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“My friends, you are already qualified to discern which things to accept and which things to discard. Believe and accept only those things which accord with your own reason, those things which are supported by the wise and virtuous, and those things which in practice bring benefit and happiness to yourselves and others. Discard things which oppose
... See moreThich Nhat Hanh • Old Path White Clouds: The Life Story of the Buddha
IN THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER, the Buddha told Subhuti that bodhisattvas give birth to the thought of liberating others but without creating the perception of a self, a being, a life, or a soul. What they give birth to is the gift of liberation. But it is only liberation if it is given without attachment, without attachment to any object of the senses,
... See moreRed Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
The Tipitaka is comprised of the Vinaya, the code of discipline for monks, nuns, and lay people; the Suttas, public discourses attributed to the Buddha; and the Abhidhamma, a set of deep psycho-philosophical teachings.
Henepola Gunaratana • Mindfulness in Plain English: 20th Anniversary Edition
Vier Edle Wahrheiten:
Die Wahrheit vom Leiden, die Wahrheit von der Ursache des Leidens, die Wahrheit von der Beendigung des Leidens und die Wahrheit vom Weg, der zur Beendigung des Leidens, der Befreiung, führt.
Das universale Gesetz der Kausalität.
- Simple Meditation
Steven Hayes • A Liberated Mind: The essential guide to ACT
Far Eastern Buddhism is much more palatable and “according to nature” than its Indian and Tibetan counterparts, with ideals of life which seem at times to be superhuman, more suited to angels than to men. Even so, all forms of Buddhism subscribe to the Middle Way between the extremes of angel (deva) and demon (preta), ascetic and sensualist, and
... See moreAlan W. Watts • The Way of Zen
that is the great and beautiful work of the path. Insight meditation, indeed perhaps even the whole of the Dharma, could be conceived, very broadly, as the cultivation of ways of looking that lessen dukkha, that liberate.