01.11.25 : Uphold Precepts | 4 Right Efforts | Seeing Your Double | Macaque Parable | Attachment To Pain | Exorcist: Believer?

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Buddhist Inspirations (since 1997)  THOUGHT  Verse On Upholding The Precepts 持戒偈 持戒偈 学戒知善恶， 受戒得戒体。 诵戒常反省， 此是持戒行。 Verse On Upholding The Precepts With learning of the Precepts, know good and evil. With receiving of the Precepts, attain the Precepts' Essence. With reciting of the Precepts, have frequent reflection. This is the practice of upholding the Precepts. Read more...  QUOTE  Four Right Efforts 四正勤 【1】已生恶令永断， 【2】未生恶令不生。 【3】未生善令生起， 【4】已生善令增长。 【一念阿弥陀佛，一时修四正勤】 [1] May already arisen evils be caused to be forever severed. [2] May yet to arise evils be caused to not arise. [3] May yet to arise good be caused to arise. [3] May already arisen good be caused to increase and grow. [Every one recitation of Āmítuófó's name, cultivates the Four Right Efforts at the same time.] Read more...  FEATURE  Ten Existential Questions On Seeing Your Doppelganger [1] Is s/he really like you, or are you really like her/him? [2] If s/he is the fake(r) you, what is s/he trying to do to the real(er) you? [3] If s/he is the real(er) you, does this mean that you are the fake(r) you? [...] Read more...    EXCERPT  [83] The Parable Of The Macaque From The Sūtra Of A Hundred Parables《百喻经》之猕猴喻 昔有一猕猴，为大人所打，不能奈何，反怨小儿。 In the past, there was a macaque, by a grown-up that beaten. Not able to cope with it, he instead resented a small child. [...] Read more...    EVENTS  [ NEW CLASSES ] Mao Shan Wang Durian Cake (8 Nov 25) Flavours of Tradition: Savoury Mee Sua Yam Cake and Yam Rice (16 Nov 25) Guilt-Free Indulgence: Sugar-Free Chocolate Cake (30 Nov 25) [VEGAN CLASSES] @ ReJoyce Online Baking / Cooking Classes ****** VEGAN CAKES by ReJoyce Click Here For More  LETTER  How To Deal With Attachment To Pain And Suffering? 如何处理对痛苦的执着？ Question: How can we handle ‘attachment’ (执着) to long-term suffering (苦) from ‘constant’ pain (痛)? Answer: As this place is not Avīci Hell (阿鼻地狱) where immense evil karmas ripen relentlessly, where there is uninterrupted (无间) pain, pain in this world cannot be continuous. There will be moments when it is not experienced. For example, when distracted from it, when sleeping, when fully immersed in something else, such as mindfulness of the Buddha’s (念佛) name (Āmítuófó: 阿弥陀佛). [...] Read more...    MOVIE  ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ In True (Neglected) Evil Before any scary scene, the protagonist girl says something terrifying to her father at breakfast, ‘I’m not eating meat anymore. Poor little piggies. I mean, think about it. You’re just enjoying your day chilling in a mud bath, and then… (makes a buzzing sound, while jabbing her neck, with eyes wide open and teeth clenched). And then… (makes a slashing sound). All ’cause some farmer got sick of eating oatmeal.’ [...] Read more...   Get TheDailyEnlightenment Telegram: https://t.me/tdegram Get Purelanders Telegram: https://t.me/purelanders Get Stonepeace Telegram: https://t.me/stonepeace 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🙏