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  1. Real injustices are being done out there. The question is: what to do about them? Often we see a situation that we don’t like, anger arises and we try to think of what to do about the situation while the anger is still in the mind.

    From the Buddha’s perspective, ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #BuddhistWisdom #Dharma

  2. Those who are ashamed of what they should not be ashamed of, and are not ashamed of what they should be ashamed of — upholding false views, they go to states of woe.
    ~Dhammapada 316

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

  3. But the greatest, most profound and meaningful human potential is overlooked by most people, and this is the ability to understand the truth of the way it is, to see the Dhamma, to be free from all delusions.
    ~Ajahn Sumedho

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #BuddhistPractice #Theravada #Dharma

  4. In the Vitthatadhana Sutta, the Buddha says:

    Monks, there are these seven treasures. Which seven?

    The treasure of ...

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sutta

  5. These two hopes are hard to give up. What two?

    The hope for wealth, and the hope for long life.
    ~AN2.118

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #wealth #longlife

  6. Venerable Sariputta addressed the bhikkhus near Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove:

    They speak of this thing called ‘right view’. How do you define a noble disciple who has right view, whose view is correct, who has ...

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #skillful #unskillful

  7. The first of the Five Precepts is an undertaking not to kill. This precept provides a mirror for that which is violent in the human mind and ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #ethics #goodwill #virtue #Dharma

  8. In the Kāmayoga Sutta, the Buddha says:

    Bhikkhus, one bound by the bond of sensual desire and ...

    #Buddhism #Theravada #Dhamma #PaliCanon #suttas #sensual

  9. ... in order to give up evil and cultivate the good, you don’t have to go looking anywhere else. If your mind has gone bad, don’t go looking over at this person and that person. Just look at ...

    #Buddhism #Dhamma #mind #Theravada #Dharma