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| He would take a loss and make it a winThat's what made him a winner and others losersIt gave him the courage to cross the line when others backed out"That's why I like Texans so muchThey took a great failure and turned it into a tourist destination that makes them millions
But probably his words that mean the most to me today are these: "Texans don't bury their failuresThey get inspired by themThey take i their failures and turn them into rallying criesFailure inspires Texans to ' become winnersBut that formula is not just the formula for TexansIt j is the formula for all winners
Just as I also said that prada black bags falling off my bike was part of learning to rideI remember falling off only made me more determined to learn to rideI also said that I have never met a golfer who has never lost a ballTo be a top professional golfer, losing a ball or a tournament only inspires golfers to be better, to practice harder, to study moreThat's what makes them betterFor winners, losing inspires themFor losers, losing defeats themRockefeller, "I always tried to turn every disaster ' into an opportunity
And being Japanese-American, I can say thisMany people say that Pearl Harbor was an American mistakeI say it was a Japanese mistakeFrom the motorcycle balenciaga movie Tora, Tora, Tom, a somber Japanese admiral says to his cheering subordinates, "I am afraid we have awakened a sleeping giant "Remember Pearl Harbor" became a rallying cryIt turned one of America's greatest losses into the reason to winThis great defeat gave America strength, and America soon emerged as a world power
Failure inspires winnersAnd failure defeats losersIt is the biggest secret of winners It's the secret that losers do not knowThe greatest secret of winners is that failure inspires winning; thus, they're not afraid of losing Repeating Fran Tarkenton's quote, "Winning means being unafraid to sac kelly hermes lose People like Fran Tarkenton are not afraid of losing because they know who they areThey hate losing, so they know that losing will only inspire them to become betterThere is a big difference between hating losing and being afraid to loseMost people are so afraid of losing money that they loseThey go broke over a duplexFinancially they play life too safe and too smallThey buy big houses and big cars, but not big investmentsThe main reason that over 90 percent of the American public struggles financially is because they play not to loseThey don't play to win
They go to their financial planners or accountants or zucca spy fendi bag stockbrokers and buy a balanced portfolioMost have lots of cash in CDs, low-yield bonds, mutual funds that can be traded within a mutual-fund family, and a few individual stocksIt is a safe and sensible portfolioBut it is not a winning portfolioIt is a portfolio of someone playing not to loseIt's probably a better portfolio than more than 70 percent of the population, and that's frighteningBecause a safe portfolio is a lot better than no portfolioIt's a great portfolio for someone who loves safelyBut playing it safe and going "balanced" on your investment portfolio is not the way successful investors play the quilted chanel bags gam |
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| "But you boys have shown great creativity and original thoughtI'm really proud of you!"
Disappointed, Mike and I sat in silence for about twenty minutes before we began cleaning up our messThe business was over on opening daySweeping the powder up, I looked at Mike and said, "I guess Jimmy and his friends are right
My father was just leaving as I said that"You're only poor if you give upThe most important thing is that you did somethingMost people only talk and dream of getting richYou've done somethingI'm very proud of the two of you
Mike and I stood there gucci indy bag in silenceThey were nice words, but we still did not know what to do
"So how come you're not rich, dad?" I asked
"Because I chose to be a schoolteacherSchoolteachers really don't think about being richWe just like to teachI wish I could help you, but I really don't know how to make money
Mike and I turned and continued our clean up
"I know," said my dad"If you boys want to learn how to be rich, don't ask meTalk to your dad, Mike
"My dad?" asked Mike with a scrunched up face
"Yeah, your dad," repeated my dad with a smile"Your dad and I have the same banker, and cheap tiffany's jewelry he raves about your fatherHe's told me several times that your father is brilliant when it comes to making money
"My dad?" Mike asked again in disbelief"Then how come we don't have a nice car and a nice house like the rich kids at school?"
"A nice car and a nice house does not necessarily mean you're rich or you know how to make money," my dad replied"Jimmy's dad works for the sugar plantationHe's not much different from meHe works for a company, and I work for the governmentThe company buys the car for himThe sugar company is in financial trouble, and Jimmy's sac dolce gabana dad may soon have nothingYour dad is different MikeHe seems to be building an empire, and I suspect in a few years he will be a very rich man
With that, Mike and I got excited againWith new vigor, we began cleaning up the mess caused by our now defunct first businessAs we were cleaning, we made plans on how and when to talk to Mike's dadThe problem was that Mike's dad worked long hours and often did not come home until lateHis father owned warehouses, a construction company, a chain of stores, and three restaurantsIt was the restaurants that kept him out silver handbags late
Mike caught the bus home after we had finished cleaning upHe was going to talk to his dad when he got home that night and ask him if he would teach us how to become richMike promised to call as soon as he had talked to his dad, even if it was late
The phone rang at 8:30 p And put the phone downMike's dad had agreed to meet with Mike and me
At 7:30 Saturday morning, I caught the bus to the poor side of town
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The three guards were standing by the main door
of the Gathering Hall as Doon and Lina went outThe
chief guard moved aside to make way for them, and
they went through the door and out onto the wide
front stepsLina glanced over her shoulderBefore the
door swung closed, she saw the chief guard striding
toward the reception desk, where Barton Snode was
standing up, leaning forward, his eyes shining with
important news
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CHAPTER 13
Deciphering the Message
Doon headed for home, and Lina went in the opposite
direction across Harken SquareThe little group of
Believers had gone, but the protesters with their cartier tank watch signs
continued to pace back and forthA few of them
were still shaking their fists in the air and yelling, but
most of them tramped silently, looking tired and
discouragedLina felt a bit that way, tooOnce Doon
said he'd seen a door, she was sure that the door he'd
found and the door in the Instructions were the same
She had had such hopes for that door in the
PipeworksBut hoping so hard had made her jump to
conclusionsShe'd gone a little too fastShe always
went fastSometimes it was a good thing and sometimes
not
Now Doon thought the Instructions were nothing
important after allShe didn't want him to be right
She didn't believe he was, even chanel reporter bag nowBut her thoughts
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felt like a mess of tangled yarnShe needed someone
wise and sensible to help her sort things outShe
headed for Glome Street
Though it was nearly six o'clock, she found Clary still
in her workroom, at the far end of Greenhouse 1It
was a small, crowded roomPots and trowels cluttered
a high table at one endAbove the table were shelves
full of bottles of seeds, and boxes of string, wire, and
various kinds of powdersClary's desk was a rickety
table, littered with scraps of paper, all of them covered
with notes in her neat, round handwritingTwo
rickety chairs went with the rickety table, one on louis vuitton backpacks each
sideLina sat down facing Clary"I have to tell you
some important things," she said"And they're all
secret
"All right," said Clary She was
wearing a patched shirt that had faded from blue to
grayHer short brown hair was tucked behind her ears,
and a bit of leaf clung to it on the right-hand sideShe
folded her arms in front of her on the deskShe looked
square and solid
"The first thing is," Lina began, "that I found the
InstructionsBut Poppy had chewed them up
"The Instructions," said Clary"I'm not familiar
with themShe went on to explain everything--how
she'd shown the Instructions to Doon,
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what they had balenciaga motorcycle handbag figured out, how he'd searched the
Pipeworks and found the door, and what he'd seen
when he opened the door
Clary made an unhappy sound and shook her
head"This is very bad," she saidI
remember when the mayor was first starting outHe
has always been foolish, but not always wickedI'm
sorry to know that the worst side of him has won out
Clary's dark brown eyes seemed to grow deeper and
sadder"There is so much darkness in Ember, LinaIt's
not just outside, it's inside us, tooEveryone has some
darkness insideIt's like a hungry creatureIt wants
and wants and wants with a terrible powerAnd the
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"Pipeworks laborer," Lina said in a choked
whisper
"Louder," said the mayor
"Pipeworks laborer," Lina said again, her voice
loud and crackedThere was a sigh of sympathy from
the classKeeping her eyes on the floor, Lina went back
to her desk and sat down
Pipeworks laborers worked below the storerooms
in the deep labyrinth of tunnels that contained
Ember's water and sewer pipesThey spent their days
stopping up leaks and replacing pipe jointsIt was wet,
cold work; it could even be dangerousA swift underground
river ran through the Pipeworks, and every
now and then someone fell into it and was lostPeople
were lost louis vuitton scarf occasionally in the tunnels, too, if they
strayed too far
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Lina stared miserably down at a letter B someone
had scratched into her desktop long agoAlmost anything
would have been better than Pipeworks laborer
Greenhouse helper had been her second choice
She imagined with longing the warm air and earthy
smell of the greenhouse, where she could have worked
with Clary, the greenhouse manager, someone she'd
known all her lifeShe would have been content as a
doctor's assistant, too, binding up cuts and bones
Even street-sweeper or cart-puller would have been
betterAt least then she could have stayed above
ground, tiffany cross with space and people around herShe
thought going down into the Pipeworks must be like
being buried alive
One by one, the other students chose their jobs
None of them got such a wretched job as hersFinally
the last person rose from his chair and walked forwardHis dark eyebrows were drawn
together in a frown of concentrationHis hands, Lina
saw, were clenched into fists at his sides
Doon reached into the bag and took out the last
scrap of paperHe paused a minute, pressing it tightly
in his hand
"Go on," said the mayor
Unfolding the paper, Doon read: "Messenger He
scowled, crumpled the paper, and dashed it to borse fendi the
floor
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Lina gasped; the whole class rustled in surprise
Why would anyone be angry to get the job of
messenger?
"Bad behavior!" cried the mayorHis eyes bulged
and his face darkened"Go to your seat immediately
Doon kicked the crumpled paper into a corner
Then he stalked back to his desk and flung himself
down
The mayor took a short breath and blinked furiously
"Disgraceful," he said, glaring at Doon"A childish
display of temper! Students should be glad to work
for their cityEmber will prosper if all He held up a stern finger as he said this and moved his eyes slowly from one face
to the next
Suddenly Doon chanel ceramic watches spoke up"But Ember is not prospering!"
he cried"Everything is getting worse and
worse!"
"Silence!" cried the mayor
"The blackouts!" cried DoonHe jumped from his
seat"The lights go out all the time now! And the
shortages, there's shortages of everything! If no one
does anything about it, something terrible is going to
happen!"
Lina listened with a pounding heartWhat was
wrong with Doon? Why was he so upset? He was
taking things too seriously, as he always did
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Miss Thorn strode to Doon and put a hand on his
shoulder"Sit down now," she said quietlyBut Doon
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That same night, the poet entered the Order at the Temple of the Divine Seal, and was given the Dharma name 'Mirror of Emptiness' After receiving the complete precepts of a Bhikshu, he travelled throughout the country practicing the Way, his high conduct and ascetic practices being praised by allLater on, Zen Master Mirror of Emptiness once met with a certain layman from the Temple of the Western LandTelling the latter about his past, he said: 'I am now 77 years old, my Dharma age is 32I have only nine more years to liveAfter my death, who knows if the Dharma will still exist as it is now?' The layman, puzzled, tried to inquire furtherThe Master did not replyHe just requested a pen and began scribbling some lines on the north wall of the tower which housed the Tripitaka (Buddhist canon)he words represented the prophecy of Zen Master Mirror of Emptiness, the gist of which is as follows: The Dharma will experience a declineThere will be ruthless persecution of Buddhism, the period of persecution beginning in the 840'sHowever, the Dharma will survive; the light of the Dharma will not be extinguishedThis prophecy is consonant prada replica handbags with the destruction of Buddhism under the Chinese Emperor T'ang Wu Tsung, who ordered the razing of some 47,000 temples and forcibly returned hundreds of thousands of monks and nuns to the laity Master Tam: 22
Note: To cultivate without seeking escape from Birth and Death does not normally lead to Enlightenment in one lifetimeThis is the basis for the Pure
Land emphasis on rebirth in the Land of Bliss as the safest route to Buddhahood
PARABLE 010: THE BIRD IS MINE (COMPASSION)
"It is recorded in the Mahabhinishkramana that Devadatta, the cousin of Prince Siddhartha, took a bow and arrow and shot down a swanThe creature was grounded but not killedThe future Buddha took the bird upon his knees and comforted itDevadatta was sent to claim his prize, no doubt intending to kill it, but the Buddha refused to hand over the swan, saying that the bird was his:
'Then our Lord
Laid the swan's neck beside his own smooth cheek
And gravely spake, "Say no! the bird is mine,
The first of myriad things that shall be mine
By right of mercy and love's lordliness'" (The Light of Asia by Sir Edwin Arnold)
Shantideva: 209-210
Note: "In the psycho-ethical social philosophy of tiffany knockoff Buddhism, the concept of compassion has two main aspectsFirst, as a desirable quality in human character, it is meant to regulate our attitude to other peopleSecondly, it has its transcendental aspect known as Great or Grand Compassion (maha-karuna) found only in sages like Buddhas, [Bodhisattvas] and ArhatsIt is the higher kind and is super-individual in scope and covers all beings in their entiretyIt 'seeketh not its own' and hence is the result of coming into contact with spiritual realityCleansed of individualised exclusiveness, it becomes unlimited If compassion is the desire to relieve the suffering of others, the best way to do so is to lead them to the freedom of Buddhahood and hence it is this kind of compassion that makes the concept truly meaningful (Encyclopedia of Religions201)
PARABLE 011: THE GREAT MATTER OF BIRTH AND DEATH
"In India there was once a king who believed in a non-Buddhist religion which taught many kinds of bitter practices some spread ashes on their bodies, and some slept on beds of nailsThey cultivated all kinds of ascetic
practicesMeanwhile, the Bhikshus who cultivated the Buddhadharma had it 'easy,' because they didn't cultivate dior logo that wayNow, the king of that country said to the Buddha's disciples, 'It's my belief that the ascetic practices which these non-Buddhists cultivate still don't enable them to end their afflictionsHow much the less must you Bhikshus, who are so casual, be able to sever the affliction of your thoughts of sexual desire'
One of the Dharma Masters answered the king this way: 'Suppose you take a man from jail who had been sentenced to execution, and you say to him 'Take this bowl of oil and carry it in your two hands as you walk down the highwayIf you don't spill a single drop, I'll release you when you return' Then, suppose you send some beautiful women musicians out on the highway to sing and play their instruments where the sentenced man is walking with his bowl of oilIf he should spill any oil, of course, you'll execute himBut if he should come back without spilling a single drop, what do you suppose he will answer if you ask him what he's seen on the road?'
The king of country did just that: he took a man destined to be executed and said to him, 'Today you should be executed but I'm going to give you an opportunity to save your lifeHow? I'll give you a bowl of oil kelly hermes bags to carry in your two hands as you take a walk on the highwayIf you can do it without spilling a single drop, I'll spare your life' The sentenced man did as he was toldHe went out on the highway, and when he returned he had not spilled one dropThen the king asked him, 'What did you see out on the highway?' The sentenced man said, 'I didn't see a single thingAll I did was watch the oil to keep it from spillingI didn't see anything else or hear anything at all'
So, the king asked the Dharma Master, 'Well, what is the principle here?' The Dharma Master answered, 'The sentenced man was like the novice who has left the home lifeBoth see the question of Birth and Death as too important to waste time on thoughts of sexual desire, [the most dangerous affliction for ascetics]
Why can't people sever their afflictions? Because they don't understand Birth and DeathThey don't realize how great the importance of this matter is [and therefore, are not single-minded in their determination to transcend it]'"
Master Hsuan Hua/77: 78-79
PARABLE 012: BODHI MIND (MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT)
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| Of course, that is often only true in theoryPrices go up because of greed and fear caused by ignoranceIf schools taught people about money, there would be more money and lower prices, but schools focus only on teaching people to work for money, not how to harness money's power
"But don't we have business schools?" Mike asked"Aren't you encouraging me to go to business school for my master's degree?"
"Yes," said rich dad"But all too often, business schools train employees who are sophisticated bean countersHeaven forbid a bean counter takes over a businessAll they do is look at the numbers, fire people and kill the businessI know because I hire bean cartier clock countersAll they think about is cutting costs and raising prices, which cause more problemsBean counting is importantI wish more people knew it, but it, too, is not the whole picture," added rich dad angrily
"So is there an answer?" asked Mike
"Yes," said rich dad"Learn to use your emotions to think, not think with your emotionsWhen you boys mastered your emotions, first by agreeing to work for free, I knew there was hopeWhen you again resisted your emotions when I tempted you with more money, you were again learning to think in spite of being emotionally chargedThat's the first step
"Why is that step so important" I asked
"Well, that's up to you to find louis vuitton jewelry outIf you want to learn, I'll take you boys into the briar patchThat place where almost everyone else avoidsI'll take you to that place where most people are afraid to goIf you go with me, you'll let go of the idea of working for money and instead learn to have money work for you
"And what will we get if we go with youWhat if we agree to learn from you? What will we get?" I asked
"The same thing Briar Rabbit got," said rich dad"Freedom from the Tar Baby
"Is there a briar patch?" I asked
"Yes," said rich dad"The briar patch is our fear and our greedGoing into our fear and confronting our greed, our weaknesses, our neediness is the way outAnd the way out is fendi b through the mind, by choosing our thoughts
"Choosing our thoughts?" Mike asked, puzzledChoosing what we think rather than reacting to our emotionsInstead of just getting up and going to work to solve your problems, just because the fear of not having the money to pay your bills is scaring youThinking would be taking the time to ask yourself a questionA question like, `Is working harder at this the best solution to this problem?' Most people are so terrified at not telling themselves the truth-that fear is in control-that they cannot think, and instead run out the doorTar baby is in controlThat's what I mean by choosing your thoughts
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"That's what I will be teaching youI'll be teaching you to have a choice of thoughts to consider, rather than knee-jerk reacting, like gulping down your morning coffee and running out the door
"Remember what I said before: A job is only a short-term solution to a long-term problemMost people have only one problem in mind, and it's short termIt's the bills at the end of the month, the Tar BabyMoney now runs their livesOr should I say the fear and ignorance about moneySo they do as their parents did, get up every day and go work for moneyNot having the time to say, `Is there another way?' Their emotions now control their thinking, not their miu miu bow bag heads |
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desk drawer"Really," he said, "this is a perfect ideaWe
can get away from the guards and leave our message
behind usAnd we can be the first ones to arrive in the
new city! We should be the first, because we discovered
the way
"Well, that's true Lina thought for a minute
"How long do you think it will take before the rest of
them find the boats and come? It's a lot of people to
get organized She numbered on her fingers the things
that would have to happen"Clary will have to get the
head of the Pipeworks to go down with her and find
the boatsThen she'll have to make the omega olympic watch announcement
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to the cityThen everyone in Ember will have to pack
up their things, troop down to the river, get all those
boats out of that big room, and load themselves inIt
could be a big mess, Doon She
pictured frenzied crowds of people, and Poppy tiny
and lost among themMurdo is very organizedThe thought of taking Poppy with her
on the river, which had darted into Lina's mind, darted
out againI'm only being selfish, she thought, to want
to have her with meIt's too dangerous to take herMurdo will bring her in a day or twoThis seemed
the most sensible plan, though it made her so sad that
it chanel watches cast a shadow over the thrill of going to the new city
"What if something goes wrong?" she said
"Nothing will go wrong! It's a good plan, Lina
We'll be there ahead of everyone else--we can
welcome them when they come, we can show them
around!" Doon was bursting with eagernessHis eyes
shone, and he jiggled up and down
"Well, all right," Lina said"Let's write our
message, then
Doon wrote for a long timeWhen he was
finished, he showed what he'd written to LinaHe'd
explained how to find the rock with the E, how to go
down to the boat room, even how to use the candles
"It's good," she said"Now we have to mulberry vintage deliver it
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She paused a moment to see if she had any courage
inside herShe found that she did, along with sadness
and fear and excitement "I'll deliver it," she said"I'm
the messenger, after allI know back ways to go, where
no one will see me"Doon, maybe
Clary will be home! Maybe she would keep us safe and
help us tell what we know, and we won't have to leave
right now
Doon quickly shook his head"I doubt it," he said
"She's probably with her singing group, getting ready
You'll just have to leave the note under her door
Lina could tell from his tone of voice that Doon
didn't really want cartier watches Clary to be homeShe supposed he
had his heart set on their going down the river by
themselvesDoon glanced up at the clock on the
schoolroom wall"It's a little after two," he said"The
Singing begins at threeAfter that, everyone will be in
Harken Square and the streets will be emptyI think we
can get to the Pipeworks safely then--why don't we
leave about a quarter after three
"You still have the key?"
Doon nodded
"So after I've delivered the note to Clary, I'll come
back here," said LinaAnd then we'll wait until three-fifteen, and
then we'll go
Lina got up from the cramped desk and went to
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looked back toward the rear of the greenhouses,
toward the trash heaps
Clary came out and listened, too
"Do you hear it?"
"Yes," said Clary She peered toward the crying
noise Her strong hand
gripped Lina's shoulder for a moment"You'd better
go," she said"I'll take care of this
"But what is it?"
"Never mind
But Lina wanted to seeOnce Clary had walked
away, she ducked behind the toolshedFrom there she
watched
The noise came closerOut beyond the trash
heaps, a figure appearedIt was a man, running and
stumbling, his uhr rolex arms floppingHe looked as if he was
about to fall over, as if he could hardly pick up his feet
In fact, as he came closer he did fallHe tripped over a
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hose and crumpled to the ground as if his bones had
dissolved
Clary stooped down and said something to him in
a voice too low for Lina to hear
The man was pantingWhen he turned over and
sat up, Lina saw that his face was scratched and his eyes
wide open in frightHis sobs had turned into hiccupsIt was Sadge Merrall, one of the
clerks in the Supply DepotHe was a quiet, chanel classic bag long-faced
man who always looked worried
Clary helped him to his feetThe two of them
came slowly toward the greenhouse, and as they got
closer Lina could hear what the man was sayingHe
spoke very fast in a weak, trembly voice, hardly stopping
for breathwas sure I could do itI said to
myself, Just one step after another, that's all, one step
after anotherI knew it would be darkWho doesn't
know that? But I thought, Well, dark can't hurt youI'll
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He stumbled and sagged against Clary"Careful,"
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and Clary struggled to open itWithout thinking, Lina
darted out from behind the toolshed and opened it for
herClary shot her a quick frown but said nothing
Sadge didn't stop talkingBut then the farther
I went the darker it was, and you can't just keep walking
into black dark, can you? It's like a wall in front of
youI kept turning around to look at the lights of the
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I scraped my hands He held up one hand and stared
at the red scratches on it, which oozed drops of blood
They got him into Clary's office and sat him down
in her chair
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but then all of a sudden I thought, Anything could be
out here! There could be a pit a thousand feet deep
right in front of mesomething that
bitesrats as big as garbage
bins And I had to get out of thereSo I turned
around and I ran
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Narada Maha Thera: 294
PARABLE 061: THE BRAHMA NET SUTRA
According to tradition, around the time that Bodhidharma arrived in China (6th century), the Indian Master Paramartha, who was residing in China, heard of the existence of a text that taught the moral code of the BodhisattvasHe immediately returned to India and succeeded in acquiring the entire Brahma Net Sutra -- all 61 chapters, comprised of 120 fasciclesHowever, as Paramartha was sailing toward China with his treasure, a sudden storm arose and his ship began to sinkPiece by piece, all baggage was thrown overboard, but to no availFinally, Paramartha had no choice but to let go of the Brahma Net Sutra -- after which the ship miraculously righted itselfParamartha then realized the sad truth: the people of the "Eastern Kingdom" (China) were not yet ready for the Brahma Net Sutra
Note: The Brahma Net Sutra expounds the precepts of the Bodhisattvas, those higher beings who seek Enlightenment for all
PARABLE 062: THE HORIZONTAL PATH
Suppose we have a worm, born inside a stalk of a bambooTo escape, it can take the hard way and crawl "vertically" all the way to the top of the stalkAlternatively, it can poke a hole near its current tiffany toggle necklace location and escape "horizontally" into the big, wide worldThe horizontal escape, for sentient beings, is to seek rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha
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PARABLE 063: HUMAN CONDITION (WORMS IN ROTTEN APPLES)
To illustrate the point that suffering is an inevitable part of our world, consider the example, adapted from the sutras, of worms feeding on rotten applesThe worms are 'running' hither and thither among the apples, each worm 'elbowing' the others for a better spot, a larger piece of the rotten matterThey all feel their actions necessary and desirableThey all seem very busy and very happyTo us humans, however, theirs is indeed a pitiable lot
The human condition is the same from the viewpoint of celestials, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas--such a pitiful sight indeed, whether of beggars or presidential hopefuls!
Editor: na
PARABLE 064: THE TRUE GOAL OF MEDITATION
"We could use a parable to describe the process of teaching meditationWhen people first come along to learn to meditate, they quite often ask 'What is the goal of meditation?' You wouldn't usually reply, straight off, 'Well, the goal of meditation is to become like a Buddha', because that's the last thing most people want to beThey're not interested in anything religious or spiritual; they just want peace of mind in the midst of dolce and gabbana knock off their everyday life and workAnd it's perfectly true to say that meditation gives you peace of mindBut when they've been through meditation, then they might ask 'Well, is this all, or is there something more to meditation?' That
would be the right time to say 'Yes, there is something morePeace of mind in the ordinary psychological sense is not the final goal of meditation, but only an intermediate stageBeyond it there's a spiritual goal-- Supreme Enlightenment or Buddhahood' Here 'peace of mind' is the magic city in which the traveller is nourished and allowed to rest for the long journey to Enlightenment
Sangha/Drama: 45
PARABLE 065: CIRCLE OF LIGHT
"This method of Buddha Recitation was specially designed for certain practitioners who, as soon as they close their eyes to recite, suddenly see filthy forms and marks (ugly grimacing faces, for example), or dark forms and colors swirling aroundWith this technique, the practitioner, while reciting the Buddha's name, visualizes himself seated in the middle of an immense, brilliant zone of lightWithin that zone of light, when his mind has quieted down, the practitioner feels bright and refreshedAt that time, not only have deluded thoughts been annihilated, but filthy, evil forms have also disappearedAfter that, right thought is reinforced and samadhi is, in time, gucci new bag achieved
Although this is a special expedient to destroy evil deluded marks, even the practitioner who is not in this predicament can apply this method to clear his mind and enter deeply into the Buddha Recitation Samadhi
Master Tam: 127-128
Note: Buddha Recitation is the main practice of the Pure Land school
PARABLE 066: HUMAN CONDITION (BLIND TURTLE)
"The story is told in a Buddhist sutra of a lone blind turtle who dwells in the depths of a vast ocean, coming up for air only once every hundred yearsOn the surface of the same ocean floats a golden yokeIt is more common for the turtle to place its head through the yoke when it takes its centennial breath, the sutra says, than it is for a being imprisoned in the cycle of rebirth to be born as a human with the good fortune to encounter the teaching of the BuddhaHuman birth in a Buddhist land is compared to a rare jewel, difficult to find and, if found, of great value, because it is in the human body
[that one may most easily travel] the path that leads to liberation Lopez: 266
Note: The notion that rebirth as a human being is difficult may run counter to current ideas of overpopulationHowever, the Buddha was speaking on a macrocosmic level: "there are morentestinal bacteria in your colon at this moment than there are human beings who have ever lived" chanel wallet purse (NYT Magazine, 18 April '99, p
PARABLE 067: IMPERMANENCE (HUMAN LIFE IS ONLY LONG AS ONE BREATH)
"Buddha Sakyamuni taught on many occasions that human life is only as long as one breath, because if we exhale but do not inhale, we have already died and stepped over into a new lifetimeTherefore, death awaits us at all times; behind each year, each month, each day, each hour and even each and every second lurks our impending demiseNo one can predict the length of his own lifespan, as reflected in the following stanzas:
'Yesterday, at the crossroads, he still rode his horse;/ Today he lies still in his coffin!'
'Do not wait until old age to recite the Buddha's name,/ In abandoned cemeteries can be found the graves of many youths'
These stanzas reflect the facts of lifeThus, to avoid being surprised by the God of Impermanence, let us at all times apply ourselves to earnest recitation of the Buddha's nameOnly then will we escape bewilderment and confusion in our last moments
Master Tam: 225
PARABLE 068: IMPERMANENCE (KISAGOTAMI)
"Kisagotami was married to a banker's son of considerable wealthAs a young wife, Kisagotami was mistreated by her in-laws, as new brides who moved into their husbands' home sometimes wereWhen she gave birth to a son, she finally received an honorable place among her husband's coco chanel handbags relatives |
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