New Year St0ry

Brand New Year,New Diary,New Bo0k,New Script,Brand New Story but not New L0ve Story...
2011>>azam bru...
Be a brand new me..
change 2 better person
try harder in study....
n open a new book n a new chapter in life!!!!

Sumth!n Bout Me

HUHU...
Otakku buntu,npe la ak pk cm uh???
Hrmmm...
Ak pn xtaw la,npe ak pk cm uh.
Huh???
Pning3!!!
Ap la nk jd ngan ak???
Ptotnye,ak pcye je...
Uh la langkh pling tpat..
Tp kengkdg ak ssah nk cye an org...
Tp this time,ak akn cbe 2k pcye..
N buang sgale negative thinking!!!
Ak akn cbe...
Ak ttap kne pcye,sbb dye pnting dlm dri ak..
Dye org yg btol2 pnting...
Jd,ak wat kputusan 2k pcye.
Tp xmusthil kpecyaan uh akn luntur....

Fon Idamanku.....>>ak n azwa

Warghhhh.....
Nk "FON" baru.....
Mau touch screen pnyer!!!!!
Huhuhu...
Yg pnting:wane pink 2k ak n wane putih 2k azwa...
Desperate....
Nk fon bru!

Ni la fon idaman ak..
tgk...
tgk...
wane pink aw!!!!!
hihi
putih pn smart aw...

haha....ak ad ttamu!!!

haha...
ak ddtangi ttamu scre ttbe!!!
tkjot btoi!!!!
haha
rpe-rpenye,kwn wk2 skula rndah>>zikri n asyriq...
adoyai,dyorg wat ak ktawe gler2!
ilang jgak la ase gundah d ati...
huhu...
bgoih jgak la...
alhamdulilah....
kwn ak bdue ni mmng gler2!
haha
klakar btoi...
hihi...
bes dowh!!!!
....

ak jiwa kacau

tension gler!!!!
pk psal ni.pk psal tu!!!!
mlm ni mmng tension
xtaw nk ckap ap...
otak pn da xley bfungsi asenye!!!!
warghhhhh........
gler tol....
xtaw nk ckap cmne!

29 Dis 2010

Warghhhh...
Akhirnye,ak da ley bkak blog
Stlah skian lme,ak lpe passwordnye!!!
Haha...bdo btol an???"PASSWORD"sndri pn ley lpe????
Ni la,akbat byk mkn smut....0rg kate,ble byk mkn smut,nnti plpe>>ikot kate kwn ak yg sorg uh la...
Tp yg 'PENTING'ak da ley bkak....
Kuangkuangkuang...

Happy Holidays...........

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving, make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

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This is my wish for you: peace of mind, prosperity through the year, happiness that multiplies, health for you and yours, fun around every corner, energy to chase your dreams, joy to fill your holidays!

D M Dellinger

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We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what.

George Santayana

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The term is over: the holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.

C S Lewis

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When you like your work, every day is a holiday.

Frank Tyger

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Taylor Swift "Mine" (Official Music Video) SPOOF - Robes

wajib tgk>>need 2 be seen...
so cweex aw...
jom karaoke
tp wak2 dye gado,xcweex pn
cdey ad la

fashion????any idea what is that?????

Fesyen?
Ape tu???
Sesetengah org xtahu ap uh erti fesyen!!!!!
Fesyen?
Ble ckap pasal fesyen,mesti org akn ckap>>"KENA LA UP TO DATE"
Penting sgt ke UP TO DATE uh,pdhal..
Kalo x UP TO DATE pn,stil ley nmpk cantik,anggun n menawan >>bg gurls la
N boys pn ley nmpk ensem,smart n kiut....
Xke btoi ap yg ak ckap???
Jd yakin la ngan pnampilan dri,ap2 pn ley nmpk cntik,kalo kte yakin wk2 mmakainye!!!!

Mother I Love you

I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.

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You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face danger. Difficulties always come, but they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge.

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I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself, 'I have a mother'.

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If you want peace, do not see the faults of others. Rather see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child. The whole world is your own.

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Many think of God only after receiving blows from the world. But blessed indeed is he who can offer his mind, like a fresh flower, at the feet of the Lord from his very childhood. One should practise renunciation in youth.

Sri Sarada Devi
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Merry Christmas.....

May peace be your gift for this Christmas and the
world to help us all make this world a better place –
to make every day of the year Christmas Day.

Kurt Avish

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The joy of brightening other lives, bearing
each others' burdens,
easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts
and lives with generous
gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas.

W C Jones

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The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:

the presence of a happy family all wrapped
up in each other.

Burton Hillis

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Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients
of a truly merry Christmas.

Peg Bracken

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Christmas gift suggestions:
To your enemy, forgive ness.

To an opponent, tolerance.

To a friend, your heart.

To a customer, service.

To all, charity.

To every child, a good example.

To yourself, respect.

Oren Arnold

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Lovingly Detached

Truly wise is he who is unstirred by praise or blame, by love or hatred. He is not moved by the opposites of life. Verily does he delight in the blissful Self.

Srimad Bhagavatam

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Happiness or sorrow - whatever befalls you, walk on untouched, unattached.

The Dhammapada

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Love consists not in feeling great things but in having great detachment and in suffering for the Beloved. The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of Divine union.

St John of the Cross

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To enjoy anything, we cannot be attached to it. What we usually try to do is capture any joy that comes our way before it can escape... But if I am willing to kiss the joy as it flies, I say, 'Yes, this moment is beautiful. I won't grab it. I'll let it go.'... If we don't cling to past or future and we live entirely here and now, in 'Eternity's sunrise'.

Eknath Easwaran

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Winter with Inspiration

Like the seeds dreaming beneath the snow your heart dreams of spring.

Kahlil Gibran

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I please myself with the graces of the winter scenery, and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer.

Ralph W Emerson

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Even in the winter, in the midst of the storm, the sun is still there. Somewhere above the clouds, it still shines and warms and pulls at the life buried deep inside the brown branches and frozen earth.

Gloria Gaither

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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Anne Bradstreet

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Over lowland, over snow and tundra span arches, raised by the rising sun./ See the light is winning! And the stream is streaming towards open minds and towards seeds dreaming of growth.

Einar Skjfraasen

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Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.

Stanley Crawford

Give and Take.......

In the pursuit of learning, every day something is acquired.
In the pursuit of Tao, every day something is dropped.
Lao Tzu
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So I say to you, ask and it will be given to you, seek
and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.

For everyone that asks receives,
he who seeks finds and to him that knocks the door will be opened.

Luke 11: -13

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The widest possibilities for spiritual growth lie in the give-and-take of
everyday relationships.

Eknath Easwaran

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There is love in every one of you.

Develop that love.

Share it with people.
This love is not a one-way traffic.

It is two-way, give and take.
Sathya Sai Baba

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You must give some time to your fellow men.

Even if it's a little thing, do something for others –
something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.

Albert Schweitzer

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New Year Quotes for Happy New Year Sms

 
1.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve.  Middle age is when you're forced to. 

[*Bill Vaughn]

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2.
An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.  A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. 

[*Bill Vaughan]


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The Old Year has gone.  Let the dead past bury its own dead.  The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time.  All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!  [

[*Edward P. Powell]


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Every man should be born again on the first day of January.  Start with a fresh page.  Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past. 
[*Henry W. Beecher]

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5.
New Year's Day:  Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions.  Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. 

[*Mark Twain]

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We will open the book.  Its pages are blank.  We are going to put words on them ourselves.  The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day. 

[*Edith L. Pierce]

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Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past.  Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

[*Brooks Atkinson]

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8.
A happy New Year! Grant that I
May bring no tear to any eye
When this New Year in time shall end
Let it be said I've played the friend,
Have lived and loved and labored here,
And made of it a happy year.

[*Edgar Guest]

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We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.  Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential.

[*Ellen Goodman]

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May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions. 

[*Joey Adams]

Inspirational quotes on Happines

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
[Helen Keller]

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To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.
[Albert Camus]


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Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off

being so to a time to come,—as though that time should be

of another make from this which has already come and is

ours.
[Thomas Fuller]

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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
[Aristotle]

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Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.
[J. Petit Senn]

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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
[George Santayana]

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Action may not always bring happiness;
but there is no happiness without action.
[Benjamin Disraeli]

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Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road.
[Charles Caleb Colton ]

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There is only one person who could ever make you happy, and that person is you.
[David Burns]

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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
[Aristotle]

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Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
[Benjamin Franklin]

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Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
[Douglas Jerrold]

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I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.
[John Stuart Mills]

Koshi The Holy City

Brahma once weighed the heavens against Kashi. And Kashi, being heavier, sank while the skies, despite all the gods who lived there, rose upwards.
Adi Shankara,
Manikarnikastotram
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The three worlds form one city of mine, and Kashi is my royal palace therein.
Skanda Purana
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Are there not many holy places on this earth?
Yet which of them would equal in the balance one speck of Kashi's dust?
Are there not many rivers running to the sea?
Yet which of them is like the River of Heaven in Kashi?
Are there not many fields of liberation on earth?
Yet not one equals the smallest part of the city never forsaken by Shiva.
The Ganges, Shiva and Kashi: Where this Trinity is watchful, no wonder here is found the grace that leads one on to perfect bliss.
Kashi Khanda 35. 7-10
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Varanasi sits above the earth as a 'crossing place' or tirtha between this world and the 'far shore' of the transcendent Brahmn.
Diana L Eck
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Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
Mark Twain

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Beauty Lies Within

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb
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By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.
Rabindranath Tagore
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It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.
Leo Tolstoy
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That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful.
Ninon de L'Enclos
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Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Kahlil Gibran
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Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting - a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every face, in every sky, in every flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.
Ralph W Emerson
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Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.
Sophia Loren

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Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 309

Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.

~ Mark Twain

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Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 308

Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.

~ Kahlil Gibran

Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 307

Health best of all gains and peace of mind is the best of all happiness.

~ The Mahabharata

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Words of Wisdom Of the Day # 306

It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

~ MK Gandhi 

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Health Is Wealth

Health best of all gains and peace of mind is the best of all happiness.
The Mahabharata
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Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship....To keep the body in good health is a duty...otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

Gautama Buddha
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Since you alone are responsible for your thoughts, only you can change them... Therefore, start now to think only those thoughts that will bring you health and happiness.

Yogananda Paramahansa
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Health is wealth. Peace of mind is happiness. Yoga shows the way.

Swami Vishnu-devananda
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It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.

M K Gandhi
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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind.

G K Chesterton
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The greatest wealth is health.

Virgil

Words Use Them Wisely

We should always be soft spoken. Sweet speech has the ability to attract one and all. On the contrary, vitriolic speech keeps people away. That is why one should always be soft spoken so that it enhances brotherhood and affection.
Yajur Veda
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One should be cautious not to speak anything that hurts others. Such kind of speech never helps but always brings destruction.
Rig Veda
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Among a man's many good possessions, a good command of speech has no equal. Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard yourself against thoughtless speech.
Thirukural 65: 641-642
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Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.
Chanakya
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Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth.
Sathya Sai Baba
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If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.
Kahlil Gibran

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Education Quotes

Real education will not teach you to compete; it will teach you to cooperate. It will not teach you to fight and come first. It will teach you to be creative; to be loving, blissful, without any comparison with the other. It will not teach you that you can be happy only when you are the first.

Osho

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If the poor cannot come to education, education must reach them at the plough, in the factory, everywhere. How? You have seen my brethren... Let these men go from village to village bringing not only religion to the door of everyone but also education.

Swami Vivekananda

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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.

Rabindranth Tagore

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Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.

Will Durant

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O Goddess Saraswati, salutations to you, the giver of boons, the one who fulfils all desires. I begin my studies. May there always be accomplishments for me.

Saraswati Namastubhyam

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buddha teachings

Buddha's Teaching

To ask why the Buddha's teaching spread so rapidly among all sectors of northeast Indian society is to raise a question that is not of merely historical interest but is also relevant to us today. For we live at a time when Buddhism is exerting a strong appeal upon an increasing number of people, both East and West. I believe the remarkable success of Buddhism, as well as its contemporary appeal, can be understood principally in terms of two factors: one, the aim of the teaching; and the other, its methodology.

As to the aim, the Buddha formulated his teaching in a way that directly addresses the critical problem at the heart of human existence -- the problem of suffering -- and does so without reliance upon the myths and mysteries so typical of religion. He further promises that those who follow his teaching to its end will realize here and now the highest happiness and peace. All other concerns apart from this, such as theological dogmas, metaphysical subtleties, rituals and rules of worship, the Buddha waves aside as irrelevant to the task at hand, the mind's liberation from its bonds and fetters.

This pragmatic thrust of the Dharma is clearly illustrated by the main formula into which the Buddha compressed his program of deliverance, namely, the Four Noble Truths:

(1) the noble truth that life involves suffering
(2) the noble truth that suffering arises from craving
(3) the noble truth that suffering ends with the removal of craving
(4) the noble truth that there is a way to the end of suffering.

The Buddha not only makes suffering and release from suffering the focus of his teaching, but he deals with the problem of suffering in a way that reveals extraordinary psychological insight. He traces suffering to its roots within our minds, first to our craving and clinging, and then a step further back to ignorance, a primordial unawareness of the true nature of things. Since suffering arises from our own minds, the cure must be achieved within our minds, by dispelling our defilements and delusions with insight into reality. The beginning point of the Buddha's teaching is the unenlightened mind, in the grip of its afflictions, cares, and sorrows; the end point is the enlightened mind, blissful, radiant, and free.

To bridge the gap between the beginning and end points of his teaching, the Buddha offers a clear, precise, practicable path made up of eight factors. This of course is the Noble Eightfold Path. The path begins with (1) right view of the basic truths of existence, and (2) right intention to undertake the training. It then proceeds through the three ethical factors of (3) right speech, (4) right action, and (5) right livelihood, to the three factors pertaining to meditation and mental development: (6) right effort, (7) right mindfulness, and (8) right concentration. When all eight factors of the path are brought to maturity, the disciple penetrates with insight the true nature of existence and reaps the fruits of the path: perfect wisdom and unshakable liberation of mind.

In this last part of my lecture I wish to discuss, very briefly, the relevance of the Buddha's teachings to our own era, as we stand on the threshold of a new century and a new millennium. What I find particularly interesting to note is that Buddhism can provide helpful insights and practices across a wide spectrum of disciplines -- from philosophy and psychology to medical care and ecology -- without requiring those who use its resources to adopt Buddhism as a full-fledged religion. Here I want to focus only on the implications of Buddhist principles for the formation of public policy.

Despite the tremendous advances humankind has made in science and technology, advances that have dramatically improved living conditions in so many ways, we still find ourselves confronted with global problems that mock our most determined attempts to solve them within established frameworks. These problems include: explosive regional tensions of ethnic and religious character; the continuing spread of nuclear weapons; disregard for human rights; the widening gap between the rich and the poor; international trafficking in drugs, women, and children; the depletion of the earth's natural resources; and the despoliation of the environment. From a Buddhist perspective, what is most striking when we reflect upon these problems as a whole is their essentially symptomatic character. Beneath their outward diversity they appear to be so many manifestations of a common root, of a deep and hidden spiritual malignancy infecting our social organism. This common root might be briefly characterized as a stubborn insistence on placing narrow, short-term self-interests (including the interests of the social or ethnic groups to which we happen to belong) above the long-range good of the broader human community. The multitude of social ills that afflict us cannot be adequately accounted for without bringing into view the powerful human drives that lie behind them. Too often, these drives send us in pursuit of divisive, limited ends even when such pursuits are ultimately self-destructive.

The Buddha's teaching offers us two valuable tools to help us extricate ourselves from this tangle. One is its hardheaded analysis of the psychological springs of human suffering. The other is the precisely articulated path of moral and mental training it holds out as a solution. The Buddha explains that the hidden springs of human suffering, in both the personal and social arenas of our lives, are three mental factors called the unwholesome roots, namely, greed, hatred, and delusion. Traditional Buddhist teaching depicts these unwholesome roots as the causes of personal suffering, but by taking a wider view we can see them as equally the source of social, economic, and political suffering. Through the prevalence of greed the world is being transformed into a global marketplace where people are reduced to the status of consumers, even commodities, and our planet's vital resources are being pillaged without concern for future generations. Through the prevalence of hatred, national and ethnic differences become the breeding ground of suspicion and enmity, exploding in violence and endless cycles of revenge. Delusion bolsters the other two unwholesome roots with false beliefs and political ideologies put forward to justify policies motivated by greed and hatred.

While changes in social structures and policies are surely necessary to counteract the many forms of violence and injustice so widespread in today's world, such changes alone will not be enough to usher in an era of true peace and social stability. Speaking from a Buddhist perspective, I would say that what is needed above all else is a new mode of perception, a universal consciousness that can enable us to regard others as not essentially different from oneself. As difficult as it may be, we must learn to detach ourselves from the insistent voice of self-interest and rise up to a universal perspective from which the welfare of all appears as important as one's own good. That is, we must outgrow the egocentric and ethnocentric attitudes to which we are presently committed, and instead embrace a "worldcentric ethic" which gives priority to the well-being of all.

Such a worldcentric ethic should be molded upon three guidelines, the antidotes to the three unwholesome roots:

(1) We must overcome exploitative greed with global generosity, helpfulness, and cooperation.
(2) We must replace hatred and revenge with a policy of kindness, tolerance, and forgiveness.
(3) We must recognize that our world is an interdependent, interwoven whole such that irresponsible behavior anywhere has potentially harmful repercussions everywhere.

These guidelines, drawn from the Buddha's teaching, can constitute the nucleus of a global ethic to which all the world's great spiritual traditions could easily subscribe.

Underlying the specific content of a global ethic are certain attitudes of heart that we must try to embody both in our personal lives and in social policy. The chiefs of these are loving-kindness and compassion (maitri and karuna). Through loving-kindness we recognize that just as we each wish to live happily and peacefully, so all our fellow beings wish to live happily and peacefully. Through compassion we realize that just as we are each averse to pain and suffering, so all others are averse to pain and suffering. When we have understood this common core of feeling that we share with everyone else, we will treat others with the same kindness and care that we would wish them to treat us. This must apply at a communal level as much as in our personal relations. We must learn to see other communities as essentially similar to our own, entitled to the same benefits as we wish for the group to which we belong.

This call for a worldcentric ethic does not spring from ethical idealism or wishful thinking, but rests upon a solid pragmatic foundation. In the long run, to pursue our narrow self-interest in ever widening circles is to undermine our real long-term interest; for by adopting such an approach we contribute to social disintegration and ecological devastation, thus sawing away the branch on which we sit. To subordinate narrow self-interest to the common good is, in the end, to further our own real good, which depends so much upon social harmony, economic justice, and a sustainable environment.

The Buddha states that of all things in the world, the one with the most powerful influence for both good and bad is the mind. Genuine peace between peoples and nations grows out of peace and good will in the hearts of human beings. Such peace cannot be won merely by material progress, by economic development and technological innovation, but demands moral and mental development. It is only by transforming ourselves that we can transform our world in the direction of peace and amity. This means that for the human race to live together peacefully on this shrinking planet, the inescapable challenge facing us is to understand and master ourselves.

It is here that the Buddha's teaching becomes especially timely, even for those not prepared to embrace the full range of Buddhist religious faith and doctrine. In its diagnosis of the mental defilements as the underlying causes of human suffering, the teaching shows us the hidden roots of our personal and collective problems. By proposing a practical path of moral and mental training, the teaching offers us an effective remedy for tackling the problems of the world in the one place where they are directly accessible to us: in our own minds. As we enter the new millennium, the Buddha's teaching provides us all, regardless of our religious convictions, with the guidelines we need to make our world a more peaceful and congenial place to live.

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buddha pictures

Buddha

Birth

Buddha's father was Suddhodana, king of the Sakhyas. Buddha's mother was named Maya. Buddha was born in B.C. 560 and died at the age of eighty in B.C. 480. The place of his birth was a grove known as Lumbini, near the city of Kapilavastu, at the foot of Mount Palpa in the Himalayan ranges within Nepal. This small city Kapilavastu stood on the bank of the little river Rohini, some hundred miles north-east of the city of Varnasi. As the time drew nigh for Buddha to enter the world, the gods themselves prepared the way before him with celestial portents and signs. Flowers bloomed and gentle rains fell, although out of season; heavenly music was heard, delicious scents filled the air. The body of the child bore at birth the thirty-two auspicious marks (Mahavyanjana) which indicated his future greatness, besides secondary marks (Anuvyanjana) in large numbers. Maya died seven days after her son's birth. The child was brought up by Maya's sister Mahaprajapati, who became its foster-mother.

Buddha's Teachings

Lord Buddha preached: "We will have to find out the cause of sorrow and the way to escape from it. The desire for sensual enjoyment and clinging to earthly life is the cause of sorrow. If we can eradicate desire, all sorrows and pains will come to an end. We will enjoy Nirvana or eternal peace. Those who follow the Noble Eightfold Path strictly, viz., right opinion, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right employment, right exertion, right thought and right self-concentration will be free from sorrow. This indeed, O mendicants, is that middle course which the Tathagata has thoroughly comprehended, which produces insight, which produces knowledge, which leads to calmness or serenity, to supernatural knowledge, to perfect Buddhahood, to Nirvana.

"This again, indeed, O mendicants, is the noble truth of suffering. Birth is painful, old age is painful, sickness is painful, association with unloved objects is painful, separation from loved objects is painful, the desire which one does not obtain, this is too painful - in short, the five elements of attachment to existence are painful. The five elements of attachment to earthly existence are form, sensation, perception, components and consciousness.