and past ones will wash away.
What a simple way
to break the bonds of suffering!

Saturday, September 6, 2008

Because Every Word of Buddha is Wonderful.

Make your day productive
whether by little or by much.
Every day and night that passes,
your life is that much less.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Buddha's words 1

Sabbe Sankhara anicca'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.
Sabbe Sankhara dukkha'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.
Sabbe Dhamma anatta'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.

-Theragatha

Impermanent and suffering are all compounded things (conditionings) and all formations have the characteristic of impersonality (egolessness). When one perceives this with insight one ends suffering - this is the path of purification.

Living in the present

They do not lament over the past, they yearn not for what is to come, they maintain themselves in the present,
thus their complexion is serene.