Posts Tagged ‘buddha’

‘Brethren, if outsiders should speak against me, or against my teaching, or against my disciples, you should not on that account either bear malice, or suffer heart-burning, or feel ill-will. If you, on that account, should be angry and hurt, that would stand in the way of your own self-conquest. If, when others speak against [...]

Great to hear, though I’m a bit skeptical… I’ve quoted him before as saying he didn’t believe it humanly possible to follow the Buddha’s path, which is perhaps the reason he fell off it in the first place? Anyway, here’s the quote of the day:
Part of following this path for me is Buddhism, which [...]

“In sooth to every man that’s born
A hatchet grows within his mouth
Wherewith the fool whene’er he speaks
And speaks amiss, doth cut himself.”
– AN 10

Something interesting I found today at:
http://www.palikanon.com/english/timetable.htm
THE SPREAD OF BUDDHISM 

Chronological Table of Important Events
Prepared by Olcott Gunasekera – Director,
Buddhist Information Centre. 

There are many problems in preparing a
chronological table for a period of 2525 years. The fixing of the actual year of
occurrence of an event is the chief among [...]

Back at Wat Thai of Los Angeles; good to be back home.
A little sick, so all keep this short… just thought I’d post my yearly offering of holiday carols for the third year in a row.  I’ve given it its own page now:
http://yuttadhammo.sirimangalo.org/articles/buddhist-christmas-carols/
Enjoy, mindfully.

Easily done by the good is good; good by the evil is hard to do. – Vinaya
Evil by the evil is easily done; evil by the noble is hard to do. – Vinaya
Goals slip by for a fool who blindly follows the stars. – Jaataka
Touched by pleasure or by pain, the wise express no highs [...]