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I will cause all living beings to cross the ocean of birth and death if they have not yet done so. I will cause them to emancipate themselves from suffering if they have not yet done so. I will cause them to have peace of mind if they have not yet done so. I will cause them to attain Nirvana if they have not yet done so.
— Buddha
Category: Buddhism
Ohigan and Effort the 4th Paramita (with French Translation)
Today is the Equinox, the heart of the Ohigan season, and today I’ll write about Effort. The French translation for this post appears at the end. Translation done by Luca Guccione By some accounts the Six Paramitas came about as a Mahayana response to what they felt was an over emphasis on development of self by only adhering to the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path, which are primarily focused on self. Effort as…
Ohigan and Paramita 3
The third paramita or perfection is patience. Ah, patience…. That elusive trait that I have difficulties in giving to others and in giving to myself. As I was thinking about this it occurred to me that it is different than being tolerant, at least as I see it. Let me give an example to see if you can follow my thinking. If I tolerate something that someone is doing then I am ‘granting’ them or…
Ohigan and Six Paramitas No. 2
The word paramita was originally translated into Chinese from two wordsparam and ita. Param translated as “to the other shore” and ita as ” reached.” It is believed that by observing the Paramitas one is able to cross the shore of birth and death and reach the shore of nirvana. In this installment of my six part blog on the Six Paramitas I will talk some about number two, Observing the Precepts. There are many precepts given…
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Ohigan and Effort the 4th Paramita (with French Translation)
Today is the Equinox, the heart of the Ohigan season, and today I’ll write about Effort. The French translation for this post appears at the end. Translation done by Luca Guccione By some accounts the Six Paramitas came about as a Mahayana response to what they felt was an over emphasis on development of self by only adhering to the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path, which are primarily focused on self. Effort as…
Ohigan and Paramita 3
The third paramita or perfection is patience. Ah, patience…. That elusive trait that I have difficulties in giving to others and in giving to myself. As I was thinking about this it occurred to me that it is different than being tolerant, at least as I see it. Let me give an example to see if you can follow my thinking. If I tolerate something that someone is doing then I am ‘granting’ them or…
Ohigan and Six Paramitas No. 2
The word paramita was originally translated into Chinese from two wordsparam and ita. Param translated as “to the other shore” and ita as ” reached.” It is believed that by observing the Paramitas one is able to cross the shore of birth and death and reach the shore of nirvana. In this installment of my six part blog on the Six Paramitas I will talk some about number two, Observing the Precepts. There are many precepts given…