Sunday, November 20, 2011

Guiding posts on the journey of life



  • Believe in the Unity of Life.


  • Believe in the Law of Impermanence. Anicca. This too shall pass.


  • Maintain samatha. Equanimity.


  • Live in the present moment. Contemplating the past brings Depression. Contemplating the future brings Anxiety


  • Live Life Selflessly.


  • Dissolve the EGO.


  • Life is in Giving. Give and Give. Without any expectations.


  • Bahujana Sukhaaya, Bahujana Hitaaya. For the joy of everything and everyone. For the benefit of everything and everyone.


  • Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavanthu. Let joy descend on everyone in the universe.


  • Bhavathu Sabba Mangalam. Let everyone be Joyful and Happy.


  • Mind the MIND. Check your thoughts, for that will help determine your Destiny.


  • Every choice you make, by your own Free Will, determines your Karmic balance.


  • Take care of your Thoughts, for they will become Words. Take care of your Words for they will become Actions. Take care of your Actions for they will form your Habits. Take care of your Habits for they will shaoe your Character. Take care of your Character for that will become your Destiny.


  • Always demonstrate an Attitude of Gratitude.


  • Celebrate what is right in the world.


  • Forgiveness, Gratitude, Compassion


  • Panch Shila, the five virtues: the Five Precepts (pañca-sikkhāpada)
    Abstain from taking life .Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
    Abstain from taking what is not given. Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
    Abstain from sexual and sensual misconduct. Kāmesumicchācāra veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
    Abstain from false speech. Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.
    Abstain from anything that causes heedlessness (intoxicants). Surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi.

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