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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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Looking from ultimate level:
1. We develop attachment to those who help us a little and see them as good people.
Those who harm us a little we loathe and see as bad people.
We regard them as being good and bad from their own side.
This state of mind is not realistic.
If it were, the Buddha would see things that way, but this is not the case.
If one person on one side of the Buddha anoints him with fragrant oil
and another person on the other side hacks at him with a knife
the Buddha does not regard one as good and the other as bad
becoming attached to one and disliking the other.
If there were a real difference between the two people, the Buddha with his clear-sighted wisdom would see it.
However, he does not see one person as inherently good and the other as inherently bad.

2. People appear nice and horrible to us from their own side
but that is not how they actually exist.
The appearance of someone as good or bad is a dependent arising
an event that comes about in dependence upon the gathering together
of particular causes and conditions, such as a little help or harm.
It is thus something changeable by nature.
It is not fixed because friend and enemy are not friend and enemy from their own side.
We can see in our lives that as conditions change
people easily change roles in relationship to us.
Thus, they are not permanently our friend, enemy, or stranger.

3. Similarly, we think
"This person is my enemy
and this is my friend"
as if they were always, permanently, and irrevocably that way.
In fact, friend and enemy are relative
like saying "this mountain" and "that mountain."
We call the mountain we stand on now "this" mountain
and the one on the other side "that" mountain.
But if we crossed over to "that" mountain, it would become "this" mountain
and "this" mountain would become "that" mountain.
Thus, "this mountain" and "that mountain" do not exist from their own side.
They are relative. It is similar with those whom we call friend and enemy.
These terms are relative and changeable.
No one is inherently a friend and worthy of attachment
no one is inherently disagreeable and worthy of aversion.
In brief, the last three reasons show that friend and enemy do not inherently exist.
First, they do not exist that way from their own side
because if they did, the Buddha would see it like this, but the Buddha doesn't.
Second, they are not permanent because they change.
Third, they are not absolute categories
because the designations "friend" and "enemy" are relative :smile:

The meaning of equalizing and exchanging self and others
TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY INTO JOY AND COURAGE
An Explanation of the Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
by Geshe Jampa Tegchok - Snow Lion Publications
 
JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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ynnest

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JUPITERASC said:
Looking from ultimate level:
1. We develop attachment to those who help us a little and see them as good people.
Those who harm us a little we loathe and see as bad people.
We regard them as being good and bad from their own side.
This state of mind is not realistic.
If it were, the Buddha would see things that way, but this is not the case.
If one person on one side of the Buddha anoints him with fragrant oil
and another person on the other side hacks at him with a knife
the Buddha does not regard one as good and the other as bad
becoming attached to one and disliking the other.
If there were a real difference between the two people, the Buddha with his clear-sighted wisdom would see it.
However, he does not see one person as inherently good and the other as inherently bad.

2. People appear nice and horrible to us from their own side
but that is not how they actually exist.
The appearance of someone as good or bad is a dependent arising
an event that comes about in dependence upon the gathering together
of particular causes and conditions, such as a little help or harm.
It is thus something changeable by nature.
It is not fixed because friend and enemy are not friend and enemy from their own side.
We can see in our lives that as conditions change
people easily change roles in relationship to us.
Thus, they are not permanently our friend, enemy, or stranger.

3. Similarly, we think
"This person is my enemy
and this is my friend"
as if they were always, permanently, and irrevocably that way.
In fact, friend and enemy are relative
like saying "this mountain" and "that mountain."
We call the mountain we stand on now "this" mountain
and the one on the other side "that" mountain.
But if we crossed over to "that" mountain, it would become "this" mountain
and "this" mountain would become "that" mountain.
Thus, "this mountain" and "that mountain" do not exist from their own side.
They are relative. It is similar with those whom we call friend and enemy.
These terms are relative and changeable.
No one is inherently a friend and worthy of attachment
no one is inherently disagreeable and worthy of aversion.
In brief, the last three reasons show that friend and enemy do not inherently exist.
First, they do not exist that way from their own side
because if they did, the Buddha would see it like this, but the Buddha doesn't.
Second, they are not permanent because they change.
Third, they are not absolute categories
because the designations "friend" and "enemy" are relative :smile:

The meaning of equalizing and exchanging self and others
TRANSFORMING ADVERSITY INTO JOY AND COURAGE
An Explanation of the Thirty-seven Practices of Bodhisattvas
by Geshe Jampa Tegchok - Snow Lion Publications
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Interesting perspective indeed.

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ynnest

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ynnest said:
Interesting perspective indeed.

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I would actually say that what we call enemies and friends in this world are actually one unit originally or at its core but that these are labels and roles we have created to keep this world in balance under the war that has been fought.

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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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Cap said:


SCIENTIFIC BENEFITS OF MEDITATION
– 76 THINGS YOU MIGHT BE MISSING OUT ON

We all have heard that “meditation is good for you”.
But good in what terms?
Is that just reports from people doing it for 10 years,
or are there good scientific studies showing specific benefits that I care about?

In this massive article I have summarized several scientific discoveries on the benefits of meditation.
Over 100 studies were analyzed
(some of which are in themselves analysis of other hundreds of studies),
and categorised the findings into 76 benefits
(divided into 46 subheadings).
You will be surprised in reading some of these.

http://liveanddare.com/benefits-of-meditation
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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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Cause and effect ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
http://justdharma.com/s/5nbl0


To expect happiness without giving up negative action :smile:
is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned.
Of course, no one actually wants to suffer, to be sick, to be cold or hungry
- but as long as we continue to indulge in wrong doing we will never put an end to suffering.
Likewise, we will never achieve happiness, except through positive deeds, words, and thoughts.
Positive action is something we have to cultivate ourselves
it can be neither bought nor stolen
and no one ever stumbles on it just by chance.

– Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
from the book "The Heart Treasure of the Enlightened Ones"
ISBN: 978-0877734932 - available on amazon
translated by Padmakara Translation Group

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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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The illumination from an oil lamp lights the room instantly
even if it has been dark for aeons :smile:
Mind is boundless radiance.
How can the slightest darkness remain in the room of daily perception?
But one who clings to mental processes
cannot awaken to the radiance of Mind.
— Tilopa


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JUPITERASC

JUPITERASC

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From time immemorial
we have been addicted to the self.
It is how we identify ourselves
It is what we love most dearly.
It is also what we hate most fiercely at times
Its existence is also the thing that we work hardest to try to validate.
Almost everything that we do or think or have, including our spiritual path,
is a means to confirm its existence.
It is the self that fears failure and longs for success, fears hell and longs for heaven.
The self loathes suffering and loves the causes of suffering.
It stupidly wages war in the name of peace.
It wishes for enlightenment but detests the path to enlightenment.
It wishes to work as a socialist but lives as a capitalist.
When the self feels lonely, it desires friendship.
Its possessiveness of those it loves manifests in passion
that can lead to aggression.
Its supposed enemies - such as spiritual paths designed to conquer the ego
- are often corrupted and recruited as the self's ally.
Its skills in playing the game of deception is nearly perfect :smile:
It weaves a cocoon around itself like a silkworm; but unlike a silkworm
it doesn't know how to find the way out ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
 
morgthm

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Sit up straight, totally relax then, as slightly as possibly try to hold the slightest taughtness in your back muscles. Don't move and try to maintain this feeling until you are able to hold it near enough subconsciously, try to keep your shoulders relaxed though. take deep definite breaths and try to imagine any feeling of debris in your mind clearing away. If it feels like there are still some resistances, maintain your feeling and calmly try to find new ways to imagine them disappearing.
I feel at my most calm when i can pretty much see the inside of my head
 
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JUPITERASC said:
From time immemorial
we have been addicted to the self.
It is how we identify ourselves
It is what we love most dearly.
It is also what we hate most fiercely at times
Its existence is also the thing that we work hardest to try to validate.
Almost everything that we do or think or have, including our spiritual path,
is a means to confirm its existence.
It is the self that fears failure and longs for success, fears hell and longs for heaven.
The self loathes suffering and loves the causes of suffering.
It stupidly wages war in the name of peace.
It wishes for enlightenment but detests the path to enlightenment.
It wishes to work as a socialist but lives as a capitalist.
When the self feels lonely, it desires friendship.
Its possessiveness of those it loves manifests in passion
that can lead to aggression.
Its supposed enemies - such as spiritual paths designed to conquer the ego
- are often corrupted and recruited as the self's ally.
Its skills in playing the game of deception is nearly perfect :smile:
It weaves a cocoon around itself like a silkworm; but unlike a silkworm
it doesn't know how to find the way out ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
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War is the way towards peace! possessiveness is love! The self is the selfless! Love of self is to love others! Identification with self is to identify with selflessness! Longing for success is humbleness!

The skills of the selfless to hide its self- centered self behind a fasade of Selflessness is the greatest deception! It weaves its self into a cocoon of selflessness like a silkworm and once its in there it cant get out! Praise the lord!

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