{"id":17641,"date":"2015-10-22T15:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T07:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=17641"},"modified":"2015-10-22T15:11:37","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T07:11:37","slug":"stonepeace-571-580","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2015\/10\/stonepeace-571-580\/","title":{"rendered":"Stonepeace (571-580)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[571] If it is very easy to attain enlightenment,<br \/>\nthere would not be countless suffering beings.<br \/>\nIf it is very hard to attain enlightenment,<br \/>\nthere would not be countless blissful Buddhas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The ease and difficulty of the path to enlightenment<br \/>\ndepends the presence or absence of right effort.<br \/>\nWithout the right effort, the path is difficult.<br \/>\nWith the right effort, the path is easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATT00012.jpg?resize=417%2C500\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATT00012.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATT00012.jpg?resize=80%2C96&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ATT00012.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[572] Just as we find it hard to believe<br \/>\nthat some are manifestations of the enlightened,<br \/>\nwe find it hard to believe<br \/>\nthat we are manifestations of our demons.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">[573] Time constraints we have<br \/>\nfor Dharma practice<br \/>\nare set by our laziness and impatience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[574] Vengeance is the assertion of ego.<br \/>\nForgiveness Is the dissolution of ego.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[575] It is more difficult to destroy all your enemies.<br \/>\nIt is much easier to destroy all your enmity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[576] Reverence to the Buddhas is<br \/>\nrespect for your Buddha-nature too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[577] Nothing and nobody is really weird.<br \/>\nThey are just really misunderstood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Knowing this, may there be<br \/>\nan open heart and mind to all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[578] (The path to Buddhahood is to be)<br \/>\nMotivated by Compassion,<br \/>\nGuided by Wisdom,<br \/>\nPowered by Aspiration,<br \/>\nActualised by Practice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[579] To only worry is to imagine disaster<br \/>\nwithout preventing or alleviating it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[580] \u56e0\u5ff5\u6b7b\u800c\u5ff5\u4f5b,<br \/>\n\u56e0\u5ff5\u4f5b\u4e86\u751f\u6b7b.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Because we are mindful of death,<br \/>\nwe are mindful of Buddha.<br \/>\nBecause we are mindful of Buddha,<br \/>\nwe transcend life and death.<\/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>[571] If it is very easy to attain enlightenment, there would not be countless suffering beings. 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