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Abandoning false speech, he abstains from false speech; he speaks truth, adheres to truth, is trustworthy and reliable, one who is no deceiver of the world. Abandoning malicious speech, he does not repeat elsewhere what he has heard here. Abandoning idle chatter, he speaks at the right time, speaks on what is good.
Spiritual enlightenment marks the culminating point of your practices: when one attains spiritual enlightenment, one feels the unity of soul with everything and all the mental and physical engagements are left aside.
Po Lin monastery
Human birth is a great opportunity for us. According to the Hindu and Buddhist philosophies, which believe in
reincarnation, you have been passing through hundreds and thousands of
births. So don't waste this life.
Thai mural depicting the Buddha's defeat of the maras
Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche discribes the tricky ways of thinking, called the four maras, that seduce and bind us to the suffering oj sarnsara. Soul Mates and Twin Flames
- By Chris Bourne
- Relationships
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Birds of a feather or feathers off the same bird? We've been receiving many questions of late concerning the subject of soul mates. It seems many are out to find their "ideal" partner in life. So what's it all about? Do we meet on a dreamy white cloud and sail off into an eternal sunset whilst cherubims play their sweet soul music? Or is there a bit more to it than that?
Recent Spiritual Articles
The Greatness of Renouncing Your Selfish Life
- By Sri Swami Satchidananda
- Morality , Compassion
- Unrated
If you don't want to part with something and depend on that for your happiness, then you are not independent. What is independence? Not to depend on anything, at any time. That is the greatness of renouncing your selfish life. You will not be afraid of anyone. If you're honest, you will be fearless.
"I cannot change the scorpions nature to sting. And in the same way, you cannot change my nature to try and save it from the water." He did not hate the scorpion because he understood and accepted the nature of the scorpion. Let our nature be like this. That is our true nature: loving and giving.
Immense compassion springs forth spontaneously towards all sentient beings who suffer as prisoners of their illusions.
Saint Buddha tells that the sufferings of the man
kind lies only with the desires. If he actually wins his desire and
understands him self, the great fullness of wisdom he could reach. His
teachings were accepted by three fourth of the people of the world.
One Step Away
- By Scott Rabalais
- Wisdom
- Unrated
The article details the steps between desired results and source consciousness. Results come from actions; actions are born in thought; thought is manifested in consciousness. Results created out of separation consciousness and unity consciousness be astoundingly different.