Sharp as a razor the mind cuts
through mental negativities, be it anger or fear.
Letting love bloom to transform anger
into calmness of mind, and fear into fearlessness,
the calm mind is free to remove all negativities.
Once free of the bondage of fear, I am ready to meet
any challenge with courage, tempered by love unconditional.
For it is love that provides the mind in keeping sharp.
What is calmness of the mind but love abiding?
What is fearlessness but love taming all fears?
Showing posts with label negative emotions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negative emotions. Show all posts
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20140128
Anything is Possible (poem)
When you think it is going
to rain, it shall rain.
When you know it's all sunshine
and lollipops, shine! —
for the world is your oyster.
If I know of this,
then what shall become of it
but knowledge I use
to change my world everyday —
even when that change is small?
When you see the cup half-full,
never half-empty,
even a rainy day is great
despite the wetness —
for every day is golden!
How do I know this?
Because my experience
Taught me to see through
positive and negative
as though it was all neutral.
When you feel the moment has
produced the best of
possible worlds, remember:
there are exceptions
to each and every rule now.
With knowledge comes this:
the knower and the known are
entwined by close bonds
of knowing truth as it is —
anything is possible!
to rain, it shall rain.
When you know it's all sunshine
and lollipops, shine! —
for the world is your oyster.
If I know of this,
then what shall become of it
but knowledge I use
to change my world everyday —
even when that change is small?
When you see the cup half-full,
never half-empty,
even a rainy day is great
despite the wetness —
for every day is golden!
How do I know this?
Because my experience
Taught me to see through
positive and negative
as though it was all neutral.
When you feel the moment has
produced the best of
possible worlds, remember:
there are exceptions
to each and every rule now.
With knowledge comes this:
the knower and the known are
entwined by close bonds
of knowing truth as it is —
anything is possible!
20130512
Mental Negativity is the Dark Side of Ego
Sometimes I'd rather be a Westernized Asian rather than fall for propaganda designed to create hatred against another nation, be it Japan, Germany or America.
Hatred causes and arises from mental negativity. It is but an ally of anger which is the root of all negativity.
Indeed, negativity is the dark side of the ego left in control of the mind, sometimes with tragic yet preventable results (war, famine, and other human problems).
Only patience and love will stand up to anger. As for hatred, it is transformed by love into compassion. For love has opened the eyes of people who once hated and they repented.
Within context of Buddhism repentance is mandatory after admitting your faults in front of fellow Buddhists.
This brings out humility, which helps the Buddhist vow to "think good thoughts" as Zen Master Hui-Neng suggests.
Hatred causes and arises from mental negativity. It is but an ally of anger which is the root of all negativity.
Indeed, negativity is the dark side of the ego left in control of the mind, sometimes with tragic yet preventable results (war, famine, and other human problems).
Only patience and love will stand up to anger. As for hatred, it is transformed by love into compassion. For love has opened the eyes of people who once hated and they repented.
Within context of Buddhism repentance is mandatory after admitting your faults in front of fellow Buddhists.
This brings out humility, which helps the Buddhist vow to "think good thoughts" as Zen Master Hui-Neng suggests.
20130223
Bodhi Mind as The Mother of Liberation
Clearly aspiring for buddhahood, the disciple arouses the Bodhi Mind, for the sake of all sentient beings — like a bodhisattva incarnated as a Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others — with the determined longing to attain complete enlightenment — like a buddha who has achieved the state of perfect enlightenment, nirvana.
Compassion is the cause of Bodhi Mind, while the root of compassion is loving kindness.
Through the practice of loving kindness, the Bodhi Mind is aroused with clear determination for buddhahood and aspiration to be a bodhisattva to help all sentient beings.
To develop loving kindness, imagine your mother right before you while the following thought is brought to mind,
"My kind mother produced this body I have, an effort which caused her a lot of hardship and trouble. She gave me this precious life, taken care of me, and performed every single action needed for my survival in this world.
"Regarding me with a love greater than she had for her self, she protected me, and gave me all the help and support that I needed to grow up. When threatened by harm, she protected me, which is a great kindness. It would be truly amazing if my mother was happy and at ease, but it is not just my present mother — in all my countless lives, I have had mothers who have done exactly the same, loving mothers who have bestowed on me the same kind of help and love.
"This happened not only once, as a mother, but also countless times as a friend, a lover, and a companion. All these people have helped me in all kinds of ways. Thinking of my mother who is very dear to me and helped me, I now want to return her kindness."
Aroused in our hearts by such a thought, loving kindness should become a distinct and truly real feeling.
References:
Compassion is the cause of Bodhi Mind, while the root of compassion is loving kindness.
Through the practice of loving kindness, the Bodhi Mind is aroused with clear determination for buddhahood and aspiration to be a bodhisattva to help all sentient beings.
To develop loving kindness, imagine your mother right before you while the following thought is brought to mind,
"My kind mother produced this body I have, an effort which caused her a lot of hardship and trouble. She gave me this precious life, taken care of me, and performed every single action needed for my survival in this world.
"Regarding me with a love greater than she had for her self, she protected me, and gave me all the help and support that I needed to grow up. When threatened by harm, she protected me, which is a great kindness. It would be truly amazing if my mother was happy and at ease, but it is not just my present mother — in all my countless lives, I have had mothers who have done exactly the same, loving mothers who have bestowed on me the same kind of help and love.
"This happened not only once, as a mother, but also countless times as a friend, a lover, and a companion. All these people have helped me in all kinds of ways. Thinking of my mother who is very dear to me and helped me, I now want to return her kindness."
Aroused in our hearts by such a thought, loving kindness should become a distinct and truly real feeling.
References:
- Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche & Tulku Adeu Rinpoche, Skillful Grace: Tara Practice for Our Time
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