1. Dhammatthavagga: The Just

    Comment June 9, 2021

     

    1. Not by passing arbitrary judgments does a man become just; a wise man is he who investigates both right and wrong.

    2. He who does not judge others arbitrarily, but passes judgment impartially according to the truth, that sagacious man is a guardian of law and is called just.

    3. One is not wise because one speaks much. He who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called wise.

    4. A man is not versed in Dhamma because he speaks much. He who, after hearing a little Dhamma, realizes its truth directly and is not heedless of it, is truly versed in the Dhamma.

    5. A monk is not an elder because his head is gray. He is but ripe in age, and he is called one grown old in vain.

    6. One in whom there is truthfulness, virtue, inoffensiveness, restraint and self-mastery, who is free from defilements and is wise — he is truly called an Elder.

    7. Not by mere eloquence nor by beauty of form does a man become accomplished, if he is jealous, selfish and deceitful.

    8. But he in whom these are wholly destroyed, uprooted and extinct, and who has cast out hatred — that wise man is truly accomplished. Continue reading →

  2. We walk like a free person

    Comment January 10, 2016

    The Buddha said that the past is gone and the future is not yet here. Let us not regret the past. Let us not worry about the future to the present moment and live deeply the present moment. Because the present moment is the only moment where you can touch life. Life is available only in the present moment. That is why walking meditation is to go back to the present moment, in order to be alive again and to touch life deeply in that moment. In order to be able to touch the earth with our feet and enjoy walking, we have to establish ourselves firmly in the present moment, in the here and the now.

    In walking meditation, we walk like a free person. This is not political freedom. This is freedom from afflictions, from sorrow, from fear. Unless you are free you cannot enjoy walking. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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