{"id":17233,"date":"2015-08-13T21:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T13:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=17233"},"modified":"2015-08-13T21:38:30","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T13:38:30","slug":"stonepeace-241-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2015\/08\/stonepeace-241-250\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonepeace (241-250)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[241] To know if you are on the right path,
\ndespite obstacles presented by others,
\ncheck your motivation against theirs.
\nIf yours is nobler,
\nit is they who are on the wrong path.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

[242] The presumptuous tell you
\nwhat they think you must do.
\nThe objective discuss with you
\nhow it could be done better.<\/p>\n

[243] Jumping to conclusions without investigation
\nis as potentially disastrous as
\nleaping off a cliff with unknown height.<\/p>\n

[244] If Dharma work is done without noble motivation,
\nmerely as a mundane job for clocking time and pay,
\nit might hinder Dharma propagation instead,
\nand hasten creation of negative karma.<\/p>\n

[245] Those who obstruct others’ Dharma teaching karmically
\nobstruct their own Dharma learning
\ndue to disrespect of the Dharma.<\/p>\n

[246] Are forms full of emptiness?
\nNo \u2013\u00a0as forms ARE emptiness.<\/p>\n

Is emptiness full of forms?
\nNo \u2013\u00a0as emptiness IS forms.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

[247] Who is really extreme\u00a0\u2013
\none who speaks for the welfare of animals, or
\none who speaks of the first being extreme?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

[248] Those who point out our faults
\nare much more precious than
\nthose who only agree with us.<\/p>\n

The Buddha himself was a perfect ‘fault-finder’,
\nperfectly interested in pointing out our faults,
\nso that he could point us ways to resolve them all.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

[249] Dharma practice is not reserved
\nfor fixed durations or occasions;
\nit is for every moment alive,
\nand even when dying,
\nbeing reborn or liberated.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

[250] It is not the question of
\nwhether we can consume animals or not, but
\nwhether we should consume any animal at all.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

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