Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Kodhaṃ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṃ Saññojanaṃ sabbaṃ atikkameyya Taṃ nāma rūpamiṃ asajjamānaṃ akiñcanaṃ nānupatani dukkhā Put away anger Abandon pride Overcome every attachment Cling not to Mind and Body And thus be free from sorrow Trans. K.Sri Dhammananda Purport: Greed, hatred and Delusion are major products of spiritual ignorance of the true nature of human personality and the empirical world. The human personality is the unity of existence of Body and Mind. The Body consists of the aggregate of physical form. The Mind consists of the four aggregates of feelings, perceptions, volitions, and consciousness. These five aggregates are non-dual or inseparable. They are dependently co-arisen into the unity of existence of the human personality. Unity of existence of anything is the ultimate Truth of Non-self or Insubstantiality (Anattā). The human p ...
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‘Happiness’ as Explained
Source : by Bhikkhu Nyanabodhi (2010-08-17)
To the question why anybody in life does anything at all, the answer, undoubtedly, is to satisfy his or her mental and physical need/s. This mental or physical need/s that satisfies him/her might be either good or evil. This is something ...
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Alliance of Civilizations through Unity of Religion
Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Introduction Eckhant Tolle is a prominent spiritual exponent and writer in the West currently. He authors a few celebrated spiritual books, some of which become best sellers. His celebrated spiritual books are comprised of ‘The ...
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Commentarial Literature on the ‘Song of Enlightenment’ - Chapter 38: If you seek, IT disappears
Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Propositions and logic are not this, and they have nothing to do with my perfection of wisdom Because it is beyond either praise or blame, And its Essence is without boundary or limitless. Yet, it is always present when we retain the ...
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Commentarial Literature on ‘Faith in Mind’ Chapter 47: Only One Truth
Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Abiding nowhere yet everywhere The Ten directions are right before you The true Suchness is the only ultimate or highest Truth manifested universally. The Suchness is the Lord. Submission to the lord is the obedience to the eternal ...
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Anattā is the Creator
Source : by K. S. Chow (2010-08-17)
Two companions for us To choose in life The false self and the True Self The false self born of intellectual mind The True Self born of the intuitive mind False self is habitual True Self is original False self dwells in the brain ...
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The Ariya Quest (Ariyapariyesana-sutta MN26)
Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Gotama Buddha had just gained supreme Enlightenment or Gnosis under a bodhi tree. Having located the location of the group of five monks through his supernormal knowledge (supernatural powers), he set his journey to meet them at Benares at ...
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Revisiting MMK (Mūlamadhyamakakārikā): Nāgārjuna’s Commentary on the Dharma Theory
Source : by Wong Weng Hon (2010-08-17)
Introduction The Ābhidharmikas or the Sarvāstivādins posit that the elementary constituents (dharmas) of the building blocks of the empirical phenomenal world are ultimate and real. They traverse or exist in three phases of time, nam ...
