#buddha — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #buddha, aggregated by home.social.
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
Iti 105 Taṇhuppādasutta: Arousing Craving
“A person companioned by craving wanders on the long journey…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/iti-105-tanhuppadasutta-arousing-craving-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#craving #Itivuttaka #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
Iti 105 Taṇhuppādasutta: Arousing Craving
“A person companioned by craving wanders on the long journey…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/iti-105-tanhuppadasutta-arousing-craving-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#craving #Itivuttaka #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
God is soooOOO funny! This was supposed to be a rant. For real. It was written. And then... now I have a hangout and a #meditation in person #satsang. The doorway was deeply auspicious with decades of personal meaning. 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️💐💐💐 #Buddha Jai! Om Jai #Ganesha Namaha 💐💐💐
Sakya Monastery – Tibetan Budd... -
God is soooOOO funny! This was supposed to be a rant. For real. It was written. And then... now I have a hangout and a #meditation in person #satsang. The doorway was deeply auspicious with decades of personal meaning. 🤲🏻🤲🏻🤲🏻🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️🧘🏻♀️💐💐💐 #Buddha Jai! Om Jai #Ganesha Namaha 💐💐💐
Sakya Monastery – Tibetan Budd... -
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.235 Anukampasutta: A Compassionate Mendicant
“A resident mendicant with five qualities shows compassion to the lay people.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-5-235-anukampasutta-a-compassionate-mendicant-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#LayDisciples #monastics #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.235 Anukampasutta: A Compassionate Mendicant
“A resident mendicant with five qualities shows compassion to the lay people.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-5-235-anukampasutta-a-compassionate-mendicant-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#LayDisciples #monastics #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
Buddha said, “Desire is the cause of suffering.”
Then, if we want to get away from suffering, isn’t that also a kind of desire?
My son’s exams are nearing, and my wife asked me to help him with his History lessons.
One of the chapters was about the era of Chandragupta Maurya, along with some information about Buddha and his teachings.
One teaching that caught my attention was the one mentioned in the title: “Desire is the cause of suffering.”
I am no one to question Buddha’s teachings, and I am certainly nowhere close to understanding the wisdom of such great thinkers. But while helping my son study, I couldn’t stop thinking about this.
Look at our daily lives.
We have expectations—from others and from ourselves. When those expectations are not met, we feel disappointed, frustrated, or hurt. In other words, we suffer.
Buddha, as the story goes, witnessed the hardships and suffering around him. He began searching for the reasons behind it. Eventually, he identified desire as one of the fundamental causes of suffering.
He then dedicated his life to understanding and teaching the path beyond suffering.
But here is where my confusion begins.
If I desire to get rid of suffering, isn’t that desire too?
If I say, “I don’t want to suffer anymore,” am I not still wanting something?
And if wanting something is desire, then am I not caught in the same cycle again?
Perhaps I am misunderstanding the teaching completely. Perhaps Buddha was pointing to something much deeper than simply “wanting” or “not wanting.”
But this thought has been bothering me ever since I read that chapter with my son.
Are we trying to escape desire… because we desire to escape suffering?
Dear readers, if you understand this better than I do, please enlighten me.
I would genuinely love to hear your perspective.
#buddha #buddhism #desire #fiction #life #meditation #mentalHealth #philosophy #reflection #religion #selfReflection #spirituality #suffering #writing -
Buddha said, “Desire is the cause of suffering.”
Then, if we want to get away from suffering, isn’t that also a kind of desire?
My son’s exams are nearing, and my wife asked me to help him with his History lessons.
One of the chapters was about the era of Chandragupta Maurya, along with some information about Buddha and his teachings.
One teaching that caught my attention was the one mentioned in the title: “Desire is the cause of suffering.”
I am no one to question Buddha’s teachings, and I am certainly nowhere close to understanding the wisdom of such great thinkers. But while helping my son study, I couldn’t stop thinking about this.
Look at our daily lives.
We have expectations—from others and from ourselves. When those expectations are not met, we feel disappointed, frustrated, or hurt. In other words, we suffer.
Buddha, as the story goes, witnessed the hardships and suffering around him. He began searching for the reasons behind it. Eventually, he identified desire as one of the fundamental causes of suffering.
He then dedicated his life to understanding and teaching the path beyond suffering.
But here is where my confusion begins.
If I desire to get rid of suffering, isn’t that desire too?
If I say, “I don’t want to suffer anymore,” am I not still wanting something?
And if wanting something is desire, then am I not caught in the same cycle again?
Perhaps I am misunderstanding the teaching completely. Perhaps Buddha was pointing to something much deeper than simply “wanting” or “not wanting.”
But this thought has been bothering me ever since I read that chapter with my son.
Are we trying to escape desire… because we desire to escape suffering?
Dear readers, if you understand this better than I do, please enlighten me.
I would genuinely love to hear your perspective.
#buddha #buddhism #desire #fiction #life #meditation #mentalHealth #philosophy #reflection #religion #selfReflection #spirituality #suffering #writing -
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.104 Samaṇasukhumālasutta: An Exquisite Ascetic of Ascetics
“A mendicant with five qualities is an exquisite ascetic of ascetics…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-5-104-samanasukhumalasutta-an-exquisite-ascetic-of-ascetics-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#monastics #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 5.104 Samaṇasukhumālasutta: An Exquisite Ascetic of Ascetics
“A mendicant with five qualities is an exquisite ascetic of ascetics…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-5-104-samanasukhumalasutta-an-exquisite-ascetic-of-ascetics-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#monastics #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 10.31 Upālisutta: Upāli
“It is on these ten grounds that the Tathāgata has prescribed the training rules for his disciples and recited the Pātimokkha.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-10-31-upalisutta-upali-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#Vinaya #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 10.31 Upālisutta: Upāli
“It is on these ten grounds that the Tathāgata has prescribed the training rules for his disciples and recited the Pātimokkha.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-10-31-upalisutta-upali-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#Vinaya #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
MN 65 From… Bhaddālisutta: With Bhaddāli
“What is the reason why there used to be fewer training rules but more enlightened mendicants?…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-65-from-bhaddalisutta-with-bhaddali-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#MonasticTraining #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
MN 65 From… Bhaddālisutta: With Bhaddāli
“What is the reason why there used to be fewer training rules but more enlightened mendicants?…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/mn-65-from-bhaddalisutta-with-bhaddali-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#MonasticTraining #MajjhimaNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 10.48 Dasa Dhamma Sutta: Ten Things
“There are these ten things that a person gone forth should reflect on often.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-10-48-dasa-dhamma-sutta-ten-things-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha -
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 10.48 Dasa Dhamma Sutta: Ten Things
“There are these ten things that a person gone forth should reflect on often.…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-10-48-dasa-dhamma-sutta-ten-things-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha -
Happy Friday#Japan! Today's new photo on my website is the Hyogo Daibutsu in Kobe, one of the 3 big Buddhas of Japan (along with those in Nara and Kamakura). The post also links to a wider-angle photo of the statue.
URL: https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/3msh6u563o227
#photography #streetphotography #fotografie #Buddha #japan #kobe #photographersofmastodon #website #photoblog #atprotocol
-
Happy Friday#Japan! Today's new photo on my website is the Hyogo Daibutsu in Kobe, one of the 3 big Buddhas of Japan (along with those in Nara and Kamakura). The post also links to a wider-angle photo of the statue.
URL: https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/3msh6u563o227
#photography #streetphotography #fotografie #Buddha #japan #kobe #photographersofmastodon #website #photoblog #atprotocol
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 4.25 Brahmacariyasutta: The Spiritual Life
“Bhikkhus, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of deceiving people and cajoling them…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-4-25-brahmacariyasutta-the-spiritual-life-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#MonasticLife #SpiritualLife #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
🌱 Today’s #DailySutta:
AN 4.25 Brahmacariyasutta: The Spiritual Life
“Bhikkhus, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of deceiving people and cajoling them…”
Read the sutta
📖 https://daily.readingfaithfully.org/an-4-25-brahmacariyasutta-the-spiritual-life-2/?=MDSGet these by email
✉ https://daily.readingfaithfully.org?=MSUDS#MonasticLife #SpiritualLife #AnguttaraNikaya #Theravada #PaliCanon #RealBuddhaQuotes #Suttas #Dhamma #Buddhism #Buddha
-
"Those who are extremely stupid think that women are merely the objects of sexual desire and treat women in this way. The #Buddha’s children should not be like this. If we discriminate against women because we see them merely as objects of sexual desire, do we also discriminate against all men for the same reason?"
– Dōgen
-
"Those who are extremely stupid think that women are merely the objects of sexual desire and treat women in this way. The #Buddha’s children should not be like this. If we discriminate against women because we see them merely as objects of sexual desire, do we also discriminate against all men for the same reason?"
– Dōgen