2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) - For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

The Quest for Buddhism (72)

Buddha's Dispensation (Skt.Buddha-sasana)  

The early accounts state that Rahula (Ref) died before the Buddha did, according to some later tradition, however, has it that Rahula was one of the four enlightened disciples whom Gautama Buddha asked to prolong their lives to stay in the world until the next Buddha Maitreya (his future figure) has risen, to protect his dispensation.

In his first sermon, 'The Turning of the Wheel of Dhamma', the Buddha explains that as a result of what he had discovered from his years long spiritual quest as a sramana, it had become incumbent upon him to explain this discovery to humanity out of compassion for their welfare and happiness.

The essence of this teaching was the four noble truths (Skt. catvari aryasatyani) , which set the basic direction of Buddhism. Humanity was in a general state of suffering and alienation yet were unaware that there was a Way out of this condition. In order to escape this condition of suffering it was necessary to undertake a course of self-discipline (Skt. Vinaya) that involved adopting a strict code of moral conduct (Skt. sila) and commitment to spiritual development.

The Buddha's Dispensation (Pali: Buddha-sasana) is the teaching - and dissemination of that teaching - of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama. In Theravada Buddhism that teaching is considered to reside within the Pali Canon and those existing, practical traditions that remain faithful to that dispensation.

Note that ‘sasana’ is a term used by Buddhists and Shivaists to refer to religion or non-religion. It has various translations, including Buddha Sasana (of which there are several), which means teaching, practice, doctrine, 'Buddha's teaching'. The term is considered more accurate than the word 'religion' because in Buddhism, God is not believed in. It implies an adaptable philosophy and practice, rather than an all-knowing, changeless invocation of God.

仏教の探求 (72)

ブッダの教え (梵･巴: ブッダサーサナ)

初期の記述では、ラーフラ（参照）はブッダより先に死んだとされているが、後の伝承によると、ラーフラは、ゴータマ・ブッダが弥勒菩薩 (みろくぼさつ、梵: マイトレーヤ=ブッダの未来像)が現れるまでこの世に留まり、ブッダの教え(ブッダサーサナ)を守るために延命した4人の悟りを開いた弟子の一人である。

最初の説法「ダンマの輪の回転 (転法輪経: てんぽうりんぎょう)」で、ブッダは、沙門 (しゃもん、梵:  シュラマナ)としての長年の精神的探求から発見したことの結果として、人類の福祉と幸福への慈悲から、この発見を人類に説明する義務が生じたと説明した。

その教えの本質が、仏教の基本的な方向性を示す「四諦 (したい、梵: チャトゥル・アーリヤ・サティヤ)」であった。人類は一般に苦しみと疎外感の中にありながら、この状態から抜け出す道があることを知らない。この苦しみの状態からから逃れるため���は、厳しい倫理観に基づいた道徳的な行為(巴:梵: シーラ)を採用し、精神的な成長を約束する自己鍛錬・律 (りつ、巴:梵: ヴィナヤ)を行う必要があったのである。

ブッダの教え (梵･巴: ブッダ･サーサナ)とは、歴史上のブッダ、シッダールタ・ゴータマの教え、およびその教えの普及のことを指す。上座部仏教では、その教えはパーリ仏典と、その分派に忠実な既存の実践的な伝統の中に存在すると考えられている。

なお、「サーサナ」とは、仏教徒やシヴァ派が宗教・無宗教を指す言葉である。ブッダ・サーサナ (その中にはいくつかのものがある) など、さまざまな翻訳があり、教え、実践、教義、「ブッダの教え」を意味する。仏教では神は信じられていないので、この言葉は「宗教」という言葉より正確だと考えられている。全知全能の不変の神を呼び出すのではなく、適応性のある哲学と実践を意味する。

If one is at the crossroads of Asceticism and Hedonism which path should be followed?

The way is austere hedonism/hedonistic asceticism.

Three Ways To Write More

For the last few years, I’ve struggled with finding the time, motivation, and energy to sit down and work on writing the stories I want to write. I know I’m far from alone in this! So I thought I’d review three of the methods I have tried to do just that. If you’re in the same boat, then maybe, hopefully, one of them will work for you. A Sentence A Day The idea with the one-sentence-a-day…

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Permission to love you

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Understanding the Law of Assumption "I can be what I will to be."

Learn how the "I" within you is not limited to your physical body or mind. Discover the advantage of recognizing your interconnectedness with others and the universe. Learn how this awareness can lead to more balanced and purposeful living.

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Thursday 11.10.2022 | 16:42 CST

It's been quite a while since my last update! I'm not a student anymore but I just wanted to give a quick little update on things. I stated in my last post that I was okay where I was and that I didn't have any true plans set into place and, to be honest, I'm still unemployed since that post. I've been doing research voluntarily for a lab and it's somewhat working out for me. I've been balancing between taking care of family and the household but it's been a bit rough for me mentally in the sense that I want to be a career-driven woman striving for success and progression in life. But with this time I've come to a realization that my undiagnosed ADHD and some lack in self-discipline isn't helping me go much further. There's pressure from life around me and societal pressure pushing onto me and I feel like it's not okay to feel okay with where I am now. If that makes any sense to anyone.

My current goal though is to pursue getting accepted into graduate school but I need to really shape myself up and battle my ADHD and gather up all the self-discipline I can to achieve that goal. It's a bit rough right now but maybe I can get a system going for me to truly pursue those goals.

Went on a tangent there but whoever you are, wherever you are, and in whatever time you're in; I hope you're looking out for yourself too! Eat well, hydrate, and stay healthy!

𝐿𝒶𝒹𝓎 𝑀𝒾𝓃𝓊𝒾𝓉 ˊˎ˗

Perspectives, Chaotic Lives, and Policy

Perspectives, Chaotic Lives, and Policy

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2 Timothy 1:7 (NLT) - For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.

[You know what I love, but self-discipline no matter what you're dealing with --]

Gentleman’s metamorphic self-discipline invokes the Great Goddess.

Ai-yi-yi

I’m working on getting Youtube out of my existence.

The presence of legitimate educational content makes it harder, because I’m a lot better about firm-line discipline. Not buying sweets is a billion times easier for me than eating precisely one sweet per day when the sweets are in the house.

Facebook and Twitter were hard to escape because of the extant habits, but at least they weren’t providing me anything of actual value. Youtube I have a lot of how-to-program-this videos and how-to-crochet videos and how-to-cook videos. Simply never going there again is an option, but not a good option in light of how useful a resource it is when used well.

I need to double-check how important it is for those things, too. That may be an excuse. I’ve subscribed to Coursera, so I’ve got a lot of official tutorial content, and on the Unity front I have some specific courses I got off of Humble a while ago and even if they use Youtube for their video hosting I don’t have to actually go to Youtube to watch them. I haven’t looked at a crochet video since last Christmas when I made an amigurumi Articuno for the white elephant exchange. And it’s pretty rare you need a video more than just a recipe, when it comes to making good food - especially when you’ve gotten as much hands-on training with it as I have.

For now I think we go with the firm-line cold turkey method and if it turns out I need to go there for some reason we deal with that then.