A mind that, when touched by the ways of the world is unshaken, sorrowless, dustless, secure: this is the highest protection.
- SN 2.4
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Speculation: "Death and taxes" is about Chimney and Maddie. This is where legal guardian issues for Jee-Yun will probably come up.
I wonder if we finally get that talk that reveals Buck is written down in Eddie's will as Christopher's legal guardian in case something happens to Eddie. 👀
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And what is right speech? Abstaining from lying, from divisive speech, from abusive speech, and from idle chatter: This is called right speech.
—Gautama Buddha, Mahācattārīsakasutta, Pāli Canon (c 500 BCE)
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Enough Self Improvement
Our world is always imploring us to improve. You need to have a better physique, create some new skills so that you don’t get left behind, improve your relationships, your spirituality, learn a new language, or manage your money better. Here is the thing; the list is endless and 90% of the investment you make reading or taking classes in self improvement is pretty much worthless. Why do we get on…
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The Quest for Buddhism (98)
Buddhist cosmology
Loka - the world, plane or realm of existence in Buddhism
Loka is a concept in Indian religions, that means plane or realm of existence, which, together with Lokottara, divides the world into two parts. Loka means a world of change and a lost world that cannot escape destruction.
The term 'loka' refers to all beings in the world who are tainted by worldly desires and other vices, whereas the term 'lokottara’ refers to those who transcend such desires and vices.
There is a cosmological view in Buddhism called Trailokya (3 realms). In early Buddhism, based upon the Pali Canon and related Agamas, there are three distinct realms: First the Kama Loka, or the world of sensuality, in which humans, animals, and some devas reside, the second is Rupadhatu Loka, or the world of material existence, in which certain beings mastering specific meditative attainments reside, and the third is Arupadhatu Loka, or the immaterial, formless world, in which formless spirits reside. Arahants, who have attained the highest goal of Nirvana have unbound themselves from individual existence in any form, in any realm, and cannot be found here, there, or in between, i.e., they are found in no loka whatsoever. The early suttas also contain information regarding another important domain known as the supramundane realm, (Skt. lokottara, lit.“beyond the world”), which is described as being experienced by awakened noble beings.
仏教の探求 (98)
仏教の宇宙論
ロカ (世間: せけん) 〜 仏教における世界、面、存在の領域
ロカ (世間: せけん) とは、インドの宗教における概念で、存在の平面または領域を意味する。ロコッターラ (出世間: しゅっせけん) とあわせてこの世を二分して見る言葉である。移り変り、破壊を免れない迷いの世界という意味である。
煩悩などのけがれに汚染された、この世界の全ての存在をロカ (世間: せけん)というのに対し、ロコッターラ (出世間: しゅっせけん)とは、それを超越しているものを指す。
仏教には、三界 (さんがい、梵: :トライロカ) と呼ばれる宇宙観がある。パーリ仏典と関連する阿含経 (あごんきょう、梵・巴: アーガマ)に基づく初期仏教では、3つの異なる領域が存在する。まず、欲界 (梵: カーマロカ) があり、人間、動物、一部のデーヴァが存在する。第二は色界 (梵: ルーパロカ)、つまり物質的存在の世界であり、そこには特定の瞑想的達成をマスターした特定の存在が存在する。第三は無色界 (梵: アルーパロカ)、つまり非物質の無形世界であり、そこには無形の霊体が存在する。最高の目標である涅槃に到達した阿羅漢は、いかなる形、いかなる領域においても個人の存在から解き放たれ、ここにも、そこにも、その中間にも存在しない、つまり、いかなるロカにも存在しないのである。初期の仏典には、覚醒した高貴な生き物が経験するものとして記述されている超俗的領域((ロコッターラ: 出世間、「世界を超えた」の意)として知られるもう一つの重要な領域に関する情報も含まれている。
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Morning meditation — My mind is not concentrated on before or after.
Morning meditation — My mind is not concentrated on before or after.
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‘My mind is not concentrated on before or after — it’s set free, undirected. I dwell in contemplation of the body, clearly aware. I’m joyful.’
The Buddha — SN 47.10
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"Does Master Gotama have any position at all?"
"A 'position,' Vaccha, is something that a Tathagata has done away with. What a Tathagata sees is this: 'Such is form, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is feeling, such its origination, such its disappearance; such is perception...such are fabrications...such is consciousness, such its origination, such its disappearance.' Because of this, I say, a Tathagata — with the ending, fading away, cessation, renunciation, & relinquishment of all construings, all excogitations, all I-making & mine-making & obsessions with conceit — is, through lack of clinging/sustenance, released."
-- Aggi-Vacchagotta Sutta: To Vacchagotta on Fire
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“When things become manifest
To the ardent meditating brahmin
He abides scattering Mara's host
Like the sun illumining the sky. “
--Buddha; Pali Canon
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Life, It's Complicated
Open the doorAnd walk awayNever give inTo the call of yesterdayMemories that madeThose days sublimeThese ruined halls entombStolen time….Here in cherished hallsIn peaceful daysI fear the edge of dawnKnowing time betrays“Edge of Dawn”, theme Song for Fire Emblem: Three Houses, YouTube
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