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seen in their true light

‘This body has many pains, many drawbacks. seen in their true lightIn this body many kinds of disease arise, such as:seeing-diseases, hearing-diseases, nose-diseases, tongue-diseases,body-diseases, head-diseases, ear-diseases, mouth-diseases,teeth-diseases,cough, asthma, catarrh, fever, aging, stomach-ache, fainting, dysentery,grippe, cholera, leprosy,boils, ringworm, tuberculosis, epilepsy, skin-disease, itch, scab, psoriasis,scabies, jaundice, diabetes, hemorrhoids, fistulas, ulcers;diseases arising from bile, from phlegm, from the wind-property,from combinations of bodily humors,from changes in the weather,from uneven care of the body,from attacks,from the result of kamma;cold, heat, hunger, thirst,defecation, urination.’Girimananda Sutta old age ripe for wisdom rife with pain

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

seen in their true light a lonely place no strength to go nowhere to go young you didn’t think it’d come to this didn’t like to think used to be so strong and healthy used to ...

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean seen in their true lightnor in the clefts of rocks nor in the clefts of rocksnowhere in the world is a place to be found nowhere in the world is a place to be foundwhere abiding one may escape from death where abiding one may escape from (the consequences of) an evil deed Dhammapada v.127Dhammapada v.128

seen in their true light let’s be blunt all the people ever born form just two groups: those who have died already and those that are going to die no one denies that one day they too will die but deep down we think yes but not yet not today and so many people believe that on the very day they die

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

where do we go after death? seen in their true lightbefore you ask such questionsreflect on this being you believe will dieask other questions firstwhere iswhat isthis beingright now?

seen in their true light

the cause of suffering seen in their true lightshould be abandonedgropingin the darknesslooking for a wayto copeto carry onmind in turmoil

seen in their true light

want to getwant to havewant to bewant to get rid ofwant to get away fromwant to playwant to forgetwant to sleep human beings and tigers tigers do not prey on their own kind seen in their true light

we are afraid afraid of carrying heavy burdens but even more afraid of having nothing to carryseen in their true light

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

love seen in their true lightlove if you willbut don’t ignorethe maybesthe maybe nots

seen in their true light

separatedall arid inside all parchedthey call it a broken heartbut it’s not broken not reallyand it’s no dry desertnot indulging in sorrownot fighting with sorrowsorrow unfedfades away seen in their true light

when it doesn’t work out believing black thoughts denying the uncertain unpredictable nature of things how could you not be depressed?seen in their true light

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

if we don’t grasp hold seen in their true lightof the snakeit won’t bite usif we don’t grasp ontothe moodsthe feelingsthe thoughtsthey won’t bite us a prey to mental states the mind breathlessly precipitously falls

cessation of suffering should be realised suffering utterly allayed there remains purity wisdom compassionseen in their true light

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

the pathshould be cultivatedin this cultivationthe inner and outermust be developed in harmonywe must care forand educatethe things we dothe words we speaktogether with our cleansing of the hearttogether with our cleansing of the heartthe words we speakthe things we doand educatewe must care formust be developed in harmonythe inner and outerin this cultivationshould be cultivatedthe path seen in their true light

seen in their true light

kaya bhavana seen in their true light(cultivation of the right relationship to the material world)not obsessed by the bodynot neglecting the bodythe cultivatorexercises a sufficient amountrests a sufficient amountat a regular time

eat to live the sages say don’t live to eatseen in their true light

wisely reflecting I eat this food seen in their true lightremembering with gratitude where it comes fromand how many people have no food or too littleguarding my mind against indulgencemindful of each mouthfulI take into this body what it needsto support meon the path

seen in their true light

puñña seen in their true lightmerit:actionsspeechthoughtsthat elevate the mind

seen in their true light

give fitting giftsat fitting timesto those fitting to receive themthe puñña of giving growsby caring for the mindin a wholesome happy statefree from all desire for rewardbefore givingat the time of givingafter having given seen in their true light

recollecting our pure acts of generosity joy arises it is a noble treasure of the mind one that nobody can steal from us and which never loses its lustreseen in their true light

seen in their true light

seen in their true light in every generous act the one who gives receives the one who receives gives both feel refreshed and restored

seen in their true light

seen in their true light

just as a bee in a flowerharming neither hue nor scentgathering nectar flies awayso in towns the wise mendicant faresDhammapada v.49 seen in their true light

seen in their true light

the world of technology encourages us seen in their true lightto become engrossed in ittime-savers allow usto waste time more easilycommunication devices allow usto quarrel more oftenliving in this complex confusing worldnow more than everwe need mindfulnessrestraintunderstanding of the way things are

seen in their true light

the forests will survivewhen we are willing to refrain fromdestroying them (sīla)because we love the forests and feeltied to them (samadhi)have the wisdom to see their value(pañña) seen in their true light

seen in their true light

nature is constantly readyto teach those who are constantly readyto learn from itnature’s biggest lessonis that everything occursappears and disappearsthrough causes and conditionswith no creatorand no directornature instructs usin the intricate playof cause and effect seen in their true light