To enter contemplation for the time it takes
for an ant to walk from one end of one's nose to the other,
will bring more progress towards realization
than a whole lifetime spent in the accumulation of good
actions [merit].
Source of this quotations
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Vajrasvapna
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Source of this quotations
Could some tell me from what sutra this quotation come:
"People these days use whatever little dharma they know to augment afflictive emotion, and then engender tremendous pride and conceit over it. They teach the Dharma without taming their own minds. But as with a river rock , not even a hair’s tip of benefit penetrates the other people. Even worse, incorrigible people [are attracted] to this dharma that increases conflict. When individuals who could be tamed by the Dharma encounter such incorrigible, their desire for the sacred Dharma is lost. It is not the fault of the Dharma; it is the fault of individuals." Machik Labdron prophecy.
Re: Source of this quotations
Not sure about that specific quote but there's a whole chapter in the Dhammapada based on that theme.
Dhammapada VIII wrote:100. Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.
101. Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing which one attains peace.
102. Better than reciting a hundred meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse of Dhamma, hearing which one attains peace.
103. Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
104-105. Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct. [12]
106. Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that honor is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
107. Though for a hundred years one should tend the sacrificial fire in the forest, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds, that worship is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
108. Whatever gifts and oblations one seeking merit might offer in this world for a whole year, all that is not worth one fourth of the merit gained by revering the Upright Ones, which is truly excellent.
109. To one ever eager to revere and serve the elders, these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty, happiness and power.
110. Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.
111. Better it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.
112. Better it is to live one day strenuous and resolute than to live a hundred years sluggish and dissipated.
113. Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
114. Better it is to live one day seeing the Deathless than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Deathless.
115. Better it is to live one day seeing the Supreme Truth than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Supreme Truth.
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
Namo tassa bhagavato arahato samma sambuddhassa
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Re: Source of this quotations
Not exactly the same idea, but thank you for answer.Mkoll wrote:Not sure about that specific quote but there's a whole chapter in the Dhammapada based on that theme.
Dhammapada VIII wrote:100. Better than a thousand useless words is one useful word, hearing which one attains peace.
101. Better than a thousand useless verses is one useful verse, hearing which one attains peace.
102. Better than reciting a hundred meaningless verses is the reciting of one verse of Dhamma, hearing which one attains peace.
103. Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
104-105. Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others. Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a person who is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct. [12]
106. Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds that honor is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
107. Though for a hundred years one should tend the sacrificial fire in the forest, yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds, that worship is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.
108. Whatever gifts and oblations one seeking merit might offer in this world for a whole year, all that is not worth one fourth of the merit gained by revering the Upright Ones, which is truly excellent.
109. To one ever eager to revere and serve the elders, these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty, happiness and power.
110. Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditative than to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.
111. Better it is to live one day wise and meditative than to live a hundred years foolish and uncontrolled.
112. Better it is to live one day strenuous and resolute than to live a hundred years sluggish and dissipated.
113. Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
114. Better it is to live one day seeing the Deathless than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Deathless.
115. Better it is to live one day seeing the Supreme Truth than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the Supreme Truth.
"People these days use whatever little dharma they know to augment afflictive emotion, and then engender tremendous pride and conceit over it. They teach the Dharma without taming their own minds. But as with a river rock , not even a hair’s tip of benefit penetrates the other people. Even worse, incorrigible people [are attracted] to this dharma that increases conflict. When individuals who could be tamed by the Dharma encounter such incorrigible, their desire for the sacred Dharma is lost. It is not the fault of the Dharma; it is the fault of individuals." Machik Labdron prophecy.
Re: Source of this quotations
Shakyamuni Buddha:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C1Wt ... 2C&f=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(btw, you can just google whole phrases like that)
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C1Wt ... 2C&f=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(btw, you can just google whole phrases like that)
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Vajrasvapna
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Re: Source of this quotations
The book don't say what sutra is the source of this quotation and I don't find it(the sutra) in Google. If someone know the original sutra name, tell me please.Soar wrote:Shakyamuni Buddha:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=C1Wt ... 2C&f=false" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
(btw, you can just google whole phrases like that)
"People these days use whatever little dharma they know to augment afflictive emotion, and then engender tremendous pride and conceit over it. They teach the Dharma without taming their own minds. But as with a river rock , not even a hair’s tip of benefit penetrates the other people. Even worse, incorrigible people [are attracted] to this dharma that increases conflict. When individuals who could be tamed by the Dharma encounter such incorrigible, their desire for the sacred Dharma is lost. It is not the fault of the Dharma; it is the fault of individuals." Machik Labdron prophecy.
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Re: Source of this quotations
I goooogled the phrase, too, and there were only half a dozen results, none of which gave the (supposed) source.
That means it's certainly not from a well-recognised translation and suggests to me that it's either an inaccurate translation or not genuine.
http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com might be able to tell you more.
Good luck!
Kim
That means it's certainly not from a well-recognised translation and suggests to me that it's either an inaccurate translation or not genuine.
http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com might be able to tell you more.
Good luck!
Kim
Re: Source of this quotations
It seems similar to the content final paragraph of the Velama Sutta (http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;). The translation on Access to Insight isn't quite to my liking, and I think Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation reads better. In particular, the phrase "perception of inconstancy" is better rendered as "perception of impermanence". Bhikkhu Bodhi's abridged translation can be found in his In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon under the heading 'Insight Surpasses All'.
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Re: Source of this quotations
I expect Namkhai Norbu student don't feel offended, but I also agree that it is really a poor thing that a Buddhist scholar don't offering the source of his quotations in his book. Maybe some of his student could ask that to him in fact.Kim O'Hara wrote:I goooogled the phrase, too, and there were only half a dozen results, none of which gave the (supposed) source.
That means it's certainly not from a well-recognised translation and suggests to me that it's either an inaccurate translation or not genuine.
http://www.fakebuddhaquotes.com might be able to tell you more.
Good luck!
Kim
"People these days use whatever little dharma they know to augment afflictive emotion, and then engender tremendous pride and conceit over it. They teach the Dharma without taming their own minds. But as with a river rock , not even a hair’s tip of benefit penetrates the other people. Even worse, incorrigible people [are attracted] to this dharma that increases conflict. When individuals who could be tamed by the Dharma encounter such incorrigible, their desire for the sacred Dharma is lost. It is not the fault of the Dharma; it is the fault of individuals." Machik Labdron prophecy.
Re: Source of this quotations
Oh no idea then, sorry. Didn't read carefully enough.