Friends:
Some Good Gardening Advice:
Yearn not for a body free of disease and suffering, because having
pain
and becoming sick is an inevitable part of being alive and having a
body..
Wish not for a life free of mishaps and obstacles, because without
them
one tends to become, narrow-minded, neglectful, arrogant and
egoistic..
Pray not for a quick shortcut fix regarding spiritual introspect,
because
without serious effort, one becomes a short-and-shallow
surface-glider..
Fear not the haunting disturbance of evils, while accumulating good
merit,
because without them one's determination does not grow steel
strong..
Hope not for easy success in one’s work, because without
difficulties
and failures, one tends to undervalue others and become overly
proud.
Build not relationships on selfish gain, because a friendship based
on the
purpose of gaining profit has lost its genuine good meaning, and
function!
Look not for a universal agreement regarding one’s "own" personal
opinion,
because complete adoption to a single rigid view will produce
intolerance..
Expect not repayment, appreciation or reward for benevolent
services,
because calculation and expectation contradicts true altruistic
service.
Engage not irrationally into profitable attractions, because jumping
too
quickly into temptation may well blind rational attention & true
wisdom.
Stir not at being victim of injustice, because keenness to clear
reputation
belongs to an ego clinging in panic to the imagined idea of my
superior self.
In brevity:
- Consider disease and suffering as medicines to the body
and life
- Use mishaps as a means of self-liberation
- Treat obstacles as enjoyable challenges
- Greet haunting bad-lucks as good companions
- Consider difficulties as life enjoyments
- Thank bad friends as helping you in self-adjustment
- View unpleasant dissidents as friendly entertainment
- See favours as merely unimportant sandals plentiful to
dispose
- Regard disinterest in temptations as an honourable
achievement
- Employ injustice as an entry door to spiritual
perfection.
- Know that patience, tolerance and endurance is the
highest praxis
From: MSN group:
The Garden of
Happiness...
Good Mental Gardening creates Ease, Calm and Bliss...
More on establishing continuous Awareness (Sati):
What is Right Awareness?,
Four_Foundations_of_Awareness,
Awareness_Sati,
Causes of Sati,
Sati Studies,
Sati_in_Solitude,
Noble_Awareness,
Awareness_Analysis,
Clear Comprehension,
Feeding_Awareness,
One_and_only_Way,
Accumulation_of_Advantage,
4 Foundations of Awareness,
Sati_a_la_Anuruddha,
Mindfulness,
Accumulating_Advantage,
Careful_and_Rational_Attention,
Sati_Summary,
Enlightened_and_Awakening,
Causes_of_Emergence,
Final_Knowledge,
Clear_and_Aware_Comprehension,
Crucial_Foundation,
Desireless_is_Deathless,
Determining_Duration,
First_Disillusion_then_Delight,
Right_On,
Straight_View,
Sharing_Supreme,
The_Awareness_Ability,
The_Four_Postures,
Sati_Acute,
Phenomena_is_Mental_States
1_Producing_4,
Mighty_Magic_Majesty,
Seeing_the_Possible,
Clever_Presence,
Thousand_Aeons,
Aware_and_Settled
Winning_Awareness,
Aware_and_Composed.
Have
a
nice
&
noble
day!
Friendship is the
Greatest!
Bhikkhu Samāhita
_/\_
Sri Lanka
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