☸ Right SpeechSource: Thich Nhat Hanh gem @ Facebook Sometimes we speak clumsily and create internal knots in others. Then we say, "I was just telling the truth." It may be the truth, but if our way of speaking causes unnecessary suffering, it is not Right Speech. The truth must be presented in ways that others can accept. Words that damage or destroy are not Right Speech. Before you speak, understand the person you are speaking to. Consider each word carefully before you say anything, so that your speech is "Right" in both form and content. - Thich Nhat Hanh from The Heart of the Buddhas Teaching ☸ Meditate on No I My MeSource: Buddhism @ Facebook I think one of the most difficult thing about meditation is observing the body and mind without hanging to the damn deep seated 'I', 'THIS IS ME', 'THIS IS MINE: ☸ Dealing with Anger Suppose someone says something that angers you. Your old pathway wants to say something to punish him. But that makes us victims of our habit energy. Instead, you can breathe in and say, “Unhappiness is in me, suffering is in me, anger is in me, irritation is in me.” That is already helpful, recognizing your feelings and helping you not to respond right away. So you accept that anger and irritation in you, and smile to it. With mindfulness, you look at the other person and become aware of the suffering in him or in her. He may have spoken like that to try to get relief from his suffering. He may think that speaking out like that will help him suffer less, but in fact he will suffer more. ~Thich Nhat Hanh What Buddhists Believe Source: Buddhism @ Facebook All compounded things are impermanent. All emotions are pain. All things have no inherent existence. Nirvana is beyond concepts. - Siddharta Gautama (Buddha) The Four Seals of Dharma If you cannot accept that all compounded or fabricated things are impermanent, if you believe that there is some essential substance or concept that is permanent, then you are not a Buddhist. If you cannot accept that all emotions are pain, if you believe that actually some emotions are purely pleasurable, then you are not a Buddhist. If you cannot accept that all phenomena are illusory and empty, if you believe that certain things do exist inherently, then you are not a Buddhist. And if you think that enlightenment exists within the spheres of time, space and power, then you are not a Buddhist. - Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche from Rinpoche's book: "What Makes You Not A Buddhist" |
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