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Afghanistan’s giant Buddhas rise again with 3D light projection
When ancient civilisations go to war, they often sack the city and destroy the capital. With it, often also goes the main city shrine or temple. In some ways, this is an early form of psychological warfare, to destroy the opposing troops’ morale.
How so? By destroying the main shrine, it is a challenge or evidence that either they are no longer in the favour of the divinity or god(s) or that the god(s) they worship is not all powerful or as powerful as the invading army.
In the context of such a belief, one can imagine how traumatising it is for one’s shrine or temple to be destroyed.
How about Buddhism? Is it the same? Did the Buddha make claims of being all powerful?
The simple answer is no. The Buddha did not make any such claims.
Instead, the Buddha taught us as he observed it, that all conditioned phenomena are impermanent, subject to change, are inconstant, not eternal or everlasting, including whatever shrine, temple, mountain, or for that matter, the whole universe.
So ironically, when the Buddha statues were destroyed fourteen years ago, the very teachings of the Buddha was illustrated and brought alive!
Sabbe Sankhara aniccati!
All conditioned phenomena are impermanent! 🙂
Reference
BAIFA – 20170823
大乘百法明門論
Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas
Chapter 2 – Mental Concomittants: 6 Primary Defilements: Wrong Views
pg 24
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New Classes Sep 2017
Two new classes are starting in September.
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Meditation Class
The Heart Sutra workshop is back. Please note that the class will be taught in Mandarin for this run.
BAIFA – 20170816
大乘百法明門論
Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas
Chapter 2 – Mental Concomittants: 6 Primary Defilements: Wrong Views
Review of our own Practices
pg 24
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Birthday Wishes
So last month, my best friend asked me to share my birthday wishes. This is what I shared.
| Best Friend | Moi |
| Whats your birthday wishlist | |
| mmmmmm | |
| I dun really have much of a birthday wish … ‘cos it was not a thing for us at home in the past … to celebrate our birthdays | |
| Ah so cute | |
| hehe | |
| So honestly if you ask me | |
| So how do y’all sleeve your birthday? | |
| Today if you ask me | |
| Spend | |
| Mmhm | |
| If there is something that can really come true | |
| from my birthday wish | |
| If there is no limit to it | |
| Mmhmm | |
| I would wish for all beings to be completely free of defilements and suffering | |
| But | |
| Knowing that my birthday wish may have limited power | |
| lol | |
| Haha | |
| I would then wish for all beings to be at least free of suffering for one day | |
| It might misfired to be materialized for all beings from some other planet | |
| But perhaps that may still be a lil bit of a stretch | |
| Mmhm | |
| ? THAT WOULD BRING ME MUCH JOY ❤ (misfiring to be materialised for all beings from some other planet) | |
| I would wish for all beings to cease any harmful actions … even if just for one day | |
| Imagine for a day, where all guns cease to fire | |
| THE PROCESS IS PROLLY ALREADY HAPPENING 😀 | |
| ? | Where all knives do not meet the throat of trembling beings |
| Somewhere kalpas later you see that the seeds were already rooting now | |
| Where claws and fangs do not sink into the flesh of another | |
| Where perhaps, even hurtful words are not uttered | |
| Where people live free of fear and anxiety | nod nod |
| Only the joyful melody of truth is heard | |
| And beings have thoughts of care and love for all their eyes met | |
| Joyful melody of truth | (((: |
| With their heart at ease and in contentment with each moment, | |
| no longing, wanting or craving arising | |
| ☺☺☺ | |
| It can begin with today | |
| This moment | |
| All complete and whole and at the same time, beyond complete and whole, where complete and whole do not exist either. | |
| For if there is still complete and whole, then there is incompleteness and non-whole-ness |