As Brahma is the
source of love, to dwell with him you must practice “Brahmvicharas” love
compassion joy and equanimity”.
Practicing the
immeasurable mind of love, extinguishes anger in the heart of living beings.
Practicing the immeasurable mind of compassion, extinguishes all sorrows and
anxieties in the heart of living beings.
Practicing the immeasurable mind of joy extinguishes sadness and
joylessness. Practicing the immeasurable
mind of equanimity extinguishes hatred, aversion and attachment. – “Nagarjuna,Second
Century Buddhist Philosopher”.
Who ever practice the
four immeasurable minds together with the seven factors of enlightenments, the
four noble truths and the Noble enlightenment path will arrive deeply at
enlightenment love, compassion and joy.
There are four
aspects of true love:-
Maitri- The intention and capacity to offer joy and
happiness.
Karuna-
Intention and capacity to relieve and transform suffering and lighten
sorrows. Simply said,” compassion”.
Mudita
(Joy) -True love always bring joy to yourself and to the one we love. Happiness relates to both body and mind. Whereas joy relates primarily to mind.
Upeksha (Equanimity)- Non attachment, nondiscrimination,
even mindedness or
lettering go.
Metta Sutta (Discourse on love)- He or she who wants to attain peace should
practice being upright, humble and capable of using loveable speech. He or she will know how to live simply and
happily with senses calmed, without being covetous and carried away by the
emotions of majority.
Just as mother loves
and protect her only child at the risk of her own life, we should cultivate
boundless love for all living beings.
Events that are
conspired neither mental nor physical are related to our mind. They are gain, loss, birth, death, grammar,
literature, time, space, union, separations, impermanence and quantity being
things as similar or dissimilar etc.
The ten “Paramitas”
of Mahayana.
(a)
Dana –
Generosity.
(b)
Shila
– Precepts
(c)
Kshanti – Forbearance.
(d)
Virya – Energy
(e)
Dhyana - Meditation
(f)
Prajna
– Understanding
(g)
Upaya – Skilful means.
(h)
Pranidhana - Aspiration
(i)
Bala - Spiritual
power
(j)
Jhana - Wisdom
A peaceful
person recognizes in himself by following signs:-
Relaxed sleep.
No nightmares.
Waking state is more
at ease.
No anxiety
/depression.
Will be loved/ protected
by everyone around.
Kill anger, killing
anger removes suffering and bring peace and happiness. Angry words and action hurt, first of all to oneself. Those with no anger means, people who have no
seeds of anger in their consciousness. A
person without seeds of anger can smile no matter what is said to him.
Two people might hear
the same words and see the same things yet only one becomes angry. Words and events only stimulate, what is
inside us. We have to master our own
anger before we can help others do the same.
When anger arises
close your eyes and ears returns to yourself and tend to the source of anger
within.
Seven
reasons for letting anger go:-
It makes us ugly.
It makes us suffer.
We are unable to
develop /flourish.
Fail to prosper materially/spiritually
We become known only
for our anger.
We become a hungry
ghost.
Five Kinds of anger
rousing situations.
First Situation- When someone’s action not words irritates us. Pay attention to his words only.
Second situation- Someone who speaks venom but his actions are
friendly. Pay attention to his action
and ignore his word.
Actions and Word, both unpleasant- Look carefully and try to find out some
positive qualities even if they are not immediately apparent.
Actions, Words and Thoughts, all unwholesome. If you have love in your heart we will be
able to accept those whose actions speech and thoughts are all disagreeable.
Actions, Speech and Thoughts, all whole some – Resolve to spend
time by his side.
Look deeply into
suffering of others. Someone whose
actions are unkind, whose thoughts are unwholesome, whose speech is unwholesome
is certainly suffering a lot.
Samiddhi
Sutra-Four
important subjects are discussed :-
The idea of
happiness.
The existence of real
joy.
The practice of
reliance.
The trap of complexes.
Chasing after the
five worldly pleasures, running after fame, wealth, sex, sleep or food do not bring
lasting happiness. Abandon the idea of happiness in future and dwell deeply in
the present moment. Take refuge in the island of the self, the island of peace
in each of us. Do not take refuse in
anything else. Thinking you are better, worse than or equal to others. All of these
complexes arise because we think we are separate self. Happiness built on the nation of a separate
self is weak and unreliable.
Five
harmful desires-
Money, sex, fame, overeating and oversleeping.
True love
contains respect.
In Vietnamese tradition husband and wife always respect each other as honored
guests.
Deep
listening and loving speech.
Never in history we
had so many means of communication. Television, radio, telephone, fax, e-mail,
the World Wide Web, yet it remain islands with little real communication
between family members, individuals in society or Nations.
Right
speech
means refraining from these following four actions:-
Not telling the truth
(say black if white)
Exaggerating (more
beautiful/ ugly than it is)
Forked tongue (different
thing to different person)
Filthy language (insult/
abuse people)
Five kinds
of heart incense:
the incense of mindfulness training, concentration, insight, liberation and the
flower of liberation.
To be strong a tree
sends more than one root deep into the soil.
If a tree had only one root, it may be blown over by the wind. The life
of couple also needs to be supported by many elements- families, friends, ideals
practice and sangha.
Blaming and arguing
never helps.
Living together is an
art. Even with a lot of good will, you
can still make the other person very unhappy. Good will is not enough. We need to know the art of making the other
person happy. Art is the essence of
life. Be artful in your speech and
action. The substance of art is mindfulness.
In life, it often
necessary to make difficult choices. We cannot catch two fishes at the same
time, one in each hand; it is difficult because if we accept growing up, we
must accept suffering.
Five
mindfulness training:-
Aware of the
suffering caused by the destruction of life.
Aware of the suffering
caused by exploitation, social injustice, stealing and oppression.
Aware of the
suffering caused by sexual misconduct.
Aware of the
suffering caused by unmindful speech and inability to listen to others.
Aware of the
suffering caused by unmindful consumption.
There are
six Earth touching:-
Look deeply within.
See connection
between you and other living beings.
See that you are
protected and nourished by the land and all human beings who have been on this
land.
Transmit energy to
those we love.
Transmit energy (love
and composition) who have made you suffer.
Go down to your
ancient spiritual roots.
Two
prostrations-
Vertical line, for spiritual and blood ancestors. Horizontal, for the here and
the now.
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