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the wise person teaches by example
When people
find one thing beautiful,
another consequently becomes ugly.
When one man is held up as good,
another is judged
deficient.
Similarly, being and
non-being balance each other;
difficult and easy define each other;
long and short illustrate each other;
high and low rest upon each other;
voice and song meld into harmony;
what is to come follows upon
what has been.
The wise person
acts without effort and teaches
by quiet example. She accepts things as they
come, creates without possessing, nourishes without
demanding, accomplishes without taking credit.
Because she constantly forgets herself,
she is never forgotten.
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the practice of repaying wrongs
What is the
practice of repaying wrongs?
When receiving suffering, a practitioner
who cultivates the Path should think to himself:
“During countless ages past I have abandoned the root
and pursued the branches, flowing into the various states
of being, and giving rise to much rancor and hatred—the
transgression, the harm done, has been limitless.
Though I do not transgress now, this suffering
is a disaster left over from former lives —
the results of evil deeds have ripened.
This suffering is not something
given by gods or
humans.”
You should willingly
endure the suffering without anger
or complaint. The sutra says: “Encountering
suffering, one is not concerned. Why? Because one
is conscious of the basic root.” When this attitude toward
suffering is born, you are in accord with inner truth,
and even as you experience wrongs, you advance
on the Path. Thus it is called “the practice
of repaying wrongs”.
Records of the Teachers and Students of the Lanka
onward through it all
Keep practicing even when
there seems no hope
of success.
mind and breath as one
on this date a buddha was born
To still
the mind, gently
join it to the breath.
Once this is established and
steadily maintained,
grace inhabits
every act.
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