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[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

A deity asks: What is good until old age?
What is good when established?
What is a treasure for humans?
What can’t be stolen by thieves?

The Blessed One: Virtue is good until old age.
Faith is good when established.
Wisdom is a treasure for humans.
Merit — thieves can’t steal.

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

Those who think the unessential is essential,
and see the essential as unessential;
They do not attain the essence,
being in the domain of wrong intention.

--DhammaPada Verse 11

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

The diverse external elements of sense experience give rise to diverse perceptions, intentions, desires, passions, and quests.

As eye meets sights, the meeting of the two when unrestrained leads to arising of perceptions of sights

https://t.co/P071YGpjSg

Samyutta Nikaya 14.7

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

A meditation on death:

How was last day, last week, last month? Did it feel brief or long?

Suppose one had some 10,000 to 20,000 days to live… or some 1500 to 3000 weeks… or some 300 to 600 months

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

The five subjects for contemplation:

1. "I am subject to aging; I am not exempt from aging."

One can contemplate on the way they appeared the day they were born, when they were in kindergarten, in school, how they appear today, and how they may appear as they grow old in age.

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

The five hindrances, their fuels and their antidotes:

1) Sensual Desire is fueled by applying the mind irrationally to the feature of beauty, and its antidote is to apply the mind rationally to the feature of ugliness.

https://t.co/oklDigx8l5

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

'He abused me, he struck me, he overpowered me, he robbed me.'
Those who harbor such thoughts do not still their hatred.

Hatred is never pacified by hatred in this world. By good-will alone is hatred pacified.
This is a law eternal.

- DhammaPada 3, 5

https://t.co/n7xkQS2QoD

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

Either way, he wins ✌️

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

Jhanas as a gateway or as a getaway

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

Jhanas as a gateway or as a getaway

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

Effort should be made to understand the noble truth of discontentment

In the turning wheel's first noble fold,
Lies the truth of discontentment told.
With eyes that see beyond the veil,
We discern the unsatisfactory trail.

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

Perception, the moon’s reflection in a tranquil lake; Choices, like paths in the forest, which turn to take; Consciousness, the owl’s gaze, deep and wide.

Read in full: https://t.co/Heg631LJqw

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

Full Moon Contemplation on the Five Aggregates

Under the full moon’s luminous glow,
Contemplate aggregates, let insight flow:
Form, a shadow cast by moonlit trees;
Feeling, waves that ride the midnight breeze.

Read a related teaching: https://t.co/JgqCaqh0K8

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

Four practices the leads one to non-decline, to be near Nibbāna:

1. Ethical conduct and observance of precepts - For one who follows ethical conduct and observes precepts, the landscape of their mind becomes purified.

https://t.co/zgxpIrE7mk

[The Night Warrior @WarriorNight007]

@historyinmemes 25 yr old pizza delivery man runs into burning house, saves four children who tell him another might be in the house. He goes back in, finds the girl, jumps out a window with her, and carries her to a cop who captures the moment on his bodycam.

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

The Happiness Visible in This Present Life: From "In the Buddha's Words" by Bhikkhu Bodhi

A set of the Buddha's teachings that illuminate the many ways the Dhamma applies to the complex conditions of human life for people still immersed in the world

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

As one applies the teachings, they should check for:
- Improvements to the condition of mind, AND
- Improvements in personal/professional relationships

This dual check of internal experience and the external interactions ensures progress is based on actuality of how things are

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

New year blessing 2024:

“I would like to encourage everyone to use the teachings of the Buddha, use the teachings of the great teachers in our tradition, put them into practice in your life and see.” — Ajahn Jayasaro

https://t.co/NlAND5iXdp

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

Reflect with gratitude what has come and consider this as you set an intention for what is to come.

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

The realization of three true knowledges (MN 36)

In a less confrontational meeting, the Buddha and Saccaka discuss the difference between physical and mental development. The Buddha gives a long account of the various practices he did before awakening.

[Words of The Buddha @r_WordsOfBuddha]

"There are those who do not realize that one day we all must die. But those who do realize this settle their quarrels."

DhammaPada verse 6

[siddharth @UnlearnRoot]

"The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore?" - Deng Ming-Dao