The Dhamma in Seven Words

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The Dhamma in Seven Words

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Jane Hirshfield:

Everything changes, everything is connected; pay attention.

Any others in seven words (more or less)?
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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disciple

in five

mindful acceptance, understanding and release

bodhisatta

in three

to boldly stay


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metta & upekkha
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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Words are too much and not enough.
The best things in life aren't things.

The Diamond Sutra
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Do Good,
Avoid Evil,
Purify the Mind.
Four types of letting go:

1) Giving; expecting nothing back in return
2) Throwing things away
3) Contentment; wanting to be here, not wanting to be anywhere else
4) "Teflon Mind"; having a mind which doesn't accumulate things

- Ajahn Brahm
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in three

what arises, passes
:anjali:
But whoever walking, standing, sitting, or lying down overcomes thought, delighting in the stilling of thought: he's capable, a monk like this, of touching superlative self-awakening. § 110. {Iti 4.11; Iti 115}
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It's not something else.
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Sabbe sattā āhāratthitikā,
All creatures are stayed (supported, maintained) by food (D. 33)
With best wishes

Only in a vertical view, straight down into the abyss of his own personal existence, is a man capable of apprehending the perilous insecurity of his situation; and only a man who does apprehend this is prepared to listen to the Buddha's Teaching.
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sati
dhammaviccaya
viriya
piti
passaddhi
samadhi
upekka

OR

four noble truths is all there is
With Metta

Karuna
Mudita
& Upekkha
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know suffering - no suffering

:anjali:
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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Guy wrote:Do Good,
Avoid Evil,
Purify the Mind.
:thumbsup:
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The
Buddha
used
more
than
seven
words
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Guy wrote:Do Good,
Avoid Evil,
Purify the Mind.
:thumbsup:

You beat me to it. I think that one sums it up best.

Another one:

Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Wisdom, morality, concentration
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Annabel wrote:The
Buddha
used
more
than
seven
words
:thumbsup: That's a nice one! Exactly seven words and very true; the Tipitaka is some 40 volumes long.
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TheDhamma wrote: Another one:

Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha
Wisdom, morality, concentration
:oops: just noticed we are defining Dhamma (not Buddhism) so I shouldn't use the same Dhamma term in a definition.

Here's another one:

1. mindfulness (sati)
2. investigation of mental phenomena (dhamma vicaya)
3. energy (viriya)
4. joy (pīti)
5. tranquillity (passaddhi)
6. concentration (samādhi)
7. equanimity (upekkhā)

(The 7 factors of enlightenment)
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Let go

:buddha1:
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