Long is the night to the wakeful; long is the league to the weary; long is the samsara to the foolish who know not the Sublime Truth.
If, as the disciple fares along, he meets no companion who is better or equal, let him firmly pursue his solitary career. There is no fellowship with the foolish.
``Sons have I; wealth have I'': Thus is the fool worried; Verily, he himself is not his own. Whence sons? Whence wealth?
The fool who knows that he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man; the fool who thinks that he is wise is called a fool indeed.
Though a fool, through all his life, associates with a wise man, he no more understands the Dhamma than a spoon (tastes) the flavour of soup.
Though an intelligent person, associates with a wise man for only a moment, he quickly understands the Dhamma as the tongue (tastes) the flavour of soup.
Fools of little wit move about with the very self as their own foe, doing evil deeds the fruit of which is bitter.
That deed is not well done when, after having done it, one repents, and when weeping, with tearful face, one reaps the fruit thereof.
That deed is well done when, after having done it, one repents not, and when, with joy and pleasure, one reaps the fruit thereof.
As sweet as honey is an evil deed, so thinks the fool so long as it ripens not; but when it ripens, then he comes to grief.
Month after month, a fool may eat only as much food as can be picked up on the tip of a kusa grass blade; but he is not worth a sixteenth part of them who have comprehended the Truth.
Verily, an evil deed committed does not immediately bear fruit, just as milk curdles not at once; smouldering, it follows the fool like fire covered with ashes.
To his ruin, indeed, the fool gains knowledge and fame; they destroy his bright lot and cleave his head.
The fool will desire undue reputation, precedence among monks, authority in the monasteries, honour among other families.
Let both laymen and monks think, ``by myself was this done; in everywork, great or small, let them refer to me''. Such is the ambition of the fool; his desires and pride increase.
Surely, the path that leads to wordly gain in one, and the path that leads to Nibbana is another; understanding this, the Bhikkhu, the disciple of the Buddha, should not rejoice in worldly favours, but cultivate detachment.
True Jayasiri. This is call cheap propaganda ha ha ha
On Thu Jun 24th, 2010 2:22 PM PDT Jayasri wrote:
>God cannot protect one's own actions.
>Our actions, thoughts and words take us to heaven or hell !!!
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>May all be well & happy !
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>From: Rizgal <riz4u2k@yahoo.com>
>Subject: [wasadesa] Islam would have saved Michael Jackson, says brother
>To: "gossip-lanka Group" <gossip-lanka@yahoogroups.com>, "machang Group" <machang@yahoogroups.com>, "ProtectMyReligion Group" <protectmyreligion@yahoogroups.com>, "wasadesa Group" <wasadesa@yahoogroups.com>, "yahaluyeheli Group" <yahaluyeheli@yahoogroups.com>
>Received: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 9:16 PM
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> First Published 2010-06-24
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>Jermaine kissing his brother Michael
>Islam would have saved Michael Jackson, says brother
>Jermaine Jackson says it was he who originally caused Michael to move to Bahrain from US.
>LONDON - Converting to Islam would have saved the life of pop legend Michael Jackson, his brother Jermaine said in an interview to be aired Thursday.
>Speaking ahead of the first anniversary Friday of the death of the "King of Pop" at the age of 50 from a prescription drug overdose, he told the BBC that his brother should have left the United States.
>"I felt that if Michael would have embraced Islam he would still be here today and I say that for many reasons," Jermaine Jackson, who is a Muslim, told BBC World Service radio.
>"Why? Because when you are 100 per cent clear in your mind as to who you are and what you are and why you are and everybody around you, then things change in a way that's better for you. It's just having that strength."
>He added: "God is so powerful. He was
> studying. He was reading a lot of books, because I brought him books from Saudi Arabia. I brought him books from Bahrain."I was the one who originally put him in Bahrain because I wanted him to get out of America because it was having a cherry-picking time on my brother."
>Jackson was found dead in his rented Los Angeles mansion on June 25 last year, a seismic celebrity death which triggered a global outpouring of tributes for the eccentric genius.
>On Friday, Jackson fans are expected to pay their respects to their idol at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the LA suburb of Glendale, a star-studded cemetery where the singer's golden casket was entombed last September.
>Jackson said his brother was not against converting to Islam."All of his security became Muslims because he trusted Islam, because these are people who would lay their lives down and also who were trying to be the best kind of
> human beings they could possibly be not for Michael Jackson, for God," he said."So having those people around, you knew that you would be protected because it is protection from God," he added.
>The year since Jackson's sudden death had been "tough," he said."There aren't no words to describe the feeling. It's a feeling that one would only know once they experience it. We are just learning to live with it. We'll never get over it," he added
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