Some people Use the yardstick Of Buddhism To measure others

e.g. He should be more compassionsate He shoul be more wise He should not talk like this His KARMA will get at him etc. If you feel that way You are not a Buddhist yet. Use Buddhism On yourself. Only YOU Can know Your Volition. Others CAN'T. Palms together Deep bowsDes boo ngoh

The Perfect Man has no self; the Holy Man has no merit; the Sage has no fame.Chuang Tzu


Life is a Journey. You need to be prepared When the journey ends Where you will disembark. Palms together Deep bows Des boo ngoh
Do not know what to do?

Some really are at a big loss not knowing what to do when they die or when one of their family members or a close relative or one of their friends dies.

Pray for people like that.
It's like people like this travel abroad and when the travel is over they don't know where they should go back to.

We are here as cosmic travelers and when the journey here ends we need to go to another realm.
The Bodhisattvas who have made the vows to save other human beings, know for sure they will come back as humans.

The Pure Landers know for sure thay will head to Pure Land.

If you do not knnw for sure where you will be heading you will randomly end up in of the six
of the following: deva realm, asura realm, human realm, animal realm petta realm, hell realm.

If you like the excitement of randomness then you do not need to know where you will go.
You let chance plays the game on you.

And if your family member, relative, or friend dies you do not need to know what to do for them
Because you do not care where they will end up in, you will just let chance plays out it's game
on them like in a gambling game.

For a lot of people to suffer a loss brings a temporary sadness and a few days later they go about their meery way thinking delusionally they will live forever and there is no place they will go
after death.

Pray for them but don't go scare them. it's not good to scare any one.
Many have lost faith in other religions because they were scared of going to hell.
Here in Buddhism we do not scare anyone.

We just share the plain Truth and we share too that you have the power to choose and to prepare
for yourself and for your family, your rrealtives and your friends where you and them can go
after death.

Palms together
Deep bows,
Des/boo-ngoh






Why share?

It's like saying why care?
If you care you sahre.
If you don't care you don't share.
It's that simple.

Sharing is also an act of generosity that has to be practiced.
If you are not used to giving you will not be used to sharing.
If you simply do not care and do not wish to give, you do not wish to share.
Is it asking too much to share???
Is it asking too much after all that you have received, to share some of your own?

Is it asking you too much to do good?? and you say no, thank you!!!!
It's like a double low blow to the person who has asked and who has given.
Sharing is also a letting go.
No matter how much a Buddhist a person is, no matter how much that Buddhist says
he/she has practiced, if he/she does not share, that just means he/she has not learned to let go.

You can't make advancement in your meditation practice, especially Samatha practice, if you do not let go.
If you do not let go in your practice you will not let go in life and you will not share in life.
Whether you are a house holder or not if you don't share you should think if you really do care?
If you care for Buddha Dharma Sangha????

It's that simple.
No, i need no super natural power.
I can just tell, you do not practice letting go and you are not an advanced meditator from not sharing.

Share does not have to a a scare.
Unless you are a control freak and want to keep everything you have to yourself, share is not scare.
Share is care.
Share is also a form of prayer.
Through sharing you pray silently others can benefit from what you have shared.

If sharing is such a diffcult thing for you to do, reflect on what kind of a person you are?
What kind of a Buddhist you are?
How you are doing in your practice?
How much faith and respect you have for Buddha Dharma Sangha?????

Palms together
Deep bows,
Des/boo-ngoh

Buddha Dharma Sangha:

As Buddhists we depend on Buddha Dharma Sangha for, in them we have sought refuge and protection.
That's a narrow way of looking at it.
We need to also look at it this way that, as Buddhists
We ought to have faith in and support Buddha Dharma Sangha.

Before becoming a Buddhist everyone has the right to doubt.
It's like before being born you have the choice of who you wish to have as parents.
But after we are born then who ever our parents are, they are our parents indeed.

So, before becoming Buddhists have as much doubt as you wish.
But after you examine everything and you have found it to be True and you have become a Buddhist,
then you need to have faith in and support Buddha Dharma Sangha.
Buddhists and Buddha Dharma Sangha inter-relate, and depend on each other.
And that's the law of Nature, that's Dharma.

Palms together
Deep bows,
Des/boo-ngoh

What Do You Want?

What do you really want in Buddhism?If you can want one thing, and one thing only, be sure you ask for the right thing. For a lot of time in Buddhism, the one thing very quickly becomes Zero. So if you are asked what you want, name it, and make very sure it is, indeed, the one thing you want as a Buddhist. If it is a choice between justice and Nirvana, which one would you ask? If you ask for justice, that one thing can become myriads of things, whereas if you ask for Nirvana, that one thing becomes zero and all yearnings are extinguished, and you will have chosen the one right thing.~ Desmond Chiong

Only in Buddhism

Can you be A Buddhist With no need To follow A central Authority & follow your own Dharma You own Buddha within With the sangha Of your free choice. Where can you get Such freedom, Such religion??? Palms together Deep bowsDes boo ngoh

Change

If it is just talk Means nothing Feels nothing. Change If it is felt & experienced Means Suffering. If that Suffering Is felt mindfully It turns to Wisdom. Change Is not just talk. Palms together Deep bowsDes boo ngoh

To Attain peace

Through killing Is never Justified in Buddhism. It's like Breaking the Precepts And wanting to Succeed in Meditation. It will not happen. In Buddhism The only way To Peace Is through Love The Universal love. Palms together Deep bowsDes boo ngoh

"Makan Daging = Busuk? tidak suci?" Setetes Dhamma Sebongkah Berlian

Pertapa Tissa berkata kepada Buddha Kassapa:1 Orang bajik yang makan padi-padian, buncis dankacang-kacangan, dedaunan dan akar-akaran yang dapatdimakan, serta buah dari tanaman rambat apa pun yangdiperoleh dengan benar, tidak akan berbohong karenakesenangan indera.2 O, Kassapa, engkau makan makanan apa pun yang diberikan orang lain, yang disiapkan dengan baik,diatur dengan indah, bersih dan menarik; dia yangmenikmati makanan seperti itu, yang terbuat dari nasi,berarti makan [daging yang membusuk, yangmengeluarkan] bau busuk.3 O, brahmana, walaupun engkau mengatakan bahwaserangan bau busuk itu tidak berlaku bagimu sementarakamu makan nasi dengan unggas yang disiapkan denganbaik, tetapi aku bertanya padamu apa arti ini: sepertiapa yang kau sebut bau busuk itu?4 Buddha Kassapa: Mengambil kehidupan, memukul, melukai, mengikat, mencuri, berbohong, menipu,pengetahuan yang tak berharga, berselingkuh; inilahbau busuk. Bukan makan daging.5 Di dunia ini, para individu yang tidak terkendalidalam kesenangan indera, yang serakah terhadap yangmanis-manis, yang berhubungan dengan tindakan-tindakanyang tidak murni, yang memiliki pandangan nihilisme,yang jahat, yang sulit diikuti; inilah bau busuk.Bukan makan daging.6 Di dunia ini, mereka yang kasar, sombong, memfitnah,berkhianat, tidak ramah, sangat egois, pelit, dantidak memberi apa pun kepada siapa pun, inilah baubusuk. Bukan makan daging.7 Kemarahan, kesombongan, kekeras kepalaan,permusuhan, penipuan, kedengkian, suka membual,egoisme yang berlebihan, bergaul dengan yang tidakbermoral; inilah bau busuk. Bukan makan daging.8 Mereka yang memiliki moral yang buruk, menolakmembayar utang, suka memfitnah, tidak jujur dalamusaha mereka, suka berpura-pura, mereka yang di duniaini menjadi orang yang teramat keji dan melakukanhal-hal salah seperti itu; inilah bau busuk. Bukanmakan daging.9 Mereka yang di dunia ini tidak terkendali terhadapmakhluk hidup, yang cenderung melukai setelahmengambil harta milik mereka, yang tidak bermoral,kejam, kasar, tidak memiliki rasa hormat; inilah baubusuk. Bukan makan daging.10 Mereka yang menyerang makhluk hidup karena keserakahan atau rasa permusuhan dan selalu cenderungjahat, akan menuju ke kegelapan. setelah kematian danjatuh terpuruk ke dalam alam-alam yang menyedihkan;inilah bau busuk. Bukan makan daging.11 Menjauhkan diri dari ikan dan daging, bugil,mencukur kepala, berambut gembel, melumuri diridengan abu, memakai kulit rusa yang kasar, menjaga api kurban; tak satu pun dari berbagai penebusan dosadi dunia yang dilakukan untuk tujuan yang tidak sehat-- termasuk jampi-jampi, persembahan keagamaan,pemberian korban maupun puasa musiman -- akanmenyucikan seseorang yang belum mengatasikeragu-raguannya.12 Dia yang hidup dengan indera yang terjaga dan terkendali, serta telah mantap di dalam Dhamma, akanbergembira dengan kehidupan yang lurus danlemah-lembut; yang sudah melampaui kemelekatan danmengatasi kesengsaraan; orang bijaksana itu tidakmelekat pada apa yang dilihat dan didengar.13 Demikianlah Buddha Kassapa mengkhotbahkan hal iniberulang-ulang. Pertapa yang pandai dalam syair-syair(Veda) itu memahaminya. Orang suci yang telah terbebasdari kekotoran batin, tidak melekat dan sulit diikuti,menyampaikan (khotbah) ini dalam bait-bait yang indah.14 Maka, setelah mendengarkan kata-kata indah yangmengakhiri semua penderitaan, yang diucapkan oleh SangBuddha yang telah terbebas dari kekotoran batin, diamemuja Sang Tathagata dengan segala kerendahan hatidan memohon untuk diterima masuk ke dalam Sangha ditempat itu juga.AMAGANDHA SUTTABau BusukArti spiritual dari 'ketidakmurnian'Sutta Nipata