Invataturile lui Buddha
On life’s journey
Faith is nourishment,
Virtuous deeds are a shelter,
Wisdom is the light by day
And right mindfulness is the protection by night
If a man lives a pure life noting can destroy him;
If he has conquered greed nothing can limit is freedom.
Believe in nothing on the faith of traditions,
Even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places.
Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it.
Do not believe the faith on the sages of the past.
Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you.
Believe noting on the sole authority of your masters and priests.
After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.
One of his students asked Buddha: “Are you the messiah?”
“No”, answered Buddha.
“Then are you a healer?”
“No”, Buddha replied.
“Then are you a teacher?” the student persisted.
“No. I am not a teacher.”
“Then what are you?” Asked the student, exasperated.
“I am awake”, Buddha replied.
Live in joy, in love,
Even among those who hate.
Live in joy, in health,
Even among the afflicted.
Live in joy, in peace,
Even among the troubled.
Look within. Be still.
Free from fear and attachment,
Know the sweet joy of living in the way.
If you want others to be happy,
Practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
Practice compassion.
As the Buddha was dying, Ananda asked
who would be their teacher after death.
He replied to his disciple:
“Be lamps into yourselves.
Be refuges into yourselves.
Take yourself no external refuge.
Hold fast to the truth of the lamp.
Hold fast to the truth of a refuge.
Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves.
And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead,
Shall be a lamp into themselves,
Shall betake themselves as no external refuge,
But holding fast to the truth as their lamp,
Holding fast to the truth as their refuge,
Shall not look for refuge in anyone else besides themselves,
It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height,
But they must be anxious to learn.”
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery.
We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace.
The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger, attachment, fear, suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsability, are the sources of peace and happiness.
Fill your mind with compassion.
Be awake
Love yourself and be awake -
Today, tomorrow, always.
First, establish yourself in the way,
then teach others,
and so defeat sorrow.
To straighten the crooked
you must first do a harder thing -
Straighten yourself.
You are the only master. Who else?
Subdue yourself,
and discover your master.
Fools wait for a lucky day
But every day is a lucky day
For an industrious man.
We are what we tink.
And what we are arises from our thoughts.
With our thoughts, we make our world.
Pay no attention to the faults of others,
Things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
The secret of happiness lies in the mind’s release from worldly ties.
Ce te-a determinat sa te convertesti la Budism?
Poate nu vrei sa raspunzi la intrebare si te inteleg daca e asa.
E o poveste mai lunga si mai degraba un proces intreg, decat o simpla decizie de moment. Eu nu am fost niciodata credincioasa. de mica refuzam sa-mi spun rugaciunile si sa merg la biserica pentru ca nu reusea nimeni sa-mi dea un raspuns edificator asupra motivelor pentru care as vrea sa fac asta. Ulterior, am devenit atee si mare admiratoare a lui Nietzsche. Se intampla in liceu. Am facut cunostinta cu filosofia si am dat si asa am dat peste filosofia budista in care am inceput sa gasesc raspunsuri, la intrebarile pe care mi le puneam si nu gaseam inainte nici un raspuns. Poate a contat si plusul de experienta, dar am simtit ca pur si simplu rezonez foarte bine cu acea gandire. Asa ca am aderat la ea.
Singura chestie care ma irita un pic de cand sunt budista este ploaia de mesaje, telefoane si urari pe mess de pasti si de sarbatori crestine. dupa ce ca sunt impersonale, date dintr-o “obligatie” mascata de “politete”, multe si clise-istice, mai sunt si complet inutile
Si eu refuzam de multe ori sa imi spun rugaciunea de seara cand eram mica sau sa merg la biserica. Tata incerca mereu sa ma convinga ca e bine si ca trebuie mers la biserica. Niciodata nu mi-au placut slujbele ortodoxe si strabunica mea a incercat sa ma creasca dupa credinta evanghelica spre marea disperarea a nasilor mei. Candva m-am hotarat sa ma confirm la religia evanghelica. Nici acum nu sunt pe deplin multumita, de rugat nu ma rog (poate doar inaintea unui eveniment important), iar la biserica nu am mai fost (la o slujba) de vreo 2-3 ani.
Cunosc sentimentul
Totusi, eu ma duc de Inviere la biserica, evident, nu pentru mine (pentru mine nu inseamna absolut nimic chestia aia decat… ies pe afara la 12 noaptea si ma plimb cu o lumanare in mana 
, dar Cata merge si ma duc si eu cu el 
daca inseamna ceva pt el… fac si eu un efort
O singura data am fost la Inviere acum vreo 2 sau 3 ani cu prietenul meu de pe atunci (am facut si eu un efort
) si am fost si in biserica. Stateam cu frica in san ca nu cumva sa-mi dea careva foc din greseala cu lumanarea. Erau 10 oameni pe metru patrat in mitropolie. A fost prima si ultima data cand am fost la Inviere. Dar totusi, nu ar strica sa merg o data la biserica evanghelica de Pasti 
Pentru par imi faceam si eu cele mai mari griji
Pe vremea aia era si mai lung si usor inflamabil 
Eu il am lung si des. Pericol maxim
Cand eram mica era luuuung si deees… Aveam o pleata superba, inca o mai am pe undeva
Oricum, imi ador culoarea parului si toti ma intreaba daca sunt vopsita 
Inca o mai ai pe undeva?
Si eu aveam o pleata superba si lunga. Pana intr-o zi cand m-am dus la o coafeza recomandata de o “prietena” ca sa-mi tund varfurile si m-am trezit cu parul pana la umeri! Inca ma chinui sa mi-l cresc la loc 
O mai am pe undeva, da. A insistat mama sa o pastram
Am fost si eu o data sa ma tund la un nene recomandat de o prietena si i-am zis sa taie vreo 2-3 cm. Ei bine, m-am trezit cu parul scurt, pana la umeri 
Nu avea nici o forma, orice i-as fi facut statea tot aiurea. 
De atunci imi este frica sa ma tund 
Vai, avem aceeasi experienta traumatizanta si fobie de tuns
sa nu-mi zici ca si tu ai o coada impletita pusa la pastrare undeva prin casa 
O coada impletita am pastrat undeva prin casa
fa-i si o poza
Am sa-i fac