Be one with the world and be at peace. Do not be in want and end up at odds with the world. Be blessed by being simple, humble and pure. That makes one pleasant to others and easy to please.
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That is the way to be one with one and all - to love and be loved. Serve and be served. Serve not to lord and control. Learn from others you are serving on how best to serve them.
Do not impose and make others learn at all cost. Learn from those who can learn from you even before they can learn from you. This is the tradition of the holy ones. Empathize. Have love that is of 360 degree.
Love is not one way traffic or others will end up as servants and you the master. Serve and be served. You too can be a holy one like the one in picture above. All it takes is to love and be loved.
Loving kindness is the highest conduct and is universal to all cultures and religious traditions. It is the aspect of the inner truth behind all faiths that the good lord the messenger of God and saints Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 refers to time and again. The Buddha elucidates this comprehensively. Do have the habit of revisiting his discourse on Loving Kindness in our daily life.
Do live in love - to love and be loved. For this, we must be good, not be bad and be pure - free from false views, clinging and ill-will. We must have good-will even to those with ill-will but we need to be correct as well - not be blind in meting out good-will.
But we must be understanding, patient, tolerant and not expect instant Buddhas out of mere men. We must be able to stomach upsets and still want to help and to love. That is not easy and will be a balancing act of sorts.
To love life and be loved by many, the Buddha adds that we must have certain qualities to begin with. We must be humble, gentle, upright, easily contented, simple in livelihood, and be easy to get along with (not burden to others). We can have family but must not be greedily attached to excessive family concerns, or we will be hassled and bogged down by overboard family concerns. We must let go (not cling) but yet belong to life and live life (see highlighted in red below).
In the Loving Kindness Discourse below, the Buddha not only states the prerequisites for anyone to cultivate love for life and be loved in life by others, he goes further on the who and the how to extend loving kindness.
Interesting point is that even if one who is new to the practice is angry with others, he should not wish harm or cause hurt to others. Of course, it is best to have no anger at all but well, let us be frank. Most of us still have anger.
At least we must not wish harm. That we still have anger does not mean we cannot live in love of life - our own and that of others. We can always improve and make it step by step.
The Discourse on Loving kindness
Do live in love - to love and be loved. For this, we must be good, not be bad and be pure - free from false views, clinging and ill-will. We must have good-will even to those with ill-will but we need to be correct as well - not be blind in meting out good-will.
But we must be understanding, patient, tolerant and not expect instant Buddhas out of mere men. We must be able to stomach upsets and still want to help and to love. That is not easy and will be a balancing act of sorts.
To love life and be loved by many, the Buddha adds that we must have certain qualities to begin with. We must be humble, gentle, upright, easily contented, simple in livelihood, and be easy to get along with (not burden to others). We can have family but must not be greedily attached to excessive family concerns, or we will be hassled and bogged down by overboard family concerns. We must let go (not cling) but yet belong to life and live life (see highlighted in red below).
In the Loving Kindness Discourse below, the Buddha not only states the prerequisites for anyone to cultivate love for life and be loved in life by others, he goes further on the who and the how to extend loving kindness.
Interesting point is that even if one who is new to the practice is angry with others, he should not wish harm or cause hurt to others. Of course, it is best to have no anger at all but well, let us be frank. Most of us still have anger.
At least we must not wish harm. That we still have anger does not mean we cannot live in love of life - our own and that of others. We can always improve and make it step by step.
The Discourse on Loving kindness
highlight the above and left click mouse to go to site  Karanîya mattha kusalena He who is skilled in doing good, Yantam santam padam abhi-samecca and who wishes to attain that state of calm (i.e. Nirvana) should act thus : Sakko ujû ca sûjû ca He should be able, upright, perfectly upright, Suvaco cassa mudu anatimâni obedient, gentle and humble.  Contented, easily supportable (not a burden to others), Appa-kicco ca sallahuka-vutti with few duties, simple in livelihood. Santindriyo ca nipako ca Controlled in senses, discreet, not impudent; Appa-gabbho kulesu ananu giddho Not greedily attached to families. He should not commit any slight wrong, Yena viññû pare upava-deyyum so that other wise men might deplore Sukhino vâ khemino hontu May all beings be happy and safe, Sabbe sattâ bhavantu sukhi-tattâ may their hearts be happy. Whatsoever living beings that exist; Tasâvâ thâvarâ vâ anava sesâ weak, or strong, without exception, Dighâ vâ ye mahantâ vâ long, stout or medium, Majjhimâ-rassa-kânuka thûlâ short, small or large. Those seen (visible) or unseen (not visible) Ye ca dûre vasanti avidûre and those dwelling far or near, Bhûtâ vâ sambhavesi vâ those who are born and those who are to be born. Sabbe sattâ bhavantu sukhi-tattâ May all beings, without exception, be happy minded. Let no one deceive another Nâti-mannêtha katthaci nam kanci nor despise anyone anywhere. Byâro-sanâ patigha-saññâ In anger or ill will, Nâññâ-maññassa dukkha-miccheyya let them not wish each other harm. Just as a mother would guard her only child Âyusâ eka-putta-manu rakkhe at the risk of her own life, Evampi sabba bhûtesu even so towards all beings Mânasam-bhâvaye apari-mânam let him cultivate boundless mind. Let thoughts of boundless love pervade the whole world; Manasam-bhâvaye apari-mânam above, below and across Uddham adhô ca tiriyanca without any obstruction, Asam-bâdham averam asa-pattam without any hatred, without any enmity. Whether he stands, walks, sits Sayâno vâ yâva tassa vigata middho or lies down, as long as he is awake, Etam satim adhitthheyya he should develop this mindfulness. Brahma metam viharam idha-mâhu This they say is the Highest conduct here. Not falling into (wrong) views, Dassa-nena sampanno virtuous and endowed with vision (insight), Kâmesu vineyya gedham he discards attachment to sensuous desires. Nahi jâtu gabbha seyyam punaretî ti Truly, he does not come again; to be conceived in a womb. By the firm determination of this truth may I/you ever be well. Etena sacca vajjena - Sabba rogo vinasatu By the firm determination of this truth may I/you be free from illness. Etena sacca vajjena - Hotu me/te jaya mangalam By the firm determination of this truth may peaceful victory be mine/yours!    |
