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Don't let yourself be controlled by three things: people, money, or past experiences.
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"There are only two mistakes
one can make on the road to truth;
not going all the way and not starting."
— Buddhist proverb

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ReadingFaithfully.org☸📗 · @ReadingFaithfully_org
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“The good shine from afar, like the Himalaya mountains. But the wicked are unseen, like arrows shot in the night.”

The Buddha
Dhammapada 304

Follow this link to find 5 different translations of the chapter that contains this verse:
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"I do not see even a single kind of form, Ānanda, from the change and alteration of which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair in one who lusts for it and takes delight in it."
the Buddha, MN 122
Mahasuññata Sutta, The Greater Discourse on Voidness
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“He gives what is pure and excellent, allowable drinks and food at the proper time; he gives gifts often to fertile fields of merit, to those who lead the spiritual life. He does not feel regret, having given away many material things. Those with deep insight praise the gifts given in this way.”

The Buddha
AN 8:37
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And how does a person both thunder and rain? It’s when a person is both a talker and a doer."

The Buddha
AN 4:101
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May I have metta towards the footless.
May I have mettā towards those with two feet.
May I have mettā towards those with four.
May I have mettā towards the many-footed.

KhandhaParitta
The Discourse About Radiating Thoughts of Loving Kindness Towards Royal Tribes of Snakes
Anguttara Nikaya 4:67
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ReadingFaithfully.org☸📗 · @ReadingFaithfully_org
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The readings for the month of January will all be related to gods.

Since the notion of gods in Buddhism can be a little confusing to new folks, here is a quick and dirty FAQ to get you up to speed:

readingfaithfully.org/gods-in-

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(1/4) At Savatthi. There the Blessed One said: "From an inconstruable beginning comes transmigration. A beginning point is not evident, though beings hindered by ignorance and fettered by craving are transmigrating & wandering on.…

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"In this body there are head hairs, body hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, tendons, bones, bone marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, large intestines, small intestines, gorge, feces, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, skin-oil, saliva, mucus, fluid in the joints, urine."

The Buddha
MN 10 Sutta
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"Seeing an old person, one suffering from disease, and a corpse, come to the end of life, I went forth, becoming a wanderer, and abandoning the pleasures of the senses."

verse of Arahant Manava, Theragatha 73
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“He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.”

The Buddha
Dhp 305
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“One is one's own protector, one is one's own refuge. Therefore, one should control oneself, even as a trader controls a noble steed.”

The Buddha
Dhp 380
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Make an island for yourself! Strive hard and become wise! Rid of impurities and cleansed of stain, you shall enter the celestial abode of the Noble Ones.

The Buddha
Dhammapada 236
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“Empty this boat, O monk! Emptied, it will sail lightly. Rid of lust and hatred, you shall reach Nibbana.”

The Buddha

369
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May I have metta* towards the footless.
May I have mettā towards those with two feet.
May I have mettā towards those with four.
May I have mettā towards the many-footed.

from KhandhaParitta, The Discourse About Radiating Thoughts of Loving Kindness Towards Royal Tribes of Snakes: AṅguttaraNikāya 4:67
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* good will or loving-kindness


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When a bhikkhu* has good friends,
And is reverential and respectful,
Doing what his friends advise,
Clearly comprehending and mindful,
He may progressively attain
The destruction of all fetters.

The Buddha, Itivuttaka 17
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* Buddhist monk

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Doug's Dharma · @dougsdharma
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Today’s video: the Buddha on food and eating, particularly issues that created friction with some of his monks!
youtu.be/W8xM0G77Xvg

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In the Mettā Sutta, the Buddha lists eleven benefits of cultivating metta (goodwill/loving kindness).

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