Tag: practice
__ Two-Part Rule For Everything There is an old two-part rulethat often works wondersin business, science, and elsewhere: 1. Take…
__ Further Reflections 96: Even if we practise wella little of the Dharma,our lives will be better –much more if…
Philosophy is nothing elsethan to search out by reasonwhat is right and properand by deedsto put it into practice….
Deeply penetrate the sutra treasury (深入经藏). But remember to emerge, to practise that learnt too, and not stay buried in…
Well: Dharmagram #332 Praise well. Learn well. Apply well. (From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’)
Comb: Dharmagram #158 Be the comb, not a non-comb. Be the combed, not the uncombed.
Stoicism: Dharmagram #110 Be stoical in daily life, as that’s what stoicism is for. (Many stoic principles are aligned to…
A Dharma class student replied that ‘it’s easier said than done’, to advice for a question asked. I replied that…
Practice makes perfect, while laziness accomplishes nothing. But do practise perfecting what is spiritually worthy, because life is too short…
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Learning: Wandering Thought #259: If we stop learning to be kinder and wiser to one and all, we will…
In the trailer of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, this was uttered – ‘Everything will be alright in the end….
An ironical problem with Buddhist academia is that it often assumes study of limited ‘facts’ as the path to objectivity,…
Patients with mental illnesses often stop taking medication when they assume they have gotten better… only to suffer from relapses….
If you do not learn the Dharma accordingly during a Dharma discussion session, you are being untrue to yourself and…
To know if your moves happened to be right due to unmindful beginner’s ‘luck’, keep practising them, to repeat the…
The last bowing session in the Pureland retreat lasted the shortest as there was the least fret, as there is…
It is best if everyone walks good the good talk. Usually, only some walk the talk. Still, it is better…
Once there are three friends – Yes, No and Dunno. Yes is full of enthusiasm, who believes that many high…
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