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When we study Buddhism, we are studying ourselves
the nature of our own minds.
Instead of focusing on some supreme being
Buddhism emphasizes more practical matters
such as how to lead our lives, how to integrate our minds
and how to keep our everyday lives peaceful and healthy.
In other words, Buddhism always accentuates experiential knowledge
-wisdom rather than some dogmatic view.
–Lama Thubten Yeshe
the nature of our own minds.
Instead of focusing on some supreme being
Buddhism emphasizes more practical matters
such as how to lead our lives, how to integrate our minds
and how to keep our everyday lives peaceful and healthy.
In other words, Buddhism always accentuates experiential knowledge
-wisdom rather than some dogmatic view.
–Lama Thubten Yeshe
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As Buddha said,
To keep the body in good health is a duty
...
otherwise
we shall not be able
to keep our mind strong
and clear.
"A fundamental problem with labelling human distress and deviance
as mental disorder is that it reduces a complex, important, and distinct part of human life
to nothing more than a biological illness or defect
not to be processed or understood
or in some cases even embraced
but to be ‘treated’ and ‘cured’ by any means possible
often with drugs that may be doing much more harm than good.
This biological reductiveness, along with the stigma that it attracts,
shapes the person’s interpretation and experience of his distress
or deviance, and, ultimately, his relation to himself, to others, and to the world.
Moreover, to call out every difference and deviance as mental disorder
is also to circumscribe normality and define sanity, not as tranquillity or possibility
which are the products of the wisdom that is being denied
but as conformity, placidity, and a kind of mediocrity. "
—The Meaning of Madness
To keep the body in good health is a duty
...
otherwise
we shall not be able
to keep our mind strong
and clear.
"A fundamental problem with labelling human distress and deviance
as mental disorder is that it reduces a complex, important, and distinct part of human life
to nothing more than a biological illness or defect
not to be processed or understood
or in some cases even embraced
but to be ‘treated’ and ‘cured’ by any means possible
often with drugs that may be doing much more harm than good.
This biological reductiveness, along with the stigma that it attracts,
shapes the person’s interpretation and experience of his distress
or deviance, and, ultimately, his relation to himself, to others, and to the world.
Moreover, to call out every difference and deviance as mental disorder
is also to circumscribe normality and define sanity, not as tranquillity or possibility
which are the products of the wisdom that is being denied
but as conformity, placidity, and a kind of mediocrity. "
—The Meaning of Madness
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"No one
can construct for you
the bridge
upon which precisely you
must cross the stream of life,
no one
but you yourself alone."
Friedrich Nietzsche
can construct for you
the bridge
upon which precisely you
must cross the stream of life,
no one
but you yourself alone."
Friedrich Nietzsche
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No modification ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
http://justdharma.com/s/noliz
When you travel in an airplane
you can see all sorts of landscapes below
— lakes, mountains, lush forests, deserts, cold and warm places.
Likewise, during meditation
experiences of all kinds pass before your mind’s eye.
At that time, the most important thing
is to avoid any kind of clinging
Don’t proudly think that these are “good” experiences and
“Now I have realized the Great Perfection!”
Neither should you be discouraged by “bad” periods of practice
and feel like giving up meditation altogether, telling yourself
“I’ll never succeed.”
Let the mind remain in its completely natural, uncontrived state.
Be like a newborn baby in its cradle.
Even if surrounded by threatening armies wielding swords
the baby has no fear.
In brief, there should be no modification of the natural state.
– Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book "Pith Instructions: Selected Teachings and Poems"
ISBN: B01CTGPILS
http://justdharma.com/s/noliz
When you travel in an airplane
you can see all sorts of landscapes below
— lakes, mountains, lush forests, deserts, cold and warm places.
Likewise, during meditation
experiences of all kinds pass before your mind’s eye.
At that time, the most important thing
is to avoid any kind of clinging
Don’t proudly think that these are “good” experiences and
“Now I have realized the Great Perfection!”
Neither should you be discouraged by “bad” periods of practice
and feel like giving up meditation altogether, telling yourself
“I’ll never succeed.”
Let the mind remain in its completely natural, uncontrived state.
Be like a newborn baby in its cradle.
Even if surrounded by threatening armies wielding swords
the baby has no fear.
In brief, there should be no modification of the natural state.
– Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book "Pith Instructions: Selected Teachings and Poems"
ISBN: B01CTGPILS
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Om mani padme hum
Bodhichitta Pledge
Dispel the Misery of the World
With the wish to free all beings
I will always go for refuge
To the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
Until the attainment of full Enlightenment
Enthused by Compassion and Wisdom
Today in the Buddha's presence
I generate the Mind of Enlightenment
For the benefit of all sentient beings
For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
-Shantideva, 8th century Bodhisattva
Bodhichitta Pledge
Dispel the Misery of the World
With the wish to free all beings
I will always go for refuge
To the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
Until the attainment of full Enlightenment
Enthused by Compassion and Wisdom
Today in the Buddha's presence
I generate the Mind of Enlightenment
For the benefit of all sentient beings
For as long as space endures
And for as long as living beings remain,
Until then may I too abide
To dispel the misery of the world.
-Shantideva, 8th century Bodhisattva
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