June 2015 — Page 16 of 24 — Jendhamuni-Buddhism

Real peace — the calming of the defilements

Comment June 9, 2015

You must contemplate in order to find peace. What people usually refer to as peace is simply the calming of the mind, not the calming of the defilements. The defilements are simply being temporarily subdued, just like grass covered by a rock. In three or four days you take the rock off the grass and in no long time it grows up again. The grass hadn’t really died, it was simply being suppressed. It’s the same when sitting in meditation: the mind is calmed but the defilements are not really calmed. Therefore, samādhi is not a sure thing. To find real peace you must develop wisdom. Samādhi is one kind of peace, like the rock covering the grass… in a few days you take the rock away and the grass grows up again. This is only a temporary peace. The peace of wisdom is like putting the rock down and not lifting it up, just leaving it where it is. The grass can’t possibly grow again. This is real peace, the calming of the defilements, the sure peace which results from wisdom. ~Ajahn Chah

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True friends

Comment June 9, 2015

True friends are those who came into your life, saw the most negative part
of you, but are not ready to leave you, no matter how contagious you
are to them. ~Michael Bassey Johnson

You can make a million friends by a mere hello and a sweet smile.
But lasting friendships are made by the sincerity of one hello
and the honesty of one smile. ~Unknown
A temporary kind of peace

Comment June 9, 2015

What people call sitting in meditation is merely a temporary kind of peace. But even in such a peace there are experiences. If an experience arises there must be someone who knows it, who looks into it, queries it and examines it. If the mind is simply blank then that’s not so useful. You may see some people who look very restrained and think they are peaceful, but the real peace is not simply the peaceful mind. It’s not the peace which says, ”May I be happy and never experience any suffering.” With this kind of peace, eventually even the attainment of happiness becomes unsatisfying. Suffering results. Only when you can make your mind beyond both happiness and suffering will you find true peace. That’s the true peace. This is the subject most people never study, they never really see this one.

The right way to train the mind is to make it bright, to develop wisdom. Don’t think that training the mind is simply sitting quietly. That’s the rock covering the grass. People get drunk over it. They think that samādhi is sitting. That’s just one of the words for samādhi. But really, if the mind has samādhi, then walking is samādhi, sitting is samādhi… samādhi in the sitting posture, in the walking posture, in the standing and reclining postures. It’s all practice.

Some people complain, ”I can’t meditate, I’m too restless. Whenever I sit down I think of this and that… I can’t do it. I’ve got too much bad kamma. I should use up my bad kamma first and then come back and try meditating.” Sure, just try it. Try using up your bad kamma…. ~Ajahn Chah

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Only friends keep you going

Comment June 9, 2015

Happiness keeps you sweet. Trials keep you strong. Sorrows keep you human.
Failures keep you humble. Success keeps you glowing. But only friends
keep you going. ~Nishan Panwar
Sweet cat love

Comment June 9, 2015

Cats have human-like emotions: A cat’s gray matter shares some remarkable similarities to a human brain. Although experts disagree on the depth and range, all confirm that kitties feel emotions not that dissimilar from people. Happiness, excitability, playfulness, depression and anger. Any cat lover will agree — they’ve witnessed all that and more in their quadruped BFF. Watch out for that last emotion — an unhappy cat can leave you with a urine-soaked chair, shredded rolls of toilet paper strewn about or even broken dishes. Source: Mother Nature network
Feel the pleasure of comforts

Comment June 9, 2015

A pleasant Sweet Dream is approaching quickly in your Sleep Zone Area. Kindly close your eyes and feel the pleasure of comforts.
When eyes struggle to remain open;
When mind shuts off completely;
It’s a signal to renew your energy;
By sleeping and dreaming endlessly.

~Santabanta sms
The world cannot change me

Comment June 8, 2015

We take everything as ‘casual’
A worried mom,
A strict dad,
An annoying brother,
A rude sister,
A naughty son,
An undisciplined daughter,
A selfish friend,
A demanding wife,
A complaining husband,
etc… but…
When we lose any of them,
then we really miss them
As,
My caring mom,
My concerned dad,
My best brother,
My loving sister,
My obedient son,
My innocent daughter,
My real friend,
My wife – My life,
My husband – My world,
So don’t take them as ‘casual’,
Because life never gives a second chance.

~sms2Friends
It doesn’t matter

Comment June 8, 2015

It doesn’t matter who hurt you, or broke you down. What matters is…
who made you smile again. ~Santabanta sms
Only then will you find Love

Comment June 8, 2015

The most inefficient and self-harming thing a person can do
is go out looking for love. Let it find you when the time is right
and you’re out doing what you love to do. Only then will you
find it in its truest form. ~A.J. Darkholme
Keep Smiling

Comment June 8, 2015

Having lips and not using them to smile… is like having a million dollars
in the bank and forgetting the account number. ~Santabanta sms

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