Buddhist4life

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Just like all the rivers that merge into the great ocean has only one taste(salt), dhamma(truth) has only one taste and that is deliverance(salvation, liberation).

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Suffering and the cessation of suffering. Plus, studying and practicing as a Buddhist lay-disciple:)

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"Victory breeds hatred, for the conquered is unhappy. He who has given up both victory and defeat, he, the contented is happy."--The Buddha Gotama

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"There is no fire like passion; there is no losing throw like hatred; there is no pain like this body; there is no happiness higher than rest(Nibbana)."--The Buddha Gotama

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"Health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness is the best riches; trust is the best of relationships; Nibbana is the highest happiness."--The Buddha Gotama

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"Let us live happily then, not hating those who hate us! Among men who hate us let us dwell free from hatred!"--The Buddha Gotama

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THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS
(1) "Suffering" envelopes the world.
(2) Its cause is "selfish desires", "attachments", and "aversion to things unpleasant."
(3) It can be overcome with "Nibbana" (extinction of selfish desires, of suffering, of error, of ignorance), The "eternal state".
(4) The way to Nibbana is through "Buddhism".

THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH TO NIBBANA
(1) RIGHT VIEWS: free from superstition or delusion.
(2) RIGHT AIMS: high and worthy of the intelligent earnest man.
(3) RIGHT SPEECH: kind, open, and truthful.
(4) RIGHT CONDUCT: peaceful, honest, and pure.
(5) RIGHT LIVELIHOOD: bringing hurt or danger to no living thing.
(6) RIGHT EFFORT: in training and in self-control.
(7) RIGHT MINDFULNESS: being present and aware with the active watchful mind.
(8) RIGHT CONCENTRATION: meditation and earnest thoughts on the deep realities of life.

5 MORAL PRECEPTS FOR THE MONKS AND LAY_DISCIPLES
(1) Abstain from killing any living thing.
(2) Abstain from taking what is not given(theft).
(3) Abstain from Impurities(sexual misconduct).
(4) Abstain from false speech( harsh, lying, slander, gossip).
(5) Abstain from taking intoxicants which clouds the mind.

TEN PERFECTIONS TO WORK ON
(1) DANA: generosity, giving of oneself.
(2) SILA: virtue, Morality, proper conduct.
(3) NEKKHAMMA: renunciation
(4) PANNA: transcendental wisdom, insight.
(5) VIRIYA: energy, diligence, vigour, effort.
(6) Khanti: patience, tolerance, forbearance, acceptance, endurance.
(7) SACCA: truthfulness, honesty.
(8) ADHITTHANNA: determination, resolution.
(9) METTA: loving-kindness.
(10) UPEKKHA: equanimity, serenity.

"Let no man think lightly of evil, saying in his heart, it will unlikely come unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the fool becomes full of evil, even if he gathers it little by little."-- The Buddha Gotama

"Let no man think lightly of good, saying in his heart, it will unlikely come unto me. Even by the falling of water-drops a water-pot is filled; the wise man becomes full of good, even if he gathers it little by little."--The Buddha Gotama

By oneself the evil is done, by oneself one suffers; by oneself the evil is left undone, by oneself one is purified. Purity and impurity belong to oneself, no one can purify another."--The Buddha Gotama

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heaveneyez
Thanks for posting above. My friends asked me what's buddhism and now they want to visit the temple hehe. They asked me is it religion. I told them, it's more like philosophy and enlightenment. They nodded and was like interesting. I said it's universal. Can be applied to every day living. They wanted to know is it hard to get into. I said no..no conversion. :)