{"id":17634,"date":"2015-10-22T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T06:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=17634"},"modified":"2015-10-22T14:48:29","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T06:48:29","slug":"stonepeace-551-560","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2015\/10\/stonepeace-551-560\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonepeace (551-560)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[551] Apathy is the sleeping of compassion.<br \/>\nBodhicitta is the awakening of compassion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/5627d02e896bb7334f7bb99aa35dc2ae-e1445496482727.png?resize=569%2C231\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[552] Relatively good physical medicine<br \/>\nalleviates suffering.<br \/>\nAbsolutely pure spiritual medicine<br \/>\neradicates suffering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">[553] Treasure the bearers of unpleasant truths<br \/>\nbecause bitter medicine often holds the cure for the disease of complacency,<br \/>\nas in the case of the Buddha,<br \/>\nwho taught the First Noble Truth of suffering,<br \/>\nthe realisation of which is the first step towards liberation from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[554] That which is interesting and worldly<br \/>\nis not always<br \/>\nthat which is meaningful,<br \/>\nalthough often mistaken so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That which is meaningful and spiritual<br \/>\nis always<br \/>\nthat which is interesting,<br \/>\nalthough often neglected so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[555] Boredom is simply<br \/>\nattachment to the absent,<br \/>\nand aversion to the present.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Boredom can urge us<br \/>\nto live with more presence,<br \/>\nto live with less absence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[556] Hope with wisdom is realistic and worthy.<br \/>\nHope with delusion is unrealistic and unworthy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[557] Give up the unworthy thoughts<br \/>\nin your mind.<br \/>\nnot on the misguided people<br \/>\nin your life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[558] Our &#8216;hopes and fears&#8217;<br \/>\nmight be euphemism<br \/>\nfor our &#8216;greed and hatred&#8217;;<br \/>\n&#8216;attachment and aversion&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[559] Disappointment is just a reminder<br \/>\nto further align with reality<br \/>\nwith greater diligence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[560] Just as defiled beings can karmically create<br \/>\nthe worst of realms called hells,<br \/>\nthe pure Buddhas can karmically create<br \/>\nthe best of schools called Pure Lands.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Get &#8216;The Stonepeace Book&#8217; Vol 1 &amp; 2 for 200 sayings not featured here:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/webstore\/store.php#!\/The-Stonepeace-Book-Volume-1+2-Two-Hundred-Inspirational-Sayings\/p\/20272255\/category=4381322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/<wbr><\/wbr>thedailyenlightenment.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>webstore\/store.php#!\/<wbr><\/wbr>The-Stonepeace-Book-Volume-<wbr><\/wbr>1+2-Two-Hundred-Inspiratio<wbr><\/wbr>nal-Sayings\/p\/20272255\/<wbr><\/wbr>category=4381322<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>25 Reviews: <\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/thedailyenlightenment.com\/2013\/03\/reviews-of-the-stonepeace-books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\">http:\/\/<wbr><\/wbr>thedailyenlightenment.com\/<wbr><\/wbr>2013\/03\/<wbr><\/wbr>reviews-of-the-stonepeace-b<wbr><\/wbr>ooks<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Stonepeace Facebook:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonepeacesayings\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stonepeacesayings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[551] Apathy is the sleeping of compassion. 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