December 2009
5 posts
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“‘Discipline’ is a difficult word for most of us. It conjures up...”
– Ven. Henepola Gunaratana
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“Activities are endless, like ripples on a stream.
They end only when you drop...”
– Nyoshul Khenpo Rinpoche
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“To tell others that
It is a rumor
Will not do.
When your own heart asks,
How...”
– Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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“Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become...”
– This quote is on my homepage for almost 3 years by now. There’s a lot of wisdom here. Patience and discipline. There’s no patience without discipline - its laziness. Be disciplined. Be patient.
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I’ve made two wrong turns last time. First - reinventing the wheel. Clumsy “avoiding awareness” is simply “ignorance” - root of all evil, as specified in Buddhism. There’s some language barrier and my understanding of “ignorance” was a little bit different before, but still. And the second wrong turn is overlooking practical while searching for spiritual. (So...