पवित्र गुरु चि कोङ बुद्धका करुणापर्ूण्ा बचनहरु

सहनशीलता र धर्ैयता

तिमीले आफूलाई समय र स्वयंका साथ समयसापेक्ष राख्नर्ुपर्दछ । यसको अर्थ तपाईंको भौतिक शरीरलाई भनिएको होइन । वाहृय वातावरणहरुबाट प्रभावित नहुनुहोस्, चाहे ती प्रभावहरु जतिसुकै साना या ठूला होउन् । एउटा भनाई छ मानिसहरु प्रकृतिलाई जित्न सक्छन् । एउटा कुरा सधैं के याद राख भने जब तिमी हतारमा या अधर्ैय हुँदैनौ तब तिमीले सिक्नेछौं । यदि त्रि्रो हृदयले कठिनता र कैदलाई सहन सक्दछ भने तिमी जुनै समस्याहरुलाई पनि पार गर्न सक्छौ । साधना प्रकृयाको अवधिमा, अग्निपरीक्षा ठूलो होस.् या सानf]mेजाँचहरु धेरै हुन् या थोरै; र्सवप्रथम तिमी सदैव स्थिर र शान्त रहनर्ुपर्दछ, त्यसपश्चात, तिनीहरुलाई टुक्रयाउनु र समाधान गर्नुअघि सावधानीपर्ूवक विचार विमर्श गर्नुपर्दछ ।

मेरा शिष्यहरुले मानिसहरुसंग असल आत्मियता कायम गर्न र अरुसंगको सम्वन्ध सुधार गर्न सफल होऊन् भन्ने कामना छ । जव कुनै कुरा पक्षपाती हुन्छ, धैयवान् बन । आधिँहरु र सामुद्रिक छाललाई सहन सक, हावाहरु रोकिनेछन् र तुफानहरु शान्त हुनेछन् । सहने गर र तिमी सफल हुनेछौ र जे त्रि्रो हो त्यो तिमीले प्राप्त गर्नेछौ, यो ख्याल राख । नत्रभने, सबैकुराहरु वताससंगै उडेर जानेछन् ।

सावधानीपर्ूवक स्वयंको जाँच गर । एक आत्मसमिक्षक हृदय लेऊ र तिमी सम्पन्नता वा दुःख जेमा भएपनि आफ्ना कमजोरीका पक्षहरुको जाँच गर । के तिमी रीस उठ्दो प्रकृतीको छौ - के तिमी अधर्ैय छौ - के तिमी कठिनताहरु सहन सक्छौ - के तिमी प्रलोभन रोक्न सक्छौ - के तिमी अस्विकार ग्रहण गर्न सक्छौ - के तिमी दवाब थेग्न सक्छौ - जब तिमी त्रि्रा खराब गुणहरु बदल्नका लागि प्रतिवद्ध हुन्छौ, तब तिमी पहाड हिमाल जत्तिकै स्थिर, पानि जत्तिकै सद्गुणी, सन्त र महात्माहरु जस्तै विशाल हृदयको, चन्द्रमा जस्तै पवित्र र शान्त , बसन्तको घाम जस्तै न्यानो र मधुर वतास झैं आत्मिय हुनर्ुपर्दछ ।

उत्कृष्टमा उत्कृष्ट हुनका लागि तिमीले तितोमा पनि सबैभन्दा तितोको अनुभव गर्नुपर्छ । किन मानिसहरुलाई तितो मन पदेन - ती व्यक्तिहरु जो तितो अस्वीकार गर्दछन् उनीहरु असल भाग्यबाट वञ्चित हुन्छन् । तितोको अन्त्यमा मात्र गुलियोपन आँउछ । सहन सिक । सहनशीलता हुँदा मात्र तिमी बोधिसत्व बन्न सक्छौं । बोधिसत्व बन्न सहज छ; मात्र त्रि्रा मानविय दायित्वहरु पूरा गर । मानव जाति हठी छन्, उनीहरु आफ्नै मात्र मतलब गर्दछन् र अरुको ख्याल राख्दैनन् । उनीहरु सबैका आ-आफ्नै कमजोरी र स्वभावहरु हुन्छन् । जब आफूले सोचे अनुरुप कार्य हुदैन तब उनीहरु सजिलै रीसले उर्लन्छन् । जति ठूलो रीस भयो, त्यति नै ठूलो क्षती कलेजोमा हुन्छ । जब कलेजो नै खराब हुन्छ, अरु रोगहरुले पछ्याउँछन्, तिमी यस कुरामा सचेत हुनर्ुपर्दछ ।

साधनाको शुरुवातको समयमा तिमीले उत्साहपर्ूवक काम गर्नुपर्दछ, जब तिमी समस्याहरुको सामना गर्दछौ सकारात्मक र धर्ैयवान होऊ । सहनशीलताको साथ, तिमीमा सन्तपनसम्म पुग्ने आशा हुन्छ ।

एक सदाचारी व्यक्तिले आफ्नो आँशु बहाउनुभन्दा रगत बगाउँछ । तितो के हो भनेर जान्नका लागि तिमीले यसलाई तिमीले अनुभव गर्नुपर्दछ । एकपटक तिमीले यसलाई अनुभव गरिसकेपछि तितो चाख्नु भनेको के हो भनेर तिमीले बिर्सिसक्नेछौ, किनभने तिमी सागर र आकाश जतिकै सीमाहीन भइसक्नेछौ । तिमीले किन यस्ता दुःखहरुलाई झेलेर बस्ने -

"असहजतामा दिव्य मार्गलाई पर्ूण्ा गर ।"यदि तिमीले अनिच्छित र असहज परिस्थितिको सामना गर्दछौ, तब तिमी एक ताव अभ्यासकर्ता हौ भन्ने तिमीले सम्झनर्ुपर्दछ । तिमीले यस्ता असहजताहरु र कठीन समयलाई संर्घष्ा गरेर तोड्नर्ुपर्दछ;स्वयंलाई समयका तरङ्गहरुसंग बग्न र रहलिन नदेऊ । यदि यी कठिनताहरु पीडादायक छन् भने तिनीहरुमा अडिग होऊ र परास्त गर । अरुले जे सहन सक्दैनन त्यो सह र तिमीले पक्कै पनि सफलता प्राप्ति गर्नेछौ । यदि तिमीले समस्याहरुलाई सामना गर्दा पछाडि फक्र्यौ भने, तिमी जीवनको उच्च विन्दुसम्म पुग्न सक्दैनौ ।

जब मानिसहरुले तिमीलाई गालि गर्दछन्, तिमी रिसाउँदैनौ; जब उनीहरु अनुहार बिगारेर तिमीलाई हर्ेदछन्, तिमी उनीहरुलाई पहिले जस्तै व्यवहार गर । तब मात्र तिमीले पाकोपनको तह प्राप्त गरेको हुनेछ । तैपनि, यदि तिमी गल्ति गरिरहेका छौ भने, तिमी मानिसहरुका हाउभाउ पढ्न सक्ने हुनर्ुपर्दछ जसको कारण तिमी सहि तरिकाले व्यवहार गर्न सक्नेछौ । सहि तरिकाले व्यवहार गर्न सक्नु पनि प्राप्तिको एक तह हो ।

जब तिमी अफ्ठ्याराहरुलाई भिन्न तरिकाहरुले लिन्छौ, तिमीमा सहनशीलताको उच्च गुण हुन्छ । कहिले झुक्ने र कहिले आफ्नो अडान दिने भनेर जानि बुझिसकेपछि डर र चिन्ता उत्पन्न हुँदैन । अरुसंग अनुकुल भैदिनाले तिमीलाई असिमित हुन्छौ ।

वास्तविक सामर्थ्य के हो - वास्तविक सामर्थ्य भनेको आफ्नै दिमागलाई जित्न सक्नु, विनीत र नम्र हुनु हो । अरु जे गर्न सक्दैनन्, त्यो गर, अरु जे सहन सक्दैनन् त्यो सह । त्यसपश्चातमात्र त्रि्रो तावको साधना र अभ्यास सुधार हुनेछ ।

ताव सिकाईमा, छिट्टै नरिसाउने, शान्त र एकत्रित राख्दछौ । यो त्रि्रो दिमाग र सत्प्रकृतिको साधना गर्नाले अभ्यास गर्न सकिन्छ । यो मानव विचारलाई शुद्ध गराऊ, खराब स्वभाव र खराब बानिहरुलाई हटाऊ, र सत्स्वभावलाई पोषित गर । मानिसहरुको माझ र कामहरु गर्दा आत्मविश्वासलाई मजवुत गराऊ । जे सुकै परीक्षाहरु र गतिरोधहरु भएतापनि, गुनासाहरु र वादविवाद नगर । जब वादविवाद हुन्छ, सहि र गलतमा अल्भिmइन्छ । जब सहि र गलत आउँछ, यसले अन्तिममा लर्डाईंमा लैजान्छ । त्यसपछि सूनौलो मध्यता/मध्यमार्गको सिद्धान्तको अनुसरण हुदैन ।

Yesterday and Tomorrow

YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry.
Two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is yesterday with its mistakes and cares,
Its faults and blunders, Its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.
We cannot undo a single act we performed.
We cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone.

The other day we should not worry about is tomorrow.
With its possible adversities, Its burdens,
Its large promise and poor performance.
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow's Sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds,
but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow, for it is yet unborn.
This just leaves only one day . . . Today.
Any person can fight the battles of just one day.
It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternity's -
yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of today that drives people mad.
It is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday
and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.

Let us therefore live but one day at a time.

~ Author Unknown ~
(Possible author Jennifer Kritsch)

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee. When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us." God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee! "The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything." Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.

Mother

She dreamed of you from the time she was a little girl cradling a baby doll in her arms. She always saw you playing around the little cottage in her childhood dreams.

She carried you in her body and you made her sick every morning for weeks and weeks. She bore you into the world through intense pain but when she heard you cry and saw your wrinkled face she forgot all about it and wept tears of joy.

She fed you at her breast and her whole world revolved around you. She stole into your room at night just to watch you sleep and she was sure you were the most beautiful child on earth. She set up through the night to bathe away the fever and at breakfast your dad said; "Sleep well, honey?" oblivious to the all-night vigil. She somehow always knew when you needed her, even in the middle of the night, and she came to your room and changed your bedding and made sure you were warm and dry.

She covered your ears and gave you your coat and checked your homework and made you practice the piano and set through all your ball games and recitals like they were the seventh game of the World Series and a debut at Carnegie Hall. She nagged you to brush your teeth with words of wisdom like; "Be true to your teeth or they will be false to you." She changed your diaper and cleaned up when you were sick and washed underwear no one else would touch without a chemical suit. And who do you think always cleaned the gunk out of the kitchen sink and bathtub drain?

She made sure you had the drumstick and your dad had the breast and acted like she preferred the wings. Her oatmeal cookies made you forget the beating you took from the neighborhood bully, or the slow rate of greeting card sales.

She listened to you and didn't laugh when others would have mocked you. She believed in you when you didn't believe in yourself and prayed for you even when you didn't think you needed it. She made you think you could do things you were sure you couldn't do. She was tough enough to call your bluff and discipline you and give you a sense of boundaries and the security that comes with it. She spanked you when "Spocking" was all the trend with lesser mothers. She knew when you needed a spanking or just a nap and she didn't always give you candy though she longed to indulge you.

She was always waiting when you came in late. When you complained about it, she pretended to be asleep the way you always did when you wanted her to carry you in from the car after a long trip.

She read the Bible to you and read the Bible in front of you and did what mothers have to do to make sure the family is faithful in church. She made your dad a much better man than he ever would have been without her. She mended clothes as a labor of love and it broke her heart to see how quickly you grew out of them. She knew you were only loaned to her from God and soon the house would fall silent again. She washed mountains of dishes and truckloads of laundry. She put up food on the hottest summer days and didn't complain.

Her most sincere prayers were the ones she sent heavenward in gratitude for you. She filled your home with fragrance and beauty and music. The smell or her perfume and fresh-cut flowers, bacon for breakfast and Sunday roast. Her eyes were bright and happy and full of life. She wept though, wept and worried a thousand times for you when no one ever knew.

She rose early on holidays so you could enjoy a festive meal and an enduring memory. She planned for days and worked for hours so that in a few minutes you could gulp it down and go watch football. You didn't always thank her or help her with the dishes, but those meals have been a cherished memory for years.

She baked you special treats just to watch you eat them. Something inside made her happier the more you ate (If you could see me you would know this made my mother a very happy woman).

She wore old dresses so you could have a new ball glove. She skipped vacations and second honeymoons so you could go to camp. She limited expenses for her hobbies so you could get your band instrument. She was happy with last year's fashion so you could have this years tennis shoes. She didn't abandon the family when your dad was insensitive to her needs. She took the blame for your failures and stood back and let your dad have the glory for your successes. And having done all these things and a thousand others that make mother a sacred word, she still felt she wasn't the mother she should have been.


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