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  1. Hard is it to be born a human;
    hard is the life of mortals.

    Hard is it to gain
    the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and
    hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.
    ~Dhammapada 182

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

  2. Hard is it to be born a human;
    hard is the life of mortals.

    Hard is it to gain
    the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and
    hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.
    ~Dhammapada 182

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

  3. Hard is it to be born a human;
    hard is the life of mortals.

    Hard is it to gain
    the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and
    hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.
    ~Dhammapada 182

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

  4. Hard is it to be born a human;
    hard is the life of mortals.

    Hard is it to gain
    the opportunity of hearing the Sublime Truth, and
    hard to encounter is the arising of the Buddhas.
    ~Dhammapada 182

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

  5. In the Vitakka Sutta, this is said by the Buddha:

    Mendicants, there are these three unskillful thoughts. What three?

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

  6. In the Vitakka Sutta, this is said by the Buddha:

    Mendicants, there are these three unskillful thoughts. What three?

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

  7. In the Vitakka Sutta, this is said by the Buddha:

    Mendicants, there are these three unskillful thoughts. What three?

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

  8. In the Vitakka Sutta, this is said by the Buddha:

    Mendicants, there are these three unskillful thoughts. What three?

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

  9. The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.

    #metta #sutta #Buddhism #dhamma #happiness #completepath

  10. The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.

    #metta #sutta #Buddhism #dhamma #happiness #completepath

  11. The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.

    #metta #sutta #Buddhism #dhamma #happiness #completepath

  12. The Karaniya Metta Sutta is said to be of the discourses containing the complete Buddhist path.

    #metta #sutta #Buddhism #dhamma #happiness #completepath

  13. This is the most authentic and correctly chanted version of the Karaṇīyamettā Sutta I've heard, by Sri Lankan Bhante Uparatana:

    youtube.com/watch?v=-TkhftRWKXs
    #buddhism #sutra #sutta #srilanka #theravada #metta #chant

  14. “This is what the Buddha was referring to when he said: ‘The world is wanting, insatiable, the slave of craving.’ And it was after knowing and seeing and hearing this that I went forth from the lay life to homelessness.”
    MN82 #budddhism #dharma #sutta #nokings

  15. And for those who haven't seen yet, we now have a profile on #BookWyrm here: bookwyrm.de/user/BodhiBerlin

    No posts & lists yet, but we'll be starting soon.

    If you need recommendations sooner, we highly recommend checking out @ReadingFaithfully_org

    #book #books #reading #socialreading #Sutta #Suttas

  16. And for those who haven't seen yet, we now have a profile on #BookWyrm here: bookwyrm.de/user/BodhiBerlin
    @[email protected]

    No posts & lists yet, but we'll be starting soon.

    If you need recommendations sooner, we highly recommend checking out @ReadingFaithfully_org

    #book #books #reading #socialreading #Sutta #Suttas

  17. Dhammapalooza with Bhante Jay youtube.com/live/YCjZovyv4RU?f a community guided weekly Livestream event including chanting, sutta readings, Q&A, Dhamma talks, and guided meditations. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Theravada #sutta #meditation #Dhamma #DhammaTalk

  18. Dhammapalooza with Bhante Jay youtube.com/live/YCjZovyv4RU?f a community guided weekly Livestream event including chanting, sutta readings, Q&A, Dhamma talks, and guided meditations. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Theravada #sutta #meditation #Dhamma #DhammaTalk

  19. Dhammapalooza with Bhante Jay youtube.com/live/YCjZovyv4RU?f a community guided weekly Livestream event including chanting, sutta readings, Q&A, Dhamma talks, and guided meditations. #Buddhism #Buddhist #Theravada #sutta #meditation #Dhamma #DhammaTalk

  20. #Buddhism #Sutta #Theravada #Samyutta #Silence #TheSoundsOfSilence

    A philosophy professor I once had said that one of the worst things you could do to many people is to tie them down to a chair in a room with no stimulation.

    People are afraid of being alone with their thoughts

    Hence newspapers, televisions, radios, and the worst: mobile phones.

    A minority of people relish silence

    Of course the same person could relish silence at some times and not at others

    ---

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so scary to me!”

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so delightful to me!”

    ---

    SN 1.15: Whispers
    suttacentral.net/sn1.15/en/suj

  21. #Buddhism #Sutta #Theravada #Samyutta #Silence #TheSoundsOfSilence

    A philosophy professor I once had said that one of the worst things you could do to many people is to tie them down to a chair in a room with no stimulation.

    People are afraid of being alone with their thoughts

    Hence newspapers, televisions, radios, and the worst: mobile phones.

    A minority of people relish silence

    Of course the same person could relish silence at some times and not at others

    ---

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so scary to me!”

    “In the still of high noon, when the birds have settled down, the formidable jungle whispers to itself: that seems so delightful to me!”

    ---

    SN 1.15: Whispers
    suttacentral.net/sn1.15/en/suj

  22. #Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger

    From
    SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
    suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3

    “The fool thinks he has won,
    when speaking with harsh words.
    However, patience is the true victory,
    for those who praise patience.

    “When you get angry at an angry person,
    you just make things worse for yourself.
    When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
    you win a battle hard to win.

    “When you know that the other person is angry,
    if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
    then you act for the good of both
    for yourself and the other person.

    “People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
    consider that the person who acts
    for the good of both oneself and the other
    to be a fool.”

    ---

  23. #Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger

    From
    SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
    suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3

    “The fool thinks he has won,
    when speaking with harsh words.
    However, patience is the true victory,
    for those who praise patience.

    “When you get angry at an angry person,
    you just make things worse for yourself.
    When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
    you win a battle hard to win.

    “When you know that the other person is angry,
    if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
    then you act for the good of both
    for yourself and the other person.

    “People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
    consider that the person who acts
    for the good of both oneself and the other
    to be a fool.”

    ---

  24. #Buddhism #Theravada #Samyutta #Sutta #Sutra #Anger

    From
    SN 7.3 Asundarika Sutta
    suttafriends.org/sutta/sn7-3

    “The fool thinks he has won,
    when speaking with harsh words.
    However, patience is the true victory,
    for those who praise patience.

    “When you get angry at an angry person,
    you just make things worse for yourself.
    When you don’t get angry at an angry person,
    you win a battle hard to win.

    “When you know that the other person is angry,
    if you’re patient, mindful and calm,
    then you act for the good of both
    for yourself and the other person.

    “People unfamiliar with the Buddha’s teachings
    consider that the person who acts
    for the good of both oneself and the other
    to be a fool.”

    ---

  25. Yesterday I gave a Dhamma Talk on AN 8.54 "Dīghajāṇu":
    suttacentral.net/an8.54/en/suj

    It's a rare #sutta where the #Buddha gives what could be called "financial advice":

    "...being neither too extravagant nor too frugal. ...'my income will exceed my expenditure, not the reverse'"

    I also distinguished between "Cheap and Cheery" (the good kind of frugality), and what I call "Cheap and Cruel" (the stingy, or even deceptive kind). Similar concept: 差不多 ("almost", or half-assed quality).

    #Buddhism #Dharma