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This place is for the true Saddhamma spoken by the Buddha, his Awakened Disciples
and preserved in the Pali Tipitaka Canon.
Ultimate Master is the Buddha...
Sublime Teaching is the Dhamma...
Very Best Friend is the Noble Community of the Sangha...
You are Warmly Welcome
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Sense Seclusion...
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Friends:
Sense Seclusion produces Peace!
Since sensual pleasures, variegated, sweet and delightful, agitate the mind with their varied forms, thus seeing danger in the streams of sense
pleasure, one should wander alone, solitary as a rhinoceros horn...
This for me is a calamity, a tumour, a setback, a dis-ease, a barb, &... more »
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Leaving All States Behind!
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Friends:
Liberation means Leaving all States!
Any greed, lust, desire, longing, urge, hankering, hoping or wishing for
this or
that state must be made to fade away absolutely, enabling mind to be fully
released and thus liberated by the elimination of all greed. All states of
the 3 planes ( <[link]>... more »
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A House on Fire!
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Friends:
The 5 Clusters of Clinging Suffer!
The material body is like the prison, because it is the site of the
punishment.
Perception is like the offence, because it via contact causes the
punishment.
Feeling is like the punishment one cannot control, as it is caused by
contact.
Mental construction is like the punisher, since it via craving causes... more »
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The Blessed One!
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Friends:
Supreme Master was the Buddha!
It was through understanding, that the Blessed One discovered the Dhamma!
It was through compassion, that he taught it to the multitude of beings.
It was through understanding, that he felt disillusion with the rebirth
round.
It was through compassion, that he bore it, while learning to liberate... more »
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Cosmic Goodness!
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Friends:
The Buddha on Goodness:
Train yourself in doing only pure good,
Since that lasts & brings great happiness!
Cultivate generosity, peaceful simple living, and a mentality of infinite friendliness... _/\_
Itivuttaka 16
Who is hospitable, open, straight & friendly,
Generous, gentle and always unselfish,... more »
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Thanksgiving..Gratitude and Generosity!
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Friends,
The Buddha's words on giving: "And what is the treasure of generosity? There is the case of a disciple of the noble ones, his awareness cleansed of the stain of stinginess.freely generous, openhanded, and delighting in being magnanimous, responsive to requests, delighting in the distribution of... more »
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The Power of Insight!
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Friends:
The Power of Insight Purifies Mind!
In what sense is insight a power? Understanding impermanence, it is not disappointed by expecting endurance! Knowing suffering, it is not excited, even when experiencing sense pleasure!
Comprehending no-self, it is not deceived by an apparent, yet imaginary ego!... more »
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The True Torch!
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Friends:
The True Dhamma Makes U Safe!
The Buddha-Dhamma is a Torch, since it guides beings through the Darkness!
The Buddha-Dhamma is a Boat, since it brings beings across to the far Shore!
The Buddha-Dhamma is a Mirror, since it shows beings, how they Actually are!
The Buddha-Dhamma is a Medicine, since it cures beings from deep Diseases!... more »
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End clinging, and be FEARLESS!
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Friends,
LOSS From affection springs sorrow (over loss).
From affection grows fear (of loss)
Wholly free from affection, there can be
no such sorrow and much less fear.
Dhammapada
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Illustration 212 Background
<[link]>... more »
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Calm Power!
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Friends:
Inner Tranquillity is a Mental Power!
In what sense is calm a power? In the 1st jh
<[link]> ana this mental
calm does not waver even when attacked by the 5
<[link]> mental... more »
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