365 Buddha PA - Jeff Schmidt [17]
ŚĀNTIDEVA; BODHICARYĀVATĀRA 8.134-8.135
185.
Thus shall ye think of all this fleeting world:
A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream;
A flash of lightning in a summer cloud,
A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream.
DIAMOND SUTRA
186.
Abandoning harsh speech, he abstains from harsh speech, he speaks such words as are gentle, pleasing to the ear, and lovable, as go to the heart, are courteous, desired by many and agreeable to many.
MAJJHIMA-NIKĀYA i. 179
187.
I urge you not to throw away time, for it’s swift as an arrow, fast as a stream. Distraction is entirely due to lack of concentration; stupidity and blindness are caused by lack of true knowledge.
YUNG-MING; FIVE HOUSES OF ZEN
188.
Some are ashamed of what is not shameful,
And shameless about what is shameful.
Following such false views,
They go to a sorrowful state.
Some are fearful where there is nothing to fear,
And are fearless where there is much to fear.
Holding such false views,
They go to a sorrowful state.
Some see what is right as wrong
And what is wrong as right.
Holding such false views,
They go to a sorrowful state.
Those who see wrong as wrong
And right as right
Hold right views,
And go to a joyful state.
DHAMMAPADA 316-319
189.
Both the young and the old, whether they are foolish or wise, are going to be trapped by death. All beings move towards death.
They are overcome by death. They go to the other world. And then not even a father can save his son, or a family their relatives.
SUTTA NIPĀTA 578-579
190.
For having spewed forth lust, passion, and ignorance, shall I return to feed upon it? As a man might go back to his vomit! Such misery, how could I bear?
FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING 727
191.
Neither from itself nor from another,
Nor from both,
Nor without a cause,
Does anything whatever, anywhere arise.
NĀGĀRJUNA; MŪLAMADHYAMAKA-KĀRIKĀ I, 1
192.
Then the Lord said to the monks: ‘Now, monks, I declare to you: all conditioned things are of a nature to decay—strive on untiringly. ’ These were the Tathāgata’s last words.
DĪGHA NIKĀYA ii 155-156
193.
Mindfulness is the miracle by which we master and restore ourselves. Consider, for example: a magician who cuts his body into many parts and places each part in a different region—hands in the south, arms in the east, legs in the north, and then by some miraculous power lets forth a cry which reassembles whole every part of his body. Mindfulness is like that—it is the miracle which can call back in a flash our dispersed mind and restore it to whole-ness so that we can live each minute of life.
THICH NHAT HANH; MIRACLE OF MINDFULNESS
194.
There is no fire like the fire of lust;
There is no sin like the sin of hatred;
There are no sufferings like the sufferings of existence;
There is no happiness like Supreme Tranquillity.
DHAMMAPADA 202
195.
What others call happiness, that the Noble Ones declare to be suffering. What others call suffering, that the Noble Ones have found to be happiness. See how difficult it is to understand the Dhamma! Herein those without insight have completely gone astray.
SUTTA NIPĀTA 762
196.
The fire which fiercely burns the desert grass (dies out), and then the grass will grow again;
But when the fire of lust burns up the heart, then how hard for true religion there to dwell!
FO-SHO-HING-TSAN-KING 1815-1816
197.
Hey you, expecting results without effort! So sensitive! So long-suffering! You, in the clutches of death, acting like an immortal! Hey, sufferer, you are destroying yourself!
ŚĀNTIDEVA; BODHICARYĀVATĀRA 7.13
198.
His thoughts are calm, his speech is calm, his deeds are calm;
Such is the calm of one who has obtained Deliverance by Right Knowledge.
DHAMMAPADA 96
199.
Of slight account, monks, is the loss of such things as reputation. Miserable indeed among losses is the loss of wisdom.
Of slight account, monks, is the increase of such things as reputation.