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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Victory
If you wish to defeat an opponent, make yourself perfect in all good qualities. Thus, your opponent will be mortified, and you shall improve in virtue. —Sakya Pandita, A Precious Treasury
Posted in Dharma View
Tagged A Precious Treasury, defeat, good qualities, opponent, Sakya Pandita, virtue
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In the Presence of the Light
Some persons understand Pure Land practice as a dispensation for inferior beings who cannot tread the more excellent and difficult Holy Path of the Sages, whether in its Theravada or Mahayana iterations. On the contrary, the arduous Path of the … Continue reading
Posted in Q&A
Tagged a great and formidable effort, Buddha Amideva (Amitabha), darkness retreats immediately, dedication of merit, dispensation for inferior beings, duality, enlightenment, Holy Path of the Sages, om amideva hrih, Pure Land practice, the grace of the Buddha, the Sugata, the Well Come, Theravada or Mahayana, wrong views and afflicted emotions
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Emotions
The appetite of those led by emotions is twice that of the wise; their deceitfulness is fourfold; their shame sixfold; and their passions eight times as great. —Arya Nagarjuna, The Staff of Wisdom
Posted in Dharma View
Tagged appetite, Arya Nagarjuna, deceitfulness, passions, shame, The Staff of Wisdom
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The Excellence of Others
Those who are disturbed at seeing the excellence of others will not understand even a little truth. Such persons destroy their own merit. —Arya Nagarjuna, The Staff of Wisdom
Serene Trust
As I think of the great ocean of serene trust in the Vow of Buddha Amideva, I find it makes no distinction between the noble and the humble, between monastic and lay. It does not distinguish between male and female, … Continue reading
Posted in Pure Land
Tagged beyond conception, beyond description, beyond explanation, conceptual discourse, discipline and morality, male and female, many thoughts or one thought, monastic and lay, noble and the humble, old and young, practice, right or wrong views, sinfulness, sudden or gradual enlightenment, thought or no thought, Vow of Buddha Amideva
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The Philosopher and the Boatman
The Three Wheels of the Dharma are the three periods of the Buddha’s teaching, in which He emphasized various aspects. The First Wheel (in which He presented the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Noble Path) are focused on cause … Continue reading
Giving Thanks
The season for the massive slaughter of turkeys has arrived once again. Between 250 and 300 million turkeys are raised for slaughter every year in the U.S. alone. And that is just the proverbial tip of the iceberg: in the … Continue reading
Essential and Auxiliary
There are some who say, “The statement that by recitation of the Holy Name of Amideva one may be born in the Pure Land is an example of a temporally displaced intention. Rebirth may refer to a birth many lifetimes … Continue reading →