Nirvana? Nibbana? Enlightenment (Nirvana or Nibbana in TheravadaBuddhism) is defined differently by almost whomever you ask. In the past, I attempted to define it, but basically relied on others before me to do the hard work. In the past, I thought there was just 1 kind of enlightenment....
Mind is only a faculty or organ (indriya) like the eye or the ear. 「意」不过是一个器官或官能,与眼耳一般。 It can be controlled and developed like any other faculty, 它像别的官能一样,可以予以控制及发展。 and the Buddha speaks quite often of the value of controlling and disciplining t...
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hence the saying: “Walking is Chan, sitting is Chan—whether in motion or quietude, one is constantly at ease.” This is how an enlightened one lives. The state of Chan is also like “a dragon (naga) in total absorption
because human language is too poor to express the real nature of the Absolute Truth or Ultimate Reality which is Nirvana. 因为人类的语言太贫乏了,不足以表达 涅槃这种绝对真理、最终实相。 Language is created and used by masses of human beings ...
Thanks to Jacomo for letting me know that, like the previously noted "West End Girls," "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)" is used in the Slovak television drama Sĺub. I've noted this in the entry for that song at #6 in in my list of Pet Shop Boys songs used in films...
neurobehavioral disorder of great complexity ‐ disorder with a genetic pedigree diagnostic criteria of ADHD ‐ and what it is like to live with the disorder Kurt Cobain and Michael Phelps' ADHD ‐ two faces of the same coin, creative backbone and front man of Nirvana, ADHD with comorbidities ...
7 spectacular saunas in Sweden – a hot and cold experience like no other Nordic Nirvana – experience Swedish spa resorts and sauna rituals Round tripsRound tripsView all Take a road trip in beautiful Skåne and Blekinge Naturum, Vänerskärgården, Victoriahuset and Läckö Castle ...
The top-selling album so far this year, by a huge margin, is the saccharine soundtrack to the Disney animated hit, “Frozen”. When, like me, you’re over 40 and you believe the music industry has been in decline since in 1993 (the year Nirvana released in Utero), it’s easy to ...
paralysing effect…..‘Everything is what it is and not another thing.’ Embarked on this course, you soon attain a sort of philosophical nirvana, in which nothing that matters can be said about anything.The very use of language commits the historian, like the scientist, to generalization....