Hi🙂. I am Thai🇹🇭.The Buddha taught that everyone can pray to God, but no one will not experience separation from what they love because everything changes and decays. When it comes to life, death is a natural thing. And prayer is not the cause of success. He gave an example that if we want oil, spread sand on the ground, sprinkle water, and squeeze, we will not get oil. Even if we pray to God, we will not get oil. But if we spread sesame seeds on the ground, sprinkle water, and squeeze, we will definitely get oil without having to pray to God. The Buddha taught that success comes from creating the right causes, not from prayer.
This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the wise would later reprove. Wishing: In gladness and in safety, May all beings be at ease. Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far away, Those born and to-be-born - May all beings be at ease! Let none deceive another, Or despise any being in any state. Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and ill-will. Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down Free from drowsiness, One should sustain this recollection. This is said to be the sublime abiding. By not holding to fixed views, The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, Being freed from all sense desires, Is not born again into this world -Metta Sutra
Thank you for all your beautiful teachings. What can you share about Parvati and her other aspects (Kali, Durga, Shakti)?
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Hi🙂. I am Thai🇹🇭.The Buddha taught that everyone can pray to God, but no one will not experience separation from what they love because everything changes and decays. When it comes to life, death is a natural thing. And prayer is not the cause of success. He gave an example that if we want oil, spread sand on the ground, sprinkle water, and squeeze, we will not get oil. Even if we pray to God, we will not get oil. But if we spread sesame seeds on the ground, sprinkle water, and squeeze, we will definitely get oil without having to pray to God. The Buddha taught that success comes from creating the right causes, not from prayer.
Great stuff brother.
Happy new year.
Love and blessings!
This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech,
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied,
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,
Not proud or demanding in nature.
Let them not do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing: In gladness and in safety,
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born -
May all beings be at ease!
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being in any state.
Let none through anger or ill-will
Wish harm upon another.
Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings;
Radiating kindness over the entire world:
Spreading upwards to the skies,
And downwards to the depths;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.
By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world
-Metta Sutra
They are all an allegory about the SUN.☀️
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