Guest guest Posted November 5, 2002 Report Share Posted November 5, 2002 Beloved friends, The recent hoopla over b's emails seems counter-productive to the ahimsa being touted, considering facts. When one has unwaveringly looked into their short-comings and taken steps to make sincere and due consideration to the ones having been offended, it seems that ahimsa would be the nautral response to that effort. Ah, but of course, Shiva hasn't forgotten His Beautiful business, has He? After being witness to the less than generous comments of displeasure, it gave me cause to take note, to pause and examine ahimsa more closely than ever. One thing that my father used to indicate kindly to me when we were witness to "less than charitable acts" by some folks who used the very thing that offended them, to turn then, and chastize the offender with himsa in like-kind, was this - "Honey, you don't throw stones at drowning dogs. You hold out a loving branch for them to find their footing again. Susie-Q, Always be compassionate." How i Love my father for that. Grace always "IS."Grace is ever-existing, ever-flowing.Sri Ramana Maharshi says:Ocean of nectar, full of grace.Grace is the Self. You are never out of its operation. Grace isalways there. You are neck-deep in it and yet you cry for grace. Itis as if one neck-deep in water should feel thirsty.That which exists is grace, it is always there, it is available to alland it fills the entire universe since it is existence itself.That which eternally "IS", is "I am" and it is the inmost natureof all and so is available to all, at all times. This pure "I am" ineveryone of us is grace.Grace is the beginning, middle and end. Grace is the Self.Grace always "is" and is not given.God, grace and guru are the one innermost essence ofawareness, which is revealed or experienced when attachmentto all forms is broken.God, grace and guru are all synonymous and also eternal andimmanent.Grace is within you. If it is external it is useless.Grace is constant. Grace is always there. You are never out of its operation.Is there a moment when grace is not operating in you? Yourremembrance is the forerunner of grace. That is the response,that is the stimulus, that is the Self and that is grace.Grace and God are not different.People come and tell me that I must grant them grace. They seem to think that grace is something which I keep under lock and key.Grace is another name for God. All that we need do is to keep ourheart open so that guru's grace may flow in as sunshine throughan open window.Grace is the Self. That also is not to be acquired, you only need to know that it exists. Grace is already within, it is that whichalways exists.Grace is within every human being. It is the state of true being,true awareness devoid of otherness. It is the Self.Just like a mother who feeds her sleeping child even without thechild knowing that it is being fed, the grace of pure divineSelf enters our hearts in a manner which cannot be known by useven if we have the most subtle and powerful of intellects, andthereby, His grace informs us and brings about the destructionof our mind. Ah! His grace is beyond all limits and cannot begauged by anyone. ........Cold Mountain - Selected PoemsBy Han Shan (Cold Mountain) I came once to sit on Cold MountainAnd lingered here for thirty years.Yesterday I went to see relatives and friends;Over half had gone to the Yellow Springs.Bit by bit life fades like a guttering lamp,Passes on like a river that never rests.This morning I face my lonely shadowAnd before I know it tears stream down. >From Cold Mountain 100 poems by T'ang of the poet Han-shanMr. Burton Watson, Grove Press, N.Y. Once at Cold Mountain, troubles cease No more tangled, hung-up mind; I idly scribble poems on the rock cliff Taking whatever comes, like a drifting boat. ~Han Shanunknown translation On the white poppy, a butterfly's torn wing is a keepsake Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die ~The Essential Basho, Translated by Sam Hamill. People complain of a hard life in the mountains.I don't think it's much different from the hardships of anywhere else.A clay oven burning birch twigs,A stone cauldron boiling wild sprouts. It seems that you've only just picked the chrysanthemums That grow in the three months of autumnWhen it's time to view the flowers of March. Pity more the moon that night after night Is forced to entertain society. Every Dharma is known in the heart.After the rain, the mountain color intensifies. Once you become familiar with the design of fate's illusionsYour ink slab will contain all of life and death. Clearing Your Heart of Obstacles Since there's no such thing as formThere can't be image, either.How then can obstacles arise? Safe within this principleBodhidharma was secure. Describing the Glorious Layman Lin Guangqian From reciting Buddhist chantsHe became a complete Buddha.Whether moving or still, busy or resting,There's never the slightest variation. He chants to the point where his heart is not scattered.He is the Dharma King. This means he presides over every creature on earth!(Do you realize that this makes us all members of his family?) ~Master Hsu Yun LoveAlways, MazieInternet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. Click Here Attachment: (image/pjpeg) anahata chakra.jpg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 h, yes!!! Ahimsa, that is what the Christian teachings are saying. Yes dear friend, that is what they are 'saying' but the living of it out.... oooooooooooops. "Pray for your enemies".... I was never taught to pray for the enemy... because after all "God was on our side" right? "Do good to those who dispitefully use you"..... wow !! When did I see this happening? As far as "thou shalt not kill" I don't think this is the commandment that Christ brought. It was more like: "Love God, and love your neighbor as yourself" Was Christ saying that we are ONE Self? Perhaps when we become willing to live like this will we even need any of the "shalt not's" ? Anyway I just want you to know that my own spiritual discernment of the so-called "Christian" scriptures came through Eastern teachings. Like the paragraph on this loop states: No religion or teacher or tradition has a monopoly on the Essential Truth of Reality which is Our Own Nature. Isn't this awesome ? with much love and JOY Patt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 Compassion is not emotion only, it is also awareness. Nnn Violence is Brahman. When one realises the following one is compassionate. "To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a human being."-Mahatma Gandhi. Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 , Robert O'Hearn <hrtbeat7 wrote: > > Compassion is not emotion only, it is also awareness. Nnn Violence is > Brahman. When one realises the following one is compassionate. > > "To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a > human being."-Mahatma Gandhi. Namaste, Presumably this is a play on the statue of Siva Nataraj, with Gandhiji being Siva. The concept of Ahimsa means really resistance to violence, so violence in defence of somebody being attacked in the street for example would draw down no bad karma.......Perhaps this is the meaning of your 'humour'..............ONS...Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 In the movie "Gandhi" (Ben Kingsley played the role), two things I shall forever remember as it was yesterday. When the sufffering Hindu asked the Mahatma how to gain peace after his son was killed by the Moslems and his answer was to take a Moslem orphan and raise him as his own AND as a Moslem. Imagine that act of forgiveness. The other is the last look the Mahatma gives, that of utter love and compassion to the man that just shot him and murdered him. Though it was a movie, I imagine it was depicted the only way it could have been for the Mahatma. Mohandas K. Gandhi. He never received a Nobel peace prize though he was nominated 5 times I think. Only Love remains, Ana , Robert O'Hearn <hrtbeat7 wrote: > > Compassion is not emotion only, it is also awareness. Nnn Violence is > Brahman. When one realises the following one is compassionate. > > "To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a > human being."-Mahatma Gandhi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Love cheap thrills? Enjoy PC-to-Phone calls to 30+ countries for just 2¢/min with Messenger with Voice. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 2006 Report Share Posted May 29, 2006 , Robert O'Hearn <hrtbeat7 wrote: > > Compassion is not emotion only, it is also awareness. Nnn Violence is > Brahman. When one realises the following one is compassionate. > > "To my mind the life of a lamb is no less precious than that of a > human being."-Mahatma Gandhi. > > > > > hehehehe bob, bro, you are incomparable! and incorrigible! did i tell you lately i love you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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