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Buddhist thought

in world situations today

By Ashin Kelasa

I pay homage to the Buddha, who has eradicated all the defilement, and fully enlightened by himself.

Death of torroris

Everyone is followed by the death of terrorist.

Why not human is afraid of it!

"Ignorance is bliss" said the fools.

Ignorance lying in mind is deceving.

Everyone is cheated not to see truth.

Everyone wants to be deceived.

Beautiful is wisdom on blood,

Phlegm , faces, pus, urine, etc.

Real substance in human being.

They are going to kill human as a terrorist.

Every one is closely wanted by the death of terrorist.

May everyone realise their own terrorist,

Ups and Downs

Life goes ups and downs;

Not ups alone are kept straight

But downs are matched.

Ups and downs look like good friends.

One should learn how to live

In between ups and downs.

One always expecting ups will be suffered;

One always expecting downs will be suffered too.

Remember no religion or god will keep you better.

You and your wisdom will make you the best of all.

Learn from ups how to let go;

Learn from downs how to let go;

Keep going how to let ups and downs go.

Difficult is to live in between ups and downs.

Easy is when wisdom is born.

Ups and downs will be balanced through wisdom

     True Freedom

Thing are quickly changed by the law of nature;

Those who open the eyes of wisdom see clearly.

Nothing is permanent;

Nobody will be alive forever.

The winter must change to the summer;

The summer will change to  rains;

The rains will also change to the winter again.

The young must change to the old;

The old  will change to the sick;

The sick will change to the dead.

The death will come into being again.

Everyone and everything goes this way.

Nobody and nothing is truly converted

But naturally changed by universal law.

I am happy to understand this.

Only when I understand this

Do I feel free from boondages.

May everyone understand thus.

True Beauty

    Human Beings are all the same; the environment makes people change to let them live with it harmoniously.

    People have to change their habits and behaviors in particular culture to adjust with surrounding.

    Of course, we must change our habits and behaviors when we live in particular culture. If we do not want to change our habits and behaviors, we will be hard to live with people in that culture.

    Everything is always changing through time; we must change in the current with society. If we do not change with the time and particular people, we must die because we are under pressure to change. Of course, we do not want to change not because of conservative ideas  but because of devotion to our particular culture. We  should not blame those who do not want  to change their habits  but  we should be patient and time will tell them what they  should do. They have to listen to the time and they must obey the other of the time. The old are leaving the world and the young are leading the world. Actually, Buddhism teaches how to leave and how to lead the world. Leaving peacefully and leading peacefully are very necessary to all over the world. Man is greedy and easy to take position but hard to leave the position they have taken. It makes some unnecessary problems that put sharp suffering on the humanity. It is too bad.

    Expectation is nothing but suffering. Nothing is possible to expect but changing. Changing is the true nature of the world. If something is not changed, it will be perfect. Perfect is beyond the nature. Nature is not able to talk about perfect. People  always want to be perfect but the problem is impossible.

    Dreaming and thinking to much for the future  not nothing but misery. Human beings are used to dreaming and
thinking about the future, This  is the reason why they are suffering. Therefore, suffering is a part of life.Money is a good  servant but a bad master. With money people are suspicious and doubtful. NO trust is possible with money. People are fighting for money even in the same family. Therefore,money is the first enemy of our world. Everybody must be careful of how to live with money so that you can't be destroyed by money.

    Life based on fame and gains or friends and popularity is dangerous; believe me you will find yourself suffering. However,life based on simplicity and morality will be happy and makes you enjoy. The two ways of  life-style are completely different and the taste of life is also very different.

    Of course, nothing is easy and difficult is lazy.We need time and practice taking the first step to the goal without expectation. Expectation will keep you suffered. Life is influenced by someone else. Good is being influenced by the wise and the moral. Success is nothing if there is no morality. Blind honor of success is dangerous but honor of morality is marvelous because there are a few people who can honor morality. When  life is influenced by the fools, it will make you suffer. You need education, wisdom and knowledge to choose who should be a good example of your life. In Buddhist Philosophy men and women are equally important. The wife should be treated in  sweet way by the husband and mutually, the wife should respect the husband by keeping house works neatly and tidily said by Buddha in Singalovada Sutta.

    In my opinion, women are more important than men because we are all in close touch with our mothers and closely cared by our mothers. Look at popular and famous leaders of the world; they are all closely brought up by the mothers. We all are grown up in the hands of our mothers. Therefore, all the mothers need good education to take care of the children who are future leaders of the world. Mother's love is the most beautiful part of universe  and it keeps the world cool and peacefully.Children are fairly influenced by the parents in moral, spiritual and philosophical values. If the parents are well educated, the children  will be interested in education as well. Therefore, mutually the education of children and the parents are truly important. Good-heartedness  of the children of the children and parents are also important because education alone is not enough but good-heartedness , wisdom, and practical approach to life problems how to deals are all necessary for the progress oflife.

    There are so many problems with educated  people because they do not know how to be good in heart. Being good is different form doing good. Being good is not easy as doing good. Actually, the world is honest enough but human beings are so hard to live in honest way. However, religions try to help humanity to see better condition. They also have their own problems to quietly fight other religious faiths considering that their faith alone is right but the other's are wrong. It is also not really honest, nobody can judge anyone. It is hard even to judge oneself because you can change you mind any moment. Nothing is certain but death. This is always written on my door reminding me to prepare for my death and to to let things go  because they are all not certain to be with me forever. When we divide humanity, we can see there parts:one is lower disposition, second is normal disposition, third is higher disposition.

Those who have lower disposition will always think lower for self benefit  by fair means or foul. They may always live in cheating others for their own profits.The second kind of people is normal; they will not disturb the others and they will not try to develop their own secular and spiritual profits. Third kind of people is always thinking higher and working higher for their  own profits and the profits of the others; they will be kind and wise to help the others without taking any advantage of the others

Enjoy

MY mind creates  a devil in my heart.

Mind and heart are always fighting

To watch way they should go.

Mind wants to keep the emotions created by it

But heart keeps telling what i should.

I'm complicated to see truth happens too late.

It's my karma; it's also life!

My heart's always telling me the truth;

My mind always keeps me quite.

When I see truth happens too late,

I'm not restless but sad and miserable.

But I enjoy myself.

Heart's Speaking

     Heart is a true poet. When heart is speaking through deed emotional level, everything will be go poetic, soft, gentle, beautiful, authentic, and true. Heart's speaking is not thinking buta deep feeling of the truth one has realized.

    In the time of the Buddha, many monks converted from Brahmanism to Buddhism. They used many poems to express their faith and emotions to The Buddha and his taching.

   They praise the goodness of  the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha taditionally known as the Triple Gems in Buddism. I admire them very much and i want to write my feelings in Poems.

   I don't know how much I'm good in writing poems and  how many people will agree with me  by reading my heart. Any way, I have done it; everyone can tell mesome commments; i will be happy to receive them.

   Actually, I don't want  to share only feeling but also wisdom if one can learn from my writing. I will truly be happy when one can acquire some wisdom to help one's life. I hope you will get some.
 

 Why do we not treat our friends and compainons the same way? If we think they let us down and deserve to be abondomed, the fault is ours , not theirs. We expect to much; we want perfection in an imperfect world.   " Thubten Gyatso"

Buddhism has the characteristics of what  would be expected in a cosmic religion for the furture; it transcends a personal God, avoid dogmas and theology ;it covers both the natural and spiritual and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of  all things, natural, and spiritual as meaning ful unity . If there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs; it would be Buddhism. " Albert Einstein"

When i do good, I feel good. When i do bad, i feel bad. That is my religion. : " Abraham Lincoln"

Don't disregard merit saying it will not come to me, By each drop of water is a weater-jar filled. Similarly the wise man gathering  little by little. Fills himself with good. " Buddha"

Let us live happily, not hating those who hate us . Among  those who hate us, let us live free from hatred. Let us live happily and free from ailment , let us live happily and be free from greed; among those who are greed. " Buddha"

Easy seen are other's faults, Hard indeed it is to see one's own faults. " Budddha"

NO enemy can harm one so much as one's own thoughts of craving, hate and jealousy." Buddha"

All tremble at punishment,all fear death; comparing others with oneself, One should neither kill nor cause to kill."Buddha"

Hatred does not cease by hatred; BY love alone does it cause. " Buddha"