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11-01-2015, 07:49 AM
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One of my favorite koans... it can be difficult to contemplate, but it is really striking :
A monk asked Hsueh-feng "How is it when the ancient stream is cold from the source?"
Hsueh-feng said, "When you look directly into it, you don't see the bottom."
The monk asked "How about one who drinks of it?"
Hsueh-feng said, "It doesn't go in by way of the mouth."
The monk recounted this to Chao-chou. Chao-chou said, "It can't go in by way of the nostrils."
The monk then asked Chao-chou, "How is it when the ancient stream is cold from the source?"
Chao-chou said, "Painful."
The monk said, "What about one who drinks of it?"
Chao-chou said, "He dies."
Hsueh-feng heard this quoted and said, "Chao-chou is an ancient buddha; from now on, I won't answer any more questions."
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11-01-2015, 08:22 AM
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"All verbal teachings are just to cure diseases. Because diseases are not the same, the remedies are also different. That is why it is sometimes said that there is Buddha, and sometimes it is said that there is no Buddha.
True words are those that actually cure sickness; if the cure manages to heal, then all are true words. If they can't effectively cure sickness, all are false words.
True words are false words when they give rise to views. False words are true words when they cut off the delusions of sentient beings. Because disease is unreal, there is only unreal medicine to cure it."
-Zen Master Pai-Chang
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12-01-2015, 12:44 AM
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I am the Source of everything; from Me all creation emerges.
With this realization the wise, the awestricken, adore Me.
- from The Gita, Ch 10v8, Krishna
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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13-01-2015, 10:12 AM
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When even one virtue becomes our nature, the mind becomes clean and tranquil. Then there is no need to practice meditation; we will automatically be meditating always. ~ Swami Satchidananda
Wholesome virtuous behavior progressively leads to the foremost.~ Buddha AN 10.1
If you do right, irrespective of what the other does, it will slow down the (turbulent) mind. ~ Rajini Menon
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13-01-2015, 02:39 PM
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Quote:
He who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. -- Jesus Christ
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Where did Christ say that??
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15-01-2015, 08:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ajay00
He who is of a merry heart has a continual feast. -- Jesus Christ
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That would be Proverbs 15:15.
Then, 17:22...a merry heart does good like a medicine.
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Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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15-01-2015, 09:01 AM
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If God's secrets are unknown don't despair.
Behind the mystery-curtain is a love-affair...
-Hafiz
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.*I'll text in Navy Blue when I'm speaking as a Mod. :)
Prepare yourself for the coming astral journey of death by daily riding in the balloon of God-perception.
Through delusion you are perceiving yourself as a bundle of flesh and bones, which at best is a nest of troubles.
Meditate unceasingly, that you may quickly behold yourself as the Infinite Essence, free from every form of misery. ~Paramahansa's Guru's Guru.
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01-02-2015, 03:20 AM
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"There are people in the world who constantly lecture on scriptures and ethics, who know what is wrong and what is not wrong, what is sinful and what is not sinful, what is offensive and what is not offensive. They are outwardly proper in their bearing, but have not stopped bad patterns in their inner minds; are they able to attain liberation from miseries?
Suppose someone inwardly has full knowledge of cause and effect, and the various conditions for misery and happiness, and he is also proper and mannerly in outward appearance, yet cannot take care of himself and keeps five hundred iron barbs inside his clothes - do you think this person can be free of pain? If people who study the way now are outwardly proper but inwardly do not stop bad patterns in their minds, they will be like this."
-Zen Master Fu Shan-Hui
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01-02-2015, 03:22 AM
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"To 'leave the world' means that you do not let the feelings of worldly people hang on your mind."
-Zen Master Dogen
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01-02-2015, 03:23 AM
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"No matter how bad a state of mind you may get into, if you keep strong and hold out, eventually the floating clouds must vanish and the withering wind must cease."
-Zen Master Dogen
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