11. Those who mistake the unessential to be essential and the essential to be unessential, dwelling in wrong thoughts, never arrive at the essential.
12. Those who know the essential to be essential and the unessential to be unessential, dwelling in right thoughts, do arrive at the essential.
9. Whoever being depraved, devoid of self-control and truthfulness, should done the monk’s yellow robe, he surely is not worthy of the robe.
10. But whoever purged of depravity, well-established in virtues and filled with self=control and truthfulness, he indeed is worthy of the yellow robe.
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7. Just as a storm throws down a weak tree, so does Mara overpower the man who lives for the pursuit of pleasures, who is uncontrolled in his senses, moderate in eating, indolent, and dissipated (a)
8. Just as a storm cannot prevail age inst a rocky mountain, so Mara can never overpower the man who lives meditating on the impurities, who is controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, and filled with faith and earnest effort (b)
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1. Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief, they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox. Continue reading
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The Buddha stressed the importance of calming the mind and seeking the peace that each individual has within. With this inner peace, we can react to awkward situations with love, compassion and generosity. Continue reading
The Noble Eightfold Path:
right understanding,
right thought,
right speech,
right action,
right livelihood,
right effort,
right mindfulness, and
right concentration.
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Some of the fundamentals of the teachings of Gautama Buddha are:
The Four Noble Truths:
that suffering is an inherent part of existence;
that the origin of suffering is ignorance and the main symptoms of that ignorance are attachment and craving;
that attachment and craving can be ceased; and
that following the Noble Eightfold Path will lead to the cessation of attachment and craving and therefore suffering.
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Did you know!
“Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own unguarded thoughts.”
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