The Twin Truths won by Dual Consideration:

The blessed Buddha once said:
Friends, the first clever consideration is:
Such is Suffering, and This is the Cause of Suffering.
Another consequent and subsequent consideration is:
Such is the End of Suffering, and This is the Way to end Suffering.

One who lives considering these cautiously, resolutely & enthusiastically,
may either enter the state of Nibbāna  right here & now in this very life,
or if there is remaining traces of clinging, the state of non-return...
Those who neglect understanding Suffering, The Cause of Suffering,
The End of Suffering, & The Way all Suffering is completely eliminated,
are incapable of release by understanding, are incapable of mental release,
are incapable of direct knowledge, & are thereby incapable of making an end...
While those who undertake to develop real understanding of This Suffering,
The Cause of Suffering, The End of Suffering, & The Way to End Suffering,
are indeed capable of mental release by understanding, direct knowledge,
and thus also capable of making an end...

                    

Dig further here on the 4 Great and Noble Truths: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_1st_Noble_Truth_on_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3rd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Ceasing_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_4th_Noble_Truth_on_The_Way_to_Cease_Suffering.htm

Source: The Bundle of Threads. The Sutta-Nipāta 724-765
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/khuddaka/suttaNipāta/index.html

Dual Consideration!

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The Pilot and Ruth ...

	BhikkhuSamahita has uploaded The Pilot and Ruth .... The Pilot and Ruth ... by BhikkhuSamahita The Pilot ... How could this boy ever remember that his big-sister's name was Ruth in his former life as a World-War-2 fighter pilot, when he had no knowledge of this past family life, before it was tracked down by records of the carrier ship's crew? He thereby proves the fact of re-incarnation! A former "big-sister Ruth" does not just pop out of fantasy by random... Rebirth from an Early Buddhist Perspective: http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Rebirth.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Rare_Rebirth.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Divine_Rebirth.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Animal_Rebirth.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Samsaric_Dread.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Minor_Hells.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Destinations.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/V/Birth_is_Suffering.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/The_Hell_Destiny.htm http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Endless_is_Rebirth.htm http://What-Buddha...

Release of Mind through Friendliness (Metta-ceto-vimutti)

Can be reached through systematic & continuous maintenance of this noble wish:May all sentient beings without exception, in all 31 forms of individual existence,
residing in the 3 realms, of inconceivable number, extending infinitely in all 10 directions,
enduring boundlessly through all past, present and future time, to an absolute complete
and endless degree, come to see it all as it really is, conquer all craving and hostility,
reach utter harmlessness, and by that be perfused with the ultimate bliss ... !!!

The FRIEND of pure GOODWILL (Mettā): May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Friendliness!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Friendliness based on endless Goodwill!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Friendliness!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Friendliness!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Friendliness made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Friendliness!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Friendliness!

The all-embracing PITY of UNDERSTANDING EMPATHY (Karunā):
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Pity!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Pity based on endless Understanding!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Pity!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Pity!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Pity made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Pity!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Pity!

The MUTUAL JOY: Joy with the success of others too (Muditā):
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Mutual Joy based on endless rejoicing!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Mutual Joy made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Mutual Joy!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Mutual Joy!

EQUANIMITY: Unaffectable, Unprovokable, and Undisturbable (Upekkhā):
May all the infinite number of sentient beings, without even any single exception,
in all 31 forms of individual existence, residing in the 3 realms, of inconceivable number,
extending infinitely in all 10 directions, enduring eternally through all past, present & future time,
to a completely infinite degree, develop Equanimity & become one who smiles silently like a mountain!
May I & all beings pay Constant Attention to, Always Aware of infinite Equanimity!
May I & all beings keep Examining Noble Equanimity based on endless imperturbability!
May I & all beings put enthusiastic effort & energy into developing limitless Equanimity!
May I & all beings rejoice in the Blissful Joy emanating from all genuine Noble Equanimity!
May I & all beings dwell in the Tranquillity which follows Equanimity made inestimable!
May I & all beings gain one-pointed Concentration arised from the calm of vast Equanimity!
May I & all beings experience imperturbable Equanimity arised from illimitable Equanimity!

Yeah, let it be even so :-) In brevity the 4 Sublime Abidings permuted with the 7 links to Awakening
It shines, blazes, lifts, elevates, and protects supremely like indeed nothing else ....
Going through systematically each morning keeps all day smiling !!! hehehe :-)
For free copy as a gift of Dhamma, May I & all beings be freed by friendliness thereby!
More here:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Buddha_on_Noble_Frienship.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Infinite_and_Divine_Classic.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm

Released by Friendliness!

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On True Love (a Doctors observation):

It was approximately 8.30 a.m. on a busy morning when an elderly gentleman in
his eighties arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that
he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9.00 a.m.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat. I knew it would take more than
an hour before someone would to able to attend to him. I saw him check his
watch anxiously for the time and decided to evaluate his wound, since I was
not busy with another patient. On examination, the wound was well healed.
Hence, I talked to one of the doctors to get the supplies to remove his sutures
and redress his wound. We began to engage in a conversation, while I was taking
care of his wound. I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment later as
he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, and said that he needed to
go to the nursing home to have breakfast with his wife.
I inquired about her health. He told me that she had been in the nursing home
for a while as she was a victim of Alzheimer's disease. I probed further and
asked if she would be upset, if he was slightly late. He replied that she no longer
knew who he was, and that she had not been able to recognize him since five
years ago. I asked him in surprise, "And you still go every morning, even though
she doesn't know who you are?" Then he smiled as he patted my hand and said,
"She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is!" ;-)
I had to hold back my tears as he left. I had goose bumps on my arm, and I thought,
"That is the kind of love I want in my life." True love is neither physical, nor romantic.
True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, was not, will be, and will not ever be…


Thanx to Nino Rostomashvili  Georgia, Telavi for sharing this event.

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May all Beings be Happy!

The Blessed Buddha once said:

Sabbe sattā, sabbe pānā,

sabbe bhūtā ca kevalā,

sabbe bhadrāni passantu.

Mā kañci pāpamāgamā.
May all creatures, all living things,

all beings without any exception,

experience good happiness only!

May they not fall into any harm.

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.67

Solitude is happiness for one, who is content,

who has heard the Dhamma and clearly sees.

Non-violence is happiness in this world:

Harmlessness towards all living beings.

Udana 10

HARMLESS
The one, who has left violence,
who never harm any being,
whether they are trembling or still,
who never kill, nor causes to kill,
such one, harmless, is a Holy One.
Dhammapada 405


More on Harmlessness (Ahimsā):
Harmlessness_and_Tolerance, Patient_is_Tolerance, Not_Killing,
Bon_Benevolence, Kamma_leading_to_short_&_long_life, Blessing_all_Beings_by_Bliss

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No Craving = No Suffering!

No Craving is the Ceasing of all Suffering!


The Blessed Buddha once said:
What, now, is this Noble Truth on the Elimination of all Suffering?
It is the complete fading away & irreversible elimination of all Craving,
the rejection & leaving of it, & the liberating release from it! SN 56:11

But where may this craving vanish, where may it be extinguished?
Wherever in the world, there are delightful and pleasurable things!
Right there and then may this craving be overcome, and quenched...DN 22

Be it in the past, the present, or in any future, whatever true recluse
considers all delightful, attractive & pleasurable things in this world
as impermanent anicca, as miserable dukkha, & as without a self anatta,
as diseases & as cancers, it is he who conquers craving... SN 12:66

By final fading away and elimination of craving, clinging also ceases;
By the elimination of clinging, the process of becoming also ceases;
By the elimination of the process of becoming, rebirth also ceases;
Through the elimination of all rebirth, all decay, ageing & death!,
sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair is finally extinguished...
Only that is the eradication of this entire mass of Suffering... SN 12:43

                                                                                              
More on this thorny Craving causing all pain:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Cut_Craving.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Craving_is_Pain.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Craving_is_Cause.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Origin_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Ceasing_of_Suffering.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Craving_is_Catastrophic.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_3_kinds_of_Craving.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2nd_Noble_Truth_on_The_Cause_of_Suffering.htm

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Holy Himalaya

The Seven Links to Enlightenment Out-Shines All!

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Supported, Friends, by Himalaya, king of mountains, do the snake-beings [nagas] grow a body and get
strength. When they have grown a body and got strength there, they go to the tiny mountain pools,
therefrom to the lakes, therefrom to the streams, therefrom to the great rivers, therefrom to the sea,
& lastly they go to the mighty ocean, where they complete great growth of body. Just even so, Bhikkhus
& Friends, any one supported by morality, fixed in morality, who cultivates the 7 Links to Enlightenment,
makes much of them, wins great growth of the right conditions and prerequisite causes of Enlightenment!
How does a Noble being, so founded in morality, so fixed in morality, cultivate the 7 Links to Enlightenment,
make much of them, & win great growth of the right conditions and necessary causes of total Awakening?
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Awareness,
based on isolation, on detachment, on stilling, which culminates in self-surrender.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Investigation,
based on solitude, on dispassion, on ceasing, which culminates in relinquishment.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Energy,
based on seclusion, on indifference, on cooling, which culminates in elevation.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Joy,
based on retreat, on disinterestedness, on ending, which culminates in renouncing.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Tranquillity,
based on aloofness, on disgust, on stopping, which culminates in deliverance.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Concentration,
based on separation, on release, on finishing, which culminates in emancipation.
Such Noble Being simply cultivates the Link to Enlightenment that is Equanimity,
based on withdrawal, on detachment, on stilling, which culminates in self-surrender.
That is how a Noble being, founded in morality, fixed in morality, cultivates the 7 Links to Enlightenment,
and by making much of them, wins to greatness of the conditions that causes the effect of Enlightenment!  

More on these Seven Links to Awakening:http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Seven_Links_to_Awakening.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/The_Meaning_of_the-7_Links_to_Awakening.htm

Source: Samyutta Nikāya V

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Consciousness.

BhikkhuSamahita has uploaded BBC Documentary on Consciousness. BBC Documentary on Consciousness by BhikkhuSamahita Where sits the Consciousness? What is Consciousness? Recently it was found out that both hemispheres can be missing yet the children (though severely impaired) are still Conscious! Laughing without a Brain: "Got a Towel?" Case studies suggest that some forms of consciousness may not require an intact cerebrum http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-awareness-with-a-simple-brain On the early Buddhist definition of Consciousness (vinnana): http://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/vinnaana.htm http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Consciousness.htm http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/The_Selfless_Camera.htm http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Momentary_Consciousness.htm http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Consciousness.htm

Where sits the Consciousness? What is Consciousness?

http://youtu.be/sNc52LmHgUs

Recently it was found out that both brain hemispheres can be missing, yet the
children (though severely impaired) are still indeed very Conscious!
Laughing without a Brain: “Got a Towel?” Case studies suggest that some forms
of consciousness may not require an intact cerebrum:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=self-awareness-with-a-simple-brain

On the early Buddhist definition of Consciousness (viññāna):

http://what-buddha-said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/u_v/vinnaana.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/IV/What_is_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/III/The_Selfless_Camera.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Momentary_Consciousness.htm
http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/V/Consciousness.htm

Contemporary Bafflement, if not Confusion about Consciousness:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consciousness

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-body_problem

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_problem_of_consciousness

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One single idea can indeed Enlighten!

The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there is one particular idea, when a Bhikkhu
rightly disgusts this single scheme,
rightly detaches from this distinct concept,
rightly releases mentally from this sole dependence,
rightly sees the final end of this universal condition,
having rightly and thoroughly understood this unique idea,
then he is one, who makes an end of suffering in this very life!
What is this one particular idea?
All Beings are sustained by Fuel!
When a Bhikkhu rightly disgusts, detaches, & releases from this reliance,
and rightly sees the end of this phenomenon by complete comprehension,
then he ends all suffering right there and then!

The 4 fold Fuel (Āhāra) any process of being burns upon are:1. Material Food (kabalinkarahara), which maintains the body.
2. Sense Contact (phassa), which feeds feeling and perception.
3. Intention (mano-sañcetana), which constructs kammic rebirth.
4. Consciousness (viññana), which sustains renewed consciousness.
This 'fire' of being, caused by these 5 clusters of clinging:

1: The Cluster of Clinging to Form...

2: The Cluster of Clinging to Feeling...

3: The Cluster of Clinging to Perception…

4: The Cluster of Clinging to Construction…
5: The Cluster of Clinging to Consciousness…
is thereby kept burning, since it is sustained by this 4 fold flow of fuel...
Nibbāna (Sanskrit: Nirvāna), which literally means 'blown out' like a candle,
is only reached by extinguishing this fire of being, by denying it new fuel...
When all fuel is burned up, any fire stops and becomes peacefully cool!

The Fire of becoming is Suffering!

Source (edited extract):
The Numerical  Sayings of the Buddha. Ańguttara Nikāya. [AN V:50-51]
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Acquisition_of_Fuel.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/a/ahara.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/DPPN/wtb/n_r/nibbaana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm

One idea: Fuel!

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