Buddha once said: DukkhÄnupassanam bhÄvento sukhasaññam pajahati...
When developing the contemplation of Suffering (dukkha), one gradually overcomes the false perception of pleasure...
If there were no satisfaction to be found in the world, beings would not be attached to the world ....
If there were no misery to be found in the world, beings would not be repelled by the world ....
If there were no escape from the world, beings could not escape from this world ....
AN 111, 102
The stage of Viewing:
Each time one changes posture of the body, one should note, that this was caused by bodily pain...
Each time one changes plan or search, one should know, that this was caused by mental frustration...
Every time one has headache, toothache, any illness or sickness, one should see: Painful is any body...
Every time one is disappointed, separated, or depressed, then one should note: Any mind incurs grief...
To see & realize everyday misery, by not dismissing or neglecting it, is a very advantageous teacher!
The stage of Comprehending:
Having seen & realized that both bodily & mental pain afflict us every minute, one may understand, that this 'obvious pain' & suffering (dukkha-dukkha) is a common & inevitable part of any existence..
When the body decays & grows old, & when the momentary pleasure, joy or happiness fades away, one may realize the rise & inevitable fall of all conditioned constructions and thereby comprehend that suffering is an unambiguous part of any conditioned formation...
This more hidden suffering is called 'suffering due to constructedness' (sankhara-dukkha):
All constructions will fall apart...
Finally, there is the fact of impermanence, which implies, that all found forms of worldly joy, satisfaction, pleasure and whatever kind of happiness, will never last and thus quickly be lost...
This causes a frustration, which is called 'suffering due to change' (viparinÄma-dukkha)...
Gradually comprehending the abundance of these 3 kinds of suffering makes one realize:
All phenomena - even pleasant feeling - are nothing, but one massed up heap of suffering!!!
The stage of Gaining Insight:
This ultra realism squeezes one out of the cocoon quite well camouflaged by common comfort...
The knowledge of inevitable Dissolution of all phenomena and states arises (bhanga-ñÄna)!The knowledge of any appearance is a true Terror arises (bhayatupatthÄna-ñÄna)!
The knowledge of the Danger inherent in any form of dependent existence arises (Ädinava-ñÄna)!
The knowledge of the Disgust with all things & states in any world arises (nibbidÄ-ñÄna)!
The result of contemplating
Suffering is absence of mental distortion (vipallÄsa):
Direct and repeated experience of such disgust gradually detaches mind from it's habitual attachments by disclosing the universal defect of all these deeply cherished objects:
No form, feeling, perception, mental construction or kind of consciousness will ever last!
This violent revulsion break the misconception that the 5 clusters of clinging is a sourceof true and lasting pleasure and happiness.
This mistaken notion leads otherwise to thehedonist distortion of perception (sañña-vipallÄsa), distortion of thinking (citta-vipallÄsa), and distortion of view (ditthi-vipallÄsa), which makes one perceive, think and claim the view:
"This world, this life, all formations & all phenomena are essentially pleasurable!"...
Such distortion makes one run after fleeting pleasure & evanescent happiness in a transientworld, as the thirsty & scorched man runs in hot pursuit for a water mirage fata morgana in the completely dry desert...
Seeing, comprehending and fully understanding this abysmal futility redirects mind towards the deathless, safe, and lasting peace of NibbÄna...
Friday, July 18, 2008
What are the Three Buddhist Trainings?
All Buddha's disciples undertakes a 3-fold Training (ti-sikkhÄ):
1: Training in higher Morality (adhi-sÄ«la-sikkhÄ).
2: Training in higher Mentality (adhi-citta-sikkhÄ).
3: Training in higher Understanding (adhi-pañña-sikkhÄ).
Higher Morality is 3 fold:
It is Right Speech (sammÄ-vÄcÄ)
It is Right Action (sammÄ-kammanta)
It is Right Livelihood (sammÄ-ÄjÄ«va)
Higher Mentality is 3 fold:
It is Right Effort (sammÄ-vÄyÄma)
It is Right Awareness (sammÄ-sati)
It is Right Concentration (sammÄ-samÄdhi)
Higher Understanding is 2 fold:
It is Right Motivation (sammÄ-sankappa)
It is Right View (sammÄ-ditthi)
The Blessed Buddha once said:
When founded on pure morality, then concentration produces a high fruit and blessing.
When based on deep concentration, then understanding brings a high fruit and blessing.
Being endowed with understanding, the mind is freed from all the mental fermentations related to sensing, becoming, views/opinions and ignorance.
This - in itself- is releasing!
It is through not understanding, not penetrating and not attaining noble higher morality...
noble higher mentality.. and noble higher understanding... that both you and I had to pass through this round of rebirths for such an immensely long time, without reaching the blissof deliverance, the bliss of peace and, the bliss of noble higher release: Enlightenment...
1: Training in higher Morality (adhi-sÄ«la-sikkhÄ).
2: Training in higher Mentality (adhi-citta-sikkhÄ).
3: Training in higher Understanding (adhi-pañña-sikkhÄ).
Higher Morality is 3 fold:
It is Right Speech (sammÄ-vÄcÄ)
It is Right Action (sammÄ-kammanta)
It is Right Livelihood (sammÄ-ÄjÄ«va)
Higher Mentality is 3 fold:
It is Right Effort (sammÄ-vÄyÄma)
It is Right Awareness (sammÄ-sati)
It is Right Concentration (sammÄ-samÄdhi)
Higher Understanding is 2 fold:
It is Right Motivation (sammÄ-sankappa)
It is Right View (sammÄ-ditthi)
The Blessed Buddha once said:
When founded on pure morality, then concentration produces a high fruit and blessing.
When based on deep concentration, then understanding brings a high fruit and blessing.
Being endowed with understanding, the mind is freed from all the mental fermentations related to sensing, becoming, views/opinions and ignorance.
This - in itself- is releasing!
It is through not understanding, not penetrating and not attaining noble higher morality...
noble higher mentality.. and noble higher understanding... that both you and I had to pass through this round of rebirths for such an immensely long time, without reaching the blissof deliverance, the bliss of peace and, the bliss of noble higher release: Enlightenment...
Some Clues about the Elemental & Fundamental Mentality creating all Existence:
Just Modes of Conceptualization:
Time and space are not conditions in which we live, but modes by which we think... Albert Einstein.
Time and space are not (objective) things, but (mentally imposed) orders of things... Leibniz
Just Cause and Effect:
Intentional action (karma = Kamma) is decisive information about to do this & not that.
This information creation reduces the universal thermodynamic entropy (degree of disorder)...
This newly created order limits, restricts & thus affects the future evolution of the universal system.
The probability of certain future events happening have thereby been increased, while the probability of other future events have been reduced.
Any intention by any being thereby modifies and narrows the potentiality of the universe - seen as a giant network of cause and effect - which then naturally later falls out and manifests as another - now intentionally changed - actuality...
The moral efficacy of kamma = karma = action is therefore not a religious metaphysical postulate, but a simple and ultra - basic inevitable consequence of the mentally derived nature of the universe itself...
Morality is thus a natural Law on par with gravity:
Do good and get pleasure (Sukha)...
Do evil and get pain (Dukkha)...
ORIGIN
Intention always comes first
Intention is of all states the primer
By intention are all things initiated
By thought of mind are all phenomena formed
So - if with good intention one thinks, speaks or acts
Joy surely follows one like the never - leaving shadow
However!!!
- if with evil intention one thinks, speaks or acts
Pain certainly follows one like the wheel follows the car.
Dhammapada 1 + 2
Time and space are not conditions in which we live, but modes by which we think... Albert Einstein.
Time and space are not (objective) things, but (mentally imposed) orders of things... Leibniz
Just Cause and Effect:
Intentional action (karma = Kamma) is decisive information about to do this & not that.
This information creation reduces the universal thermodynamic entropy (degree of disorder)...
This newly created order limits, restricts & thus affects the future evolution of the universal system.
The probability of certain future events happening have thereby been increased, while the probability of other future events have been reduced.
Any intention by any being thereby modifies and narrows the potentiality of the universe - seen as a giant network of cause and effect - which then naturally later falls out and manifests as another - now intentionally changed - actuality...
The moral efficacy of kamma = karma = action is therefore not a religious metaphysical postulate, but a simple and ultra - basic inevitable consequence of the mentally derived nature of the universe itself...
Morality is thus a natural Law on par with gravity:
Do good and get pleasure (Sukha)...
Do evil and get pain (Dukkha)...
ORIGIN
Intention always comes first
Intention is of all states the primer
By intention are all things initiated
By thought of mind are all phenomena formed
So - if with good intention one thinks, speaks or acts
Joy surely follows one like the never - leaving shadow
However!!!
- if with evil intention one thinks, speaks or acts
Pain certainly follows one like the wheel follows the car.
Dhammapada 1 + 2
On relationship
True....life still move on with or without me being happy or sad, whether I got "fly aeroplane or not" it didn't matter at all.
Of course....I am still a bit bitter about being left high and dry when my usefulness is gone but at the end of the day and upon thinking about it now, it was my fault the whole time for not noticing the signs out there. I was never in front of the line for any good thing. Even had this same problem with my own family....must be karma thing. I must be a loser in this type of situation.
Somehow....in life, the thing has a funny way of reminding people that your turn will come be it good or bad. What you do to others...will be done on yourself by others. One way to come out of this....a better person is not to do things you don't like others to do it to you. Only then...you can complain if this happen.
On the whole....these 2 weeks are not a good one for me in term of happiness. Guess everyone of us will go thru this type of time. And after going to Waterloo temple and drawing the "chiam", I have calm down alot and think thru what had happened and to accept it as a fact of life. Nothing much has change....yes! I got to become older and hopefully less bitter with life.
Of course....I am still a bit bitter about being left high and dry when my usefulness is gone but at the end of the day and upon thinking about it now, it was my fault the whole time for not noticing the signs out there. I was never in front of the line for any good thing. Even had this same problem with my own family....must be karma thing. I must be a loser in this type of situation.
Somehow....in life, the thing has a funny way of reminding people that your turn will come be it good or bad. What you do to others...will be done on yourself by others. One way to come out of this....a better person is not to do things you don't like others to do it to you. Only then...you can complain if this happen.
On the whole....these 2 weeks are not a good one for me in term of happiness. Guess everyone of us will go thru this type of time. And after going to Waterloo temple and drawing the "chiam", I have calm down alot and think thru what had happened and to accept it as a fact of life. Nothing much has change....yes! I got to become older and hopefully less bitter with life.
Saturday
I was thinking why do I spent 15+K for buying all the funny stuffs which I may not use....the answer was that at that time, I was thinking to cut down buying 4D and use that amount to buy the stuffs. In the end....I didn't cut down on the 4D.
So....had an anxiety's attack about the money problem during the early week....now, since I cut down on the 4D. Shit...missed out of the 1st prize on Wed 3831. Anyway....I have decide to cut it down to no more than $100 per draw or if possible lower than that.
So....had an anxiety's attack about the money problem during the early week....now, since I cut down on the 4D. Shit...missed out of the 1st prize on Wed 3831. Anyway....I have decide to cut it down to no more than $100 per draw or if possible lower than that.
Friday
Didn't sleep well....today after cooking the black sauce pork and eggs and other food for my kids.
End-up when I woke-up at 5:30pm, none of them came home so all my best efforts were wasted. There again....another let-down by the every people I cared most.
Guess one day when I no longer around, then when they wake up to the fact that I am of some good uses to them before....then they will realised that they all took me for granted.
Human failure....or human error, is to take things for granted. Until the things are gone....then regret but it is too late. Why? why? must people have to do this mistake all the time?
End-up when I woke-up at 5:30pm, none of them came home so all my best efforts were wasted. There again....another let-down by the every people I cared most.
Guess one day when I no longer around, then when they wake up to the fact that I am of some good uses to them before....then they will realised that they all took me for granted.
Human failure....or human error, is to take things for granted. Until the things are gone....then regret but it is too late. Why? why? must people have to do this mistake all the time?
Thursday, July 17, 2008
4D - Wednesday draw
What a waste? Bought 1383 ( I-bet for 1 big BOX = $24, if from pte then it is just $19.20) on Sunday but didn't buy this one on 16/7 - Wednesday. Or....else I will be fatter by 4K.
Hehehe....no luck lately since after kena my house number for starter price and that was more than 1 month ago.
Went to tampines mall yesterday night to get a hp, a Sony C702. And my kid does not want it so in the end I took it for my own use and now I playing songs and enjoying myself hehehe, POWER!!! and at work too.
Have removed all the empty fish tanks from my house. Hopeful...I will be in luck again becoz according to the old saying.....best not to keep empty fish tanks at home.
Hehehe....no luck lately since after kena my house number for starter price and that was more than 1 month ago.
Went to tampines mall yesterday night to get a hp, a Sony C702. And my kid does not want it so in the end I took it for my own use and now I playing songs and enjoying myself hehehe, POWER!!! and at work too.
Have removed all the empty fish tanks from my house. Hopeful...I will be in luck again becoz according to the old saying.....best not to keep empty fish tanks at home.
Thursday - 15th of 6mth for lunar calendar
As usual went to pray pray at Punggol and Waterloo temples. And at Waterloo temple, I asked for a "chiam kee".
Got the no 8 lot....the interpretation was it is a good chiam.
Prediction :
A pine tree grows more beautiful as it ages. No natural element such as wind, rain, snow could harm it. Besides it's wood is excellent for beam construction....to receive this chiam is a good omen.
The coast is clear, your deeds will please people. Your efforts get good return. There will be joy, peace and stability for the family.
Yes....it is about time to enjoy some good things for a change, esp since it is not fun to be disappointed and let down by the very people I loved and care about.
Since as it was already been said that it is best to take care of own self. Agreed to that old saying that no man is an island. Anyway this to me...is alien but I will remember it for my sake. No more a push-over....period!
Got the no 8 lot....the interpretation was it is a good chiam.
Prediction :
A pine tree grows more beautiful as it ages. No natural element such as wind, rain, snow could harm it. Besides it's wood is excellent for beam construction....to receive this chiam is a good omen.
The coast is clear, your deeds will please people. Your efforts get good return. There will be joy, peace and stability for the family.
Yes....it is about time to enjoy some good things for a change, esp since it is not fun to be disappointed and let down by the very people I loved and care about.
Since as it was already been said that it is best to take care of own self. Agreed to that old saying that no man is an island. Anyway this to me...is alien but I will remember it for my sake. No more a push-over....period!
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