BODHISATTVA VOW

BODHISATTVA VOW

"May I help liberate all beings.
May I transcend all delusions.
May I master all Dhamma teachings
May I embody the enlightened way of Buddha."

Lou Beaulieu

Nirvana.....................................................

" There is a domain, where there is no earth, no water, no fire, no wind, no sphere of nothingness, no sphere of infinite consciousness, no sphere of either awareness or non-awareness, there is not this world, there is not another world, there is no sun, no moon.
I do not call this coming or going, nor standing, nor dying, nor being reborn, it is without support, without occurrence, without object.
Just this is the end of suffering."

Buddha Nature

Buddha Nature

Having the clarity to see things as they actually are, is Buddha nature.
Acting with the well being of all in mind, is Buddha nature.
Really understanding the human condition, is Buddha nature.
Knowing when and when not to act, is Buddha nature.
Being able to act with peace and compassion, is Buddha nature.
Being able to anticipate problems and avoid them, is Buddha Nature.

Past lives

Past Lives

How did it feel to be alive one hundred,

or one thousand, or five thousand years ago?

When one can recollect their past lives they

would probably say-

"It feels the same now as before and will afterwards,

year after year, day after day, moment after moment."

Lou Beaulieu

Five human motivational drives

Five basic human motivational drives
1) Power
2) Money or wealth
3) Sensory pleasures
4) Possession of things
5) Status in life

To want to govern the will of people or nations or organizations or to control
ones behavior or what others say and do and other like things, is having power.
To to be able to purchase whatever you desire and other like things
is money or having wealth.
To have what is pleasing to the body, mind and emotions and other like things
is to acquire sensory pleasures.
To want to acquire, desire to have, houses, gadgets and other
like things, is possession of things.
To want to become noticed as rich, sexy, intelligent, famous
and other like things, is to have status in life.
Lou Beaulieu

Five mental and emotional detriments

Five basic mental & emotional detriments in life
1) Ill will
2) Lethargy or topor
3) Sensory desires
4) Restlessness & anxiety
5) Uncertainty or doubt

When we think not so nice things or wish not so nice things to happen
for someone else or towards ourselves, it is ill will that is a detriment.
When our mind becomes over tired, fustrated, melancholy, depressed,
we do not care about anything, it is lethargy that is a detriment.
When our feelings are not satisfied, through one of the senses
it is our sensory that is a detriment
When we become nervous or anxious our mind is tossing and turning
it is restlessness and anxiety that is a detriment.
When we do not or cannot understand what is going on,
it is uncertainty that is a detriment
Lou Beaulieu

Four bodily truths

Contemplation of Four Bodily truths
1)Stress
2)Cause of stress
3)Cessation of stress
4)Method of cessation of stress
Stress is responsible for bodily sickness, mental and emotional illnesses
which vary in intensity according to the duration of the stress applied to the body.
The shorter the stress the faster the body starts to heal and rejuvenate itself.
The more we do not manage and reduce stress effectively, the more times
we become stressful the more damage we can do to ourselves.
Experts agree that , stress is the number one occupational hazard.
"Please manage stress before stress manages you.
One method for the cessation of stress is meditation.
Try meditation and discover for yourself."
Lou Beaulieu

SITTING TURTLE SPEAKS

When I first met Sitting Turtle she said without

speaking a word that there was an old Turtle saying.

I said nothing and waited a few moments then she replied.

" Sitting quietly doing nothing

spring comes and the grass

grows by itself."