Re: [FOTM:0] Digest for friends-of-thamkrabok-monastery@googlegroups.com - 4 Messages in 1 Topic

[ian slevin]

ALSO A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL>

REGARDS.
IAN

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 Topic: The Buddha's Words on Kindness (and Happy New Year from me!)

Vince Cullen <vince....@tara-detox.org> Dec 31 05:18PM ^

 
*The Buddha's Words on Kindness (Metta Sutta)*
 
This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech.
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied.
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful,
Not proud and demanding in nature.
Let them not do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing: In gladness and in saftey,
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born,
May all beings be at ease!
 
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being in any state.
Let none through anger or ill-will
Wish harm upon another.
Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings:
Radiating kindness over the entire world
Spreading upwards to the skies,
And downwards to the depths;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.
By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world.
 
( http://dharma.ncf.ca/introduction/sutras/metta-sutra.html )
 
 
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Happy New Year to Everyone*
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Be well and kind regards to all,
 
Vince
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337
Torrential rains can destroy crops.
Mara can destroy you.
Thus I implore you –
dig up the roots of all craving.
I give you my blessing
for this work.
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A DHAMMAPADA for CONTEMPLATION
http://aruno.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid=80


 

"peter & Maree" <ecc...@bigpond.net.au> Jan 01 05:51AM +1100 ^

 
Vince,
 
I always read your posts,
 
You have no idea how much I love you,
 
Happy new year.
 
Warrior Pete


 

Vince Cullen <vince....@gmail.com> Dec 31 07:06PM ^

 
Hi Pete and All,
 
It's not always the easiest of paths, there are lots of challenges whether
you are in recovery or not, but I feel it's the right path even though
there's a long way to go yet (in this lifetime, if not the next and the
next...).
 
It's good to have some supportive company and share the path with you all.
 
Best wishes to you and yours for a (true) Happy New Year.
 
Vince
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338
If the roots are not removed
weeds grow again and again;
suffering returns to us
so long as craving remains.
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A DHAMMAPADA for CONTEMPLATION
http://aruno.org//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=241&Itemid=80
 
 
2009/12/31 peter & Maree <ecc...@bigpond.net.au>
 


 

Stuart B <stuart....@btconnect.com> Jan 01 03:50AM -0800 ^

 
Happy New Year to all.
Stuart
 


 

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