Guest guest Posted May 13, 2003 Report Share Posted May 13, 2003 The Way Of Bhudha WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. ALL THAT WE ARE ARISES WITH OUR THOUGHTS. WITH OUR THOUGHTS WE MAKE THE WORLD. SPEAK OR ACT WITH AN IMPURE MIND AND TROUBLE WILL FOLLOW YOU AS THE WHEEL FOLLOWS THE OX THAT DRAWS THE CART. WE ARE WHAT WE THINK. ALL THAT WE ARE ARISES WITH OUR THOUGHTS. WITH OUR THOUGHTS WE MAKE THE WORLD. SPEAK OR ACT WITH A PURE MIND AND HAPPINESS WILL FOLLOW YOU AS YOUR SHADOW, UNSHAKABLE. "LOOK HOW HE ABUSED ME AND BEAT ME, HOW HE THREW ME DOWN AND ROBBED ME." LIVE WITH SUCH THOUGHTS AND YOU LIVE IN HATE. "LOOK HOW HE ABUSED ME AND BEAT ME, HOW HE THREW ME DOWN AND ROBBED ME." ABANDON SUCH THOUGHTS, AND LIVE IN LOVE. IN THIS WORLD HATE NEVER YET DISPELLED HATE. ONLY LOVE DISPELS HATE. THIS IS THE LAW, ANCIENT AND INEXHAUSTIBLE. YOU TOO SHALL PASS AWAY. KNOWING THIS, HOW CAN YOU QUARREL? HOW EASILY THE WIND OVERTURNS A FRAIL TREE. SEEK HAPPINESS IN THE SENSES, INDULGE IN FOOD AND SLEEP, AND YOU TOO WILL BE UPROOTED. THE WIND CANNOT OVERTURN A MOUNTAIN. TEMPTATION CANNOT TOUCH THE MAN WHO IS AWAKE, STRONG AND HUMBLE, WHO MASTERS HIMSELF AND MINDS THE LAW. IF A MAN'S THOUGHTS ARE MUDDY, IF HE IS RECKLESS AND FULL OF DECEIT, HOW CAN HE WEAR THE YELLOW ROBE? WHOEVER IS MASTER OF HIS OWN NATURE, BRIGHT, CLEAR AND TRUE, HE MAY INDEED WEAR THE YELLOW ROBE. The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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