Great Wisdom in Short Sentences
- The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
- The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
They are quotes from Atisha, an 11th century monk who turned his back on a life of luxury (like the Buddha) to become a master of the teachings of Mahayana, Hinayana and Vajrayana Buddhism.
Reading up on this guy, I found it interesting that, even after great training and studying and becoming a monk, he still yearned for the fastest and most direct means of attaining perfect enlightenment. How delightfully human! Could that be the reason for his simple--yet profound--sayings?
5 comments:
Thank you, for both the mention and the corresponding link.
I, too, love the great wisdom in these tiny sentences.
I have been for another long walk earlier today, during which I walked with Rebecca for a while, and the two of us with an older gentleman whom we joined up with and who had spent his whole life in our village and could, thus, speak to the history of the fields which is largely lost (in human terms), and, then, spent time alone in Bodhidharma.
Realizations came to me which Atisha's words say well, succinctly.
Thank you, Don.
Sean
What a great and wisdom read - thanks for sharing. I know you've had real winter weather as my wife is from upstate NY you know. In Norway it's just above freezing again. I don't like that at this time of the year.
Wishing you a lovely end to your week:-)
hello, advance happy chinese new year. thanks for the beautiful and enlightening reading. it brought me back to the track.
:) Mind letting go is quite hard with everything that is going on around. I hope that I can do this too.
Thanks for the inspiration...
thanks all for your wonderful comments -- means that there are lots of wise folks out there!
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