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Moderate Eating...

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sun, 27 May 2012 22:32:48 UT

Friends:
Control starts with Guarding the 6 Doors of the Senses!

The Buddha once explained
Bhikkhus by possessing three qualities, one lives in this very life full of
ease,
pleasure and joy! Furthermore, one has thereby prepared the elimination of
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Distractions Disturb Delight!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sat, 26 May 2012 22:15:33 UT

Friends:
How to stop recurring Distracting Thoughts?

1: Redirect attention to a different advantageous object:
Like when driving out a coarse peg from a piece of wood, using a fine peg,
one can substitute and thereby replace :
A: Desire for living forms with thinking about a disgusting rotting

No Ego = No Problems!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:03:51 UT

Friends:
Selfless Release Disengages and Detaches!

The Buddha once explained how to enter the stream leading to Nibbāna:
One can cut off the 5 lower fetters and enter the Stream to Nibbāna by
resolving on this with unwavering determination: What is present here now,
what has come into being, all that I relinquish and leave behind here & now!

How2Cure Doubt and Uncertainty!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:37:22 UT

Friends:
How to cure Confusing Uncertainty and Skeptical Doubt?

What if doubt leading to confusion and indecisiveness, keeps coming back?

Undertaking these 5 simple actions gains assured certainty over time:
1: The praxis of living under a Teacher...
2: The effort of learning the True Dhamma...

Devoted to Wakefulness!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:24:21 UT

Friends:
Self-Control means Guarding the 6 Senses!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus by possessing 3 qualities, one lives this life full of pleasure &
joy!
Furthermore, one has thereby prepared for the elimination of the subtle
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Is Hedonism Happiness?

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:51:48 UT

Friends:
How does Sense-Desire Muddle the Mind?

A Brahmin Priest once asked the Blessed Buddha:
Master Gotama, what is the cause of being unable to remember something
that has been memorized over a long period & also that which has not been?
Brahmin, when the mind is obsessed, beset, and dominated by sense-desire,

Unshakable is Equanimity...

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Mon, 21 May 2012 23:55:31 UT

Friends:
How to train and purify Imperturbable Equanimity!

Sitting alone, in silence, each early morning, with closed eyes one wishes:
May I radiate and meet only calm, imperturbable, and even equanimity!
May I and all the various beings on the 31 levels of existence develop and find
only the composure and poise of calm, imperturbable, and even equanimity!

Feeding Equanimity!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sun, 20 May 2012 23:35:48 UT

Friends:
Feeding the Serenity of Equanimity!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, just as this body, is sustained by feeding, exists in dependence
on
feeding and cannot survive without food, so are the 7 Links
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FILM: Zen Hermits are Fine Forest Friends...

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sun, 20 May 2012 04:34:30 UT

Friends:

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Zen Hermits are Fine Forest Friends
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Have a nice & noble day!

Friendship is the Greatest!
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End the Seal Slaughter for Good! - Please Sign the Petition!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sat, 19 May 2012 22:11:13 UT

Friends:
Let us Stop Canada's Cruel Baby Seal Slaughter
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Canada allowed hunters to kill more than 300.000 baby seals this year!

Please be kind by Signing this Petition and forward this to your kind
friends!
Support Sen. Harb's Bill to End the Seal Slaughter for Good! -

Friendliness Shines Everywhere!

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Sat, 19 May 2012 21:04:30 UT

Friends:
<[link]> Brahmavihãra Meditation gives Infinite Joy!

Training Universal Friendliness induces unalloyed Joy!
Cultivating Boundless Pity enables tranquil Tolerance!
Developing Mutual Joy produces deep Contentment!
Refining Equanimity establishes calming Serenity!

What is Mara?

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:19:32 UT

Friends:
What is Mara: A Transient, Painful, and Selfless State?

At Savatthi. While seated, the Venerable Radha asked the Blessed One:
Venerable Sir, one says: Māra, Māra!! What is this Māra; the Evil One?
Radha, form, feeling, perception, mental construction, and consciousness
is Māra, is a state of Māra, is impermanent, is of an impermanent nature,

Friendly + Unselfish = Honourable!

bhikkhu.samah...@what-buddha-said.net (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Thu, 17 May 2012 21:43:48 UT

Friends:
Daily Fine Words of the Blessed Buddha:

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Sangāhako mittakaro,
Vadaññū vītamaccharo,
Netā vinetā anunetā,
Tādiso labhate yasam.

Friendly + Unselfish = Honourable!
Who is hospitable, and friendly, generous and unselfish,
A guide, a teacher, a leader, such one will to honour attain.

Can an Almighty God or Divine Power save you?

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Wed, 16 May 2012 23:02:24 UT

Friends:
Can an Almighty God or Divine Power save you?

Question:

Answer:
India has always had two holy traditions:

Brahmana: Priests, who by rituals and worship of assumed almighty ‘gods’,
and ‘divinity’ believe that they can be saved by these divine other-powers,
which they then rely on. Depending thus on something they cannot see or

What is the Final Goal?

bhikk...@gmail.com (Bhikkhu Samahita) — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:38:23 UT

Friends:
What is the Final Goal and Destination?

The ascetic wanderer Nandiya once asked the Blessed One:
Which things, Master Gotama, when developed and refined, lead to Nibbāna,
have Nibbāna as their end destination, have Nibbāna as their final goal?
These eight things, Nandiya, when developed and refined lead to Nibbāna,