Vesak (Buddha Purnima) 2560
Wishing you all the best,
With metta
Ben
Vesak 2560 (2016)
Vesak 2560 (2016)
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
Compassionate Hands Foundation (Buddhist aid in Myanmar) • Buddhist Global Relief • UNHCR
e: [email protected]..
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Khalil Bodhi
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
Happy Vesak!
To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas.
-Dhp. 183
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-Dhp. 183
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Lucas Oliveira
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
Feliz Vesak!
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Happy Vesak to all.
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
Today is Visakha Puja. It is the day that we commemorate the birth, enlightenment and passing away of the Buddha. Although these three events took place a long time ago it is now as important as ever to recognise their significance . The appearance of a Buddha in the world is a proof and an affirmation of the potential of human beings to realise the highest spiritual goal through their own efforts, without the need for support or guidance from any unseen beings. As Buddhists we believe that anyone, man or woman, who follows in the footsteps of the Buddha, can eliminate all defilements and the suffering which they cause.
We pay true homage to the Buddha by putting forth sincere effort to cultivate our actions, speech and mind so as to realise the true nature of things, for the long-lasting welfare and happiness of ourself and all fellow beings.
Ajahn Jayasaro
We pay true homage to the Buddha by putting forth sincere effort to cultivate our actions, speech and mind so as to realise the true nature of things, for the long-lasting welfare and happiness of ourself and all fellow beings.
Ajahn Jayasaro
Bhikkhu Gavesako
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Kiṃkusalagavesī anuttaraṃ santivarapadaṃ pariyesamāno... (MN 26)
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Bhikkhu Pesala
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
I am waiting until tomorrow. The astronomical fullmoon is 11:42 am tomorrow.
You can observe both if you like.
You can observe both if you like.
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
As a child I was looking forward for Vesak.
My favourite was the Vesak Pandol.
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My favourite was the Vesak Pandol.
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“As the lamp consumes oil, the path realises Nibbana”
Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
Happy Vesak. 
Buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Saṇghaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Not to do evil, to cultivate merit, to purify one's mind - this is the Teaching of the Buddhas. (Dhp 183)
Dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Saṇghaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi.
Not to do evil, to cultivate merit, to purify one's mind - this is the Teaching of the Buddhas. (Dhp 183)
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The Thinker
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
"wherever you go, you are here" noting,noting, I go, I go, this body go, this body go, this thought remains, this thought remains, wise is the buddha, wise is the Buddha.
Happy vesak!
Happy vesak!
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Re: Vesak 2560 (2016)
I'm also observing tomorrow, as that's the full moon day over Austin, Texas.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:I am waiting until tomorrow. The astronomical fullmoon is 11:42 am tomorrow.
You can observe both if you like.
Happy Vesak to all, today or tomorrow!
May all beings be free from fear, happy, healthy, and at peace.
"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -- Heraclitus