[TDE-Weekly] 30.01.24: In/Difference | Moon Beyond Finger | Vegan Verses | Riding A Ship & Losing A Bowl | Guidance & Support-Chanting Are Crucial | Onimusha's Most Important Messages

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Buddhist Inspirations (since 1997)  THOUGHT  In/Difference  COURSE   QUOTE  See The Moon Beyond The Finger 超指见月 如愚见指月， 观指不观月， 计著名字者， 不见我真实。 释迦牟尼佛 《楞伽经》 Like the foolish seeing pointing at the moon, looking at the finger and not looking at the moon, those haggling over and attached to names and words, do not see my truths. Śākyamuni Buddha Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra  FEATURE  Verses On Eating As Vegans 吃素偈 多肉易病，蔬食营养， 所以吃素，身心安康。 As much meat-eating easily leads to sicknesses, while vegan foods are nutritious, therefore, with eating as vegans, this leads to the body and mind’s good health. [...] Read more...    EXCERPT  [19] The Parable Of Riding A Ship And Losing An Alms Bowl From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之乘船失釪喻 昔有人乘船渡海，失一银釪堕于水中，即便思念：「我今画水作记，舍之而去后当取之。」 In the past, there was a person riding a ship crossing the ocean, where he lost a silver alms bowl, with it falling within the water. He immediately thought, ‘I will now draw on the water to make a mark, temporarily giving it up, then leaving, I will later retrieve it.’ [...] Read more...    EVENTS  [VEGAN CLASSES] @ ReJoyce OTHERS: Online Baking / Cooking Classes Hands-on Classes (Register Interest) ****** [VEGAN CAKES] by ReJoyce Click Here For More  LETTER  Why Is Guidance And Support-Chanting Crucial? Question: Why is offering of guidance (开示) and support-chanting (助念) crucial for the dying? Answer: Without instructional guidance given, the dying might not know or remember how to position their minds, and their last thoughts, if unskilful in nature, will lead to rebirths in a lower realms with more suffering. [...] Read more...    MOVIE  ‘Onimusha’s (鬼武者) Most Important Messages In this fictitious story of Musashi Miyamoto (宮本武蔵), he has access to the Oni Gauntlet, which allows the wearer to utilise ‘souls’ of genma (demons) to power up the skills and weapons held. The more ‘souls’ it captures, the more efficient it becomes in gathering more souls and further powering up. In this way, its ongoing power trips eventually tempt the wearer to become an oni (a kind of ogre or troll in Japanese folklore), a sort of ‘monster of monsters’. When battling monsters, does one become even more monstrous, or even more humane? [...] Read more...   The Daily Enlightenment TDE-Weekly is a free independent Buddhist inspiration e-newsletter. You can support us by contributing articles, running costs and encouraging friends to join. Contributions, suggestions and queries are welcomed at tde[@]TheDailyEnlightenment.com. The copyrights of the articles belong to the authors. 🙏南无阿弥陀佛🙏Namo Amituofo🙏 Get TheDailyEnlightenment Telegram : https://t.me/tdegram Get Purelanders Telegram : https://t.me/purelanders