APPAMAADA VAGGA – HEEDFULNESS – PHẨM KHÔNG BUÔNG LUNG21. Không buông lung đưa tới cõi bất tử (15), buông lung đưa tới cõi tử vong; người không buông lungthì không chết, kẻ buông lung thì sống như thây ma(16). CT (15): Niết bàn (Nibbàna) CT (16): Bởi vì người không buông lung thì được chứng nhập Niết bàn và không còn

Phẩm I YAMAKA VAGGA – THE TWIN VERSES – PHẨM SONG YẾU (1)1. Trong các pháp(2), tâm dẫn đầu, tâm làm chủ, tâm tạo tác ; Nếu nói hoặc làm với tâm ô nhiễm, sự khổ sẽ theo nghiệp kéo đến như bánh xe lăn theo chân con vật kéo(3) . CHÚ THÍCH : (1). Những pháp yếu được diễn

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely. A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless. You only lose what you cling to. Pain is certain, suffering is optional. As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger. If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved worrying will do you no good. There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path. Thousands of candles can be

To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others. You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. Purity or impurity

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? The mind is everything. What you think you become. It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. Nothing can

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Thus have I heard: at one time the Blessed One, the Buddha Shakyamuni, was staying near the city of Shravasti, in the cloistered garden that the generous Anathapindada gave to the Buddhist Order in Prince Jeta’s grove. He was staying there with a large gathering of monks numbering one thousand two hundred fifty. These monks were well known for their

Since there are already so many religions in this world, why is it necessary for us to have another religion called Buddhism? Is there any extraordinary characteristic or contribution or significant feature that Buddhism has which other religions do not have?

There is a school of thought, which says that all religions are essentially the same. There are no significant differences. The only difference is in the interpretation and practice. After all, in the final analysis, all of us end in one place, either heaven or hell. That is the common belief of most religions. Does Buddhism share this viewpoint? To answer this question we have to examine what is meant religion.

The free seeing Bodhisattva of compassion, while in profound contemplation of Prajna Paramita, beheld five skandhas as empty in their being and thus crossed over all sufferings. O-oh Sariputra, what is seen does not differ from what is empty, nor does what is empty differ from what is seen; what is seen is empty, what is empty is seen. It