Mastering the mind.
— Hey you! Remnant of The Twelve Buddhas, how can you be sure that you have not wasted your whole life reciting sutras and following the 227 Bhikkhu precepts? — Inquired Master Grasshopper so as to compromise the relevance of the cenobite’s reality.
— Master, from the time of my early years I have chosen to live a sacred life. As far back as I can remember, I have but faithfully honored the noble eightfold path, and, not to mention, it is thanks to an honest practice of austerity, silence, and meditation, that I have learned to master my mind. So how could I have possibly wasted any bit of my life?
— You have learned to master your mind! That’s something. Could you please show me?
— How?!
— Easy! By producing an empty thought.
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It is said that after the previous encounter, the cenobite forgot all about the eightfold path and never spoke of meditation again. Some even claim that during the last years of his life he was found drinking and dancing in the village’s most notorious taverns.END=NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=BUDDHIST DHARMA WHEEL GOLDEN MONASTERY=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=THE WOMEN OF THE SAKYA CLAN CHAN TANH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.17/2/2022.
BUDDHA"S CHILDHOOD.
The religion of Buddha claims to have a number of Buddhas in its doctrine. The Buddha, literally translated as the awakened one or the enlightened one, is the being who has found a way to end the suffering of all the living beings in existence. The philosophy of Buddhism came into existence after one man attained enlightenment and sought out to spread the knowledge of peace, compassion and generosity among the people around 2600 years ago. This man, known as Shakyamuni Buddha, is an historical figure, hence termed as the historical Buddha. The story of Shakyamuni Buddha is an extraordinary story, where he is born in a noble royal family only to renounce his princehood to find a way to end the suffering of life. People wonder how his life and childhood may have been spent during that period of time. Let us discuss his childhood in this section of the website. Birth According to the legends, it is believed that Queen Mayadevi, the queen of the Shakya Clan in Kapilvastu, Nepal, dreamed o...
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