the wisdom thread

Greater in battle
than the man who would conquer
a thousand-thousand men,
is he who would conquer
just one–
himself.

- The Buddha

 

Siddartha was just embarassed that he was shit at Muay Thai.

 

'Work out like a panther, study like an owl, meditate like a mountain goat' - @AuraQ

'We all should search for more information, to make better jokes' - @safa61947

'Some are so brain damage as to laugh for not knowing anything.' - @safa61947

 

Dude, this is like gold compressed into a teeny biscuit for your consumption.
I'm saving this for future reference

 

This quote isn’t specifically about porn addiction & fapping, but if you read it as if it is, it works great. I made it my signature.

Whoever is overcome by this wretched and sticky craving, his sorrows grow like grass after the rains.

But whoever overcomes this wretched craving, so difficult to overcome, from him sorrows fall away like water from a lotus leaf.

- Dhammapada verses 335-336

 

"What lies before you and what lies behind you are tiny matters compared to what lies within you." - Eric Thomas

 

I have a poster of him on my wall.

'If you meet the Buddha on the road, cut his head off' - Zen proverb

 

One of my mates let a bird 'peg' him up the arse- disgraceful- I think this quote applies to him most of all.

 

It's a genuine Zen proverb.

I am deeply informed by some of the teachings of the Buddha, and venerate them.

My sacriligeous / light hearted talk is deliberate, with reasons behind it.

The Buddha is not some external idol to enslave us, at least not for me. Buddha nature is within.

 

I don't understand this,
and by the way @u376 The stuff you have written in here is so good ! Thanks for this thread !

 

Great!

 

Dirty Hatrry - Hahahahaha! That’s hilarious! I saw that movie the first time it aired on HBO when I was a kid.

Good one.

 

'See? We do not lack pillowbiters, we lack financiers' - 9 Queens

 

"The grass is greenest near the septic tank."