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100-Day Practice
- 1. Vows to the
Threefold Refuge - 2. Words for Practice
- 3. Chamhoe (Repentance)
- 4. 108 Bows
- 5. Meditation
- 6. Daily Reading
- 7. Vows of the
Jungto Practitioner - 8. Objectives of the
10th 1000-Day Practice - 9. The Four Great Vows
- 10. Sharing
Personal practice statement
100-Day Practice
We will begin the 67th day of the 6th 100-Day
of the 10th 1000-Day of the 1st 10,000-Day Practice.
1. Vows to the Threefold Refuge
I take refuge in the Buddha.
I pay homage and reverence to the Buddha.
I am delighted to learn the Dharma.
I vow to practice diligently with the knowledge that all my suffering is caused by my own ignorance.
I am proud to be a disciple of the Buddha.
I vow to become a bodhisattva, liberating all sentient beings from suffering.
2. Words for Practice
The root of all suffering and attachments is within ourselves.
Those who don't make the effort to closely reflect upon their own lives mistakenly believe that suffering and attachments come from the outside. Our attempts to find happiness and freedom by searching various religions, attending many temples and churches, and visiting different teachers are to no avail because the path to peace of mind can never be found outside of our minds.
No matter what kinds of problems we may have, if we reflect deeply, we realize that the root of our afflictions is within us and that the mind itself is empty. With this realization, our suffering naturally disappears.
Nevertheless, we still hold onto our opinions and make distinctions of right or wrong, thereby bringing all manner of suffering upon ourselves.
Once we free ourselves from our attachments, our suffering will immediately end.
3. Chamhoe (Repentance)
When we look outwardly, our anger, frustration, hate and resentment often seem to be caused by others.
However, upon introspection, we realize that those feelings arise in us because we are caught up in the notion, “I am right.”
When we realize that nothing is inherently right or wrong in the Dharma and let go of the thought, “I am right,” all of our suffering and karmic hindrances will disappear.
4. 108 Bows
Keeping the meaning of *Chamhoe (참회, 懺悔, Repentance) and your aspiration in mind, perform each bow while reflecting upon and repenting for your past actions.
5. Meditation
Meditate for 10 minutes or more.
Close your eyes and straighten your back. Focus your mind on the tip of your nose around your nostrils. Observe the breath as you inhale and exhale.
6. Daily Reading
Read today's sutra three times.
July 18, 2021
It's hard to come by a thoroughbred of a man.It's simply not true that he's born everywhere.Wherever he's born, an enlightened one,the family prospers, is happy.A blessing: the arising of Awakened Ones.A blessing: the teaching of true Dhamma.A blessing: the concord of the Sangha.The austerity of those in concord is a blessing.
July 19, 2021
"How very happily we live,
free from hostility
among those who are hostile.
Among hostile people,
free from hostility we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from misery
among those who are miserable.
Among miserable people,
free from misery we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from busyness
among those who are busy.
Among busy people,
free from busyness we dwell."
free from hostility
among those who are hostile.
Among hostile people,
free from hostility we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from misery
among those who are miserable.
Among miserable people,
free from misery we dwell.
How very happily we live,
free from busyness
among those who are busy.
Among busy people,
free from busyness we dwell."
July 20, 2021
"Winning gives birth to hostility.
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning & losing aside."
Losing, one lies down in pain.
The calmed lie down with ease,
having set winning & losing aside."
July 21, 2021
"There's no fire like passion,
no loss like anger,
no pain like the aggregates,
no ease other than peace."
no loss like anger,
no pain like the aggregates,
no ease other than peace."
July 22, 2021
"It's good to see Noble Ones.
Happy their company — always.
Through not seeing fools
constantly, constantly
one would be happy.
For, living with a fool,
one grieves a long time.
Painful is communion with fools,
as with an enemy —always.
Happy is communion
with the enlightened,
as with a gathering of kin.
So:the enlightened man — discerning, learned,
enduring, dutiful, noble,
intelligent, a man of integrity: follow him — one of this sort
— as the moon, the path of the zodiac stars."
Happy their company — always.
Through not seeing fools
constantly, constantly
one would be happy.
For, living with a fool,
one grieves a long time.
Painful is communion with fools,
as with an enemy —always.
Happy is communion
with the enlightened,
as with a gathering of kin.
So:the enlightened man — discerning, learned,
enduring, dutiful, noble,
intelligent, a man of integrity: follow him — one of this sort
— as the moon, the path of the zodiac stars."
July 23, 2021
"Having applied himself
to what was not his own task,
and not having applied himself
to what was,
having disregarded the goal
to grasp at what he held dear,
he now envies those
who kept after themselves,
took themselves
to task.
""Don't ever — regardless —
be conjoined with what's dear
or undear.
It's painful
not to see what's dear
or to see what's not.
So don't make anything dear,
for it's dreadful to be far
from what's dear.
No bonds are found
for those for whom
there's neither dear
nor undear."""
to what was not his own task,
and not having applied himself
to what was,
having disregarded the goal
to grasp at what he held dear,
he now envies those
who kept after themselves,
took themselves
to task.
""Don't ever — regardless —
be conjoined with what's dear
or undear.
It's painful
not to see what's dear
or to see what's not.
So don't make anything dear,
for it's dreadful to be far
from what's dear.
No bonds are found
for those for whom
there's neither dear
nor undear."""
July 24, 2021
"From what's dear is born grief,
from what's dear is born fear.
For one freed from what's dear
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From what's loved is born grief,
from what's loved is born fear.
For one freed from what's loved
there's no grief
— so how fear?"
from what's dear is born fear.
For one freed from what's dear
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From what's loved is born grief,
from what's loved is born fear.
For one freed from what's loved
there's no grief
— so how fear?"
July 25, 2021
"From delight is born grief,
from delight is born fear.
For one freed from delight
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From sensuality is born grief,
from sensuality is born fear.
For one freed from sensuality
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From craving is born grief,
from craving is born fear.
For one freed from craving
there's no grief
— so how fear?"
from delight is born fear.
For one freed from delight
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From sensuality is born grief,
from sensuality is born fear.
For one freed from sensuality
there's no grief
— so how fear?
From craving is born grief,
from craving is born fear.
For one freed from craving
there's no grief
— so how fear?"
July 26, 2021
"A man long absent
comes home safe from afar.
His kin, his friends, his companions,
delight in his return.
In just the same way,
when you've done good
& gone from this world
to the world beyond,
your good deeds receive you —
as kin, someone dear
come home."
comes home safe from afar.
His kin, his friends, his companions,
delight in his return.
In just the same way,
when you've done good
& gone from this world
to the world beyond,
your good deeds receive you —
as kin, someone dear
come home."
July 27, 2021
"""Abandon anger,
be done with conceit,
get beyond every fetter.
When for name & form
you have no attachment
— have nothing at all —
no sufferings, no stresses, invade."""
be done with conceit,
get beyond every fetter.
When for name & form
you have no attachment
— have nothing at all —
no sufferings, no stresses, invade."""
July 28, 2021
"When anger arises,
whoever keeps firm control
as if with a racing chariot: him
I call a master charioteer.
Anyone else,
a rein-holder — that's all.
""Conquer anger
with lack of anger;
bad, with good;
stinginess, with a gift;
a liar, with truth."""
whoever keeps firm control
as if with a racing chariot: him
I call a master charioteer.
Anyone else,
a rein-holder — that's all.
""Conquer anger
with lack of anger;
bad, with good;
stinginess, with a gift;
a liar, with truth."""
July 29, 2021
"Gentle sages,
constantly restrained in body,
go to the unwavering state
where, having gone,
there's no grief.
""Those who always stay wakeful,
training by day & by night,
keen on Unbinding:
their effluents come to an end."""
constantly restrained in body,
go to the unwavering state
where, having gone,
there's no grief.
""Those who always stay wakeful,
training by day & by night,
keen on Unbinding:
their effluents come to an end."""
July 30, 2021
"This has come down from old, Atula,
& not just from today:
they find fault with one
who sits silent,
they find fault with one
who speaks a great deal,
they find fault with one
who measures his words.
There's no one unfaulted in the world.
There never was, will be,
nor at present is found
anyone entirely faulted
or entirely praised.
""If knowledgeable people praise him,
having observed him
day after day
to be blameless in conduct, intelligent,
endowed with discernment & virtue:
like an ingot of gold —
who's fit to find fault with him?
Even devas praise him.
Even by Brahmas he's praised.
"""
& not just from today:
they find fault with one
who sits silent,
they find fault with one
who speaks a great deal,
they find fault with one
who measures his words.
There's no one unfaulted in the world.
There never was, will be,
nor at present is found
anyone entirely faulted
or entirely praised.
""If knowledgeable people praise him,
having observed him
day after day
to be blameless in conduct, intelligent,
endowed with discernment & virtue:
like an ingot of gold —
who's fit to find fault with him?
Even devas praise him.
Even by Brahmas he's praised.
"""
July 31, 2021
"You are now
like a yellowed leaf.
Already
Yama's minions stand near.
You stand at the door to departure
but have yet to provide
for the journey.
Make an island for yourself!
Work quickly! Be wise!
With impurities all blown away,
unblemished,
you'll reach the divine realm
of the noble ones."
like a yellowed leaf.
Already
Yama's minions stand near.
You stand at the door to departure
but have yet to provide
for the journey.
Make an island for yourself!
Work quickly! Be wise!
With impurities all blown away,
unblemished,
you'll reach the divine realm
of the noble ones."
August 1, 2021
"Just as a silver smith
step by step,
bit by bit,
moment to moment,
blows away the impurities
of molten silver —
so the wise man, his own."
step by step,
bit by bit,
moment to moment,
blows away the impurities
of molten silver —
so the wise man, his own."
August 2, 2021
"Just as rust
— iron's impurity —
eats the very iron
from which it is born,
so the deeds
of one who lives slovenly
lead him on
to a bad destination."
— iron's impurity —
eats the very iron
from which it is born,
so the deeds
of one who lives slovenly
lead him on
to a bad destination."
August 3, 2021
"No recitation: the ruinous impurity
of chants.
No initiative: of a household.
Indolence: of beauty.
Heedlessness: of a guard."
of chants.
No initiative: of a household.
Indolence: of beauty.
Heedlessness: of a guard."
August 4, 2021
"Life's easy to live
for someone unscrupulous,
cunning as a crow,
corrupt, back-biting,
forward, & brash;
but for someone who's constantly
scrupulous, cautious,
observant, sincere,
pure in his livelihood,
clean in his pursuits,
it's hard."
for someone unscrupulous,
cunning as a crow,
corrupt, back-biting,
forward, & brash;
but for someone who's constantly
scrupulous, cautious,
observant, sincere,
pure in his livelihood,
clean in his pursuits,
it's hard."
August 5, 2021
"Whoever kills, lies, steals,
goes to someone else's wife,
& is addicted to intoxicants,
digs himself up by the root
right here in this world.
So know, my good man,
that bad deeds are reckless.
Don't let greed & unrighteousness
oppress you with long-term pain."
goes to someone else's wife,
& is addicted to intoxicants,
digs himself up by the root
right here in this world.
So know, my good man,
that bad deeds are reckless.
Don't let greed & unrighteousness
oppress you with long-term pain."
August 6, 2021
"People give
in line with their faith,
in line with conviction.
Whoever gets flustered
at food & drink given to others,
attains no concentration
by day or by night.
But one in whom this is
cut through, uprooted
wiped out —
attains concentration
by day or by night."
in line with their faith,
in line with conviction.
Whoever gets flustered
at food & drink given to others,
attains no concentration
by day or by night.
But one in whom this is
cut through, uprooted
wiped out —
attains concentration
by day or by night."
August 7, 2021
"There's no fire like passion,
no seizure like anger,
no snare like delusion,
no river like craving."
no seizure like anger,
no snare like delusion,
no river like craving."
August 8, 2021
"It's easy to see
the errors of others,
but hard to see
your own.
You winnow like chaff
the errors of others,
but conceal your own —
like a cheat, an unlucky throw.
If you focus on the errors of others,
constantly finding fault,
your effluents flourish.
You're far from their ending."
the errors of others,
but hard to see
your own.
You winnow like chaff
the errors of others,
but conceal your own —
like a cheat, an unlucky throw.
If you focus on the errors of others,
constantly finding fault,
your effluents flourish.
You're far from their ending."
August 9, 2021
"To pass judgment hurriedly
doesn't mean you're a judge.
The wise one, weighing both
the right judgment & wrong,
judges others impartially —
unhurriedly, in line with the Dhamma,
guarding the Dhamma,
guarded by Dhamma,
intelligent:
he's called a judge."
doesn't mean you're a judge.
The wise one, weighing both
the right judgment & wrong,
judges others impartially —
unhurriedly, in line with the Dhamma,
guarding the Dhamma,
guarded by Dhamma,
intelligent:
he's called a judge."
August 10, 2021
"Simply talking a lot
doesn't mean one is wise.
Whoever's secure —
no hostility, fear —
is said to be wise.
Simply talking a lot
doesn't maintain the Dhamma.
Whoever
— although he's heard next to nothing —
sees Dhamma through his body,
is not heedless of Dhamma:
he's one who maintains the Dhamma."
doesn't mean one is wise.
Whoever's secure —
no hostility, fear —
is said to be wise.
Simply talking a lot
doesn't maintain the Dhamma.
Whoever
— although he's heard next to nothing —
sees Dhamma through his body,
is not heedless of Dhamma:
he's one who maintains the Dhamma."
August 11, 2021
"A head of gray hairs
doesn't mean one's an elder.
Advanced in years,
one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is
truth, restraint,
rectitude, gentleness,
self-control —
he's called an elder,
his impurities disgorged,
enlightened."
doesn't mean one's an elder.
Advanced in years,
one's called an old fool.
But one in whom there is
truth, restraint,
rectitude, gentleness,
self-control —
he's called an elder,
his impurities disgorged,
enlightened."
August 12, 2021
"Not by suave conversation
or lotus-like coloring
does an envious, miserly cheat
become an exemplary man.
But one in whom this is
cut through
up-rooted
wiped out —
he's called exemplary,
his aversion disgorged,
intelligent."
or lotus-like coloring
does an envious, miserly cheat
become an exemplary man.
But one in whom this is
cut through
up-rooted
wiped out —
he's called exemplary,
his aversion disgorged,
intelligent."
August 13, 2021
"A shaven head
doesn't mean a contemplative.
The liar observing no duties,
filled with greed & desire:
what kind of contemplative's he?
But whoever tunes out
the dissonance
of his evil qualities
— large or small —
in every way
by bringing evil to consonance:
he's called a contemplative."
doesn't mean a contemplative.
The liar observing no duties,
filled with greed & desire:
what kind of contemplative's he?
But whoever tunes out
the dissonance
of his evil qualities
— large or small —
in every way
by bringing evil to consonance:
he's called a contemplative."
August 14, 2021
"Begging from others
doesn't mean one's a monk.
As long as one follows
householders' ways,
one is no monk at all.
But whoever puts aside
both merit & evil and,
living the chaste life,
judiciously
goes through the world:
he's called a monk."
doesn't mean one's a monk.
As long as one follows
householders' ways,
one is no monk at all.
But whoever puts aside
both merit & evil and,
living the chaste life,
judiciously
goes through the world:
he's called a monk."
August 15, 2021
"Not by silence
does someone confused
& unknowing
turn into a sage.
But whoever — wise,
as if holding the scales,
taking the excellent —
rejects evil deeds:
he is a sage,
that's how he's a sage.
Whoever can weigh
both sides of the world:
that's how he's called
a sage."
does someone confused
& unknowing
turn into a sage.
But whoever — wise,
as if holding the scales,
taking the excellent —
rejects evil deeds:
he is a sage,
that's how he's a sage.
Whoever can weigh
both sides of the world:
that's how he's called
a sage."
August 16, 2021
"Not by harming life
does one become noble.
One is termed noble
for being gentle
to all living things."
does one become noble.
One is termed noble
for being gentle
to all living things."
August 17, 2021
"Monk, don't
on account of
your precepts & practices,
great erudition,
concentration attainments,
secluded dwelling,
or the thought, 'I touch
the renunciate ease
that run-of-the-mill people
don't know':
ever let yourself get complacent
when the ending of effluents
is still unattained."
on account of
your precepts & practices,
great erudition,
concentration attainments,
secluded dwelling,
or the thought, 'I touch
the renunciate ease
that run-of-the-mill people
don't know':
ever let yourself get complacent
when the ending of effluents
is still unattained."
August 18, 2021
"Of paths, the eightfold is best.
Of truths, the four sayings.
Of qualities, dispassion.
Of two-footed beings,
the one with the eyes
to see.
Just this is the path
— there is no other —
to purify vision.
Follow it,
and that will be Mara's
bewilderment.
Following it,
you put an end
to suffering & stress.
I have taught you this path
having known
— for your knowing —
the extraction of arrows.
It's for you to strive
ardently.
Tathagatas simply
point out the way.
Those who practice,
absorbed in jhana:
from Mara's bonds
they'll be freed."
Of truths, the four sayings.
Of qualities, dispassion.
Of two-footed beings,
the one with the eyes
to see.
Just this is the path
— there is no other —
to purify vision.
Follow it,
and that will be Mara's
bewilderment.
Following it,
you put an end
to suffering & stress.
I have taught you this path
having known
— for your knowing —
the extraction of arrows.
It's for you to strive
ardently.
Tathagatas simply
point out the way.
Those who practice,
absorbed in jhana:
from Mara's bonds
they'll be freed."
August 19, 2021
"When you see with discernment,
'All fabrications are inconstant' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity.
When you see with discernment,
'All fabrications are stressful' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity.
When you see with discernment,
'All phenomena are not-self' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity."
'All fabrications are inconstant' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity.
When you see with discernment,
'All fabrications are stressful' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity.
When you see with discernment,
'All phenomena are not-self' —
you grow disenchanted with stress.
This is the path
to purity."
August 20, 2021
"At the time for initiative
he takes no initiative.
Young, strong, but lethargic,
the resolves of his heart
exhausted,
the lazy, lethargic one
loses the path
to discernment."
he takes no initiative.
Young, strong, but lethargic,
the resolves of his heart
exhausted,
the lazy, lethargic one
loses the path
to discernment."
August 21, 2021
"Guarded in speech,
well-restrained in mind,
you should do nothing unskillful
in body.
Purify these three courses of action.
Bring to fruition
the path that seers have proclaimed."
well-restrained in mind,
you should do nothing unskillful
in body.
Purify these three courses of action.
Bring to fruition
the path that seers have proclaimed."
August 22, 2021
"From striving comes wisdom;
from not, wisdom's end.
Knowing these two courses
— to development, decline —
conduct yourself
so that wisdom will grow."
from not, wisdom's end.
Knowing these two courses
— to development, decline —
conduct yourself
so that wisdom will grow."
August 23, 2021
"Here I'll stay for the rains.
Here, for the summer & winter.'
So imagines the fool,
unaware of obstructions."
Here, for the summer & winter.'
So imagines the fool,
unaware of obstructions."
August 24, 2021
"That drunk-on-his-sons-&-cattle man,
all tangled up in the mind:
death sweeps him away —
as a great flood,
a village asleep."
all tangled up in the mind:
death sweeps him away —
as a great flood,
a village asleep."
August 25, 2021
"There are no sons
to give shelter,
no father,
no family
for one seized by the Ender,
no shelter among kin.
Conscious
of this compelling reason,
the wise man, restrained by virtue,
should make the path pure
— right away —
that goes all the way to Unbinding."
to give shelter,
no father,
no family
for one seized by the Ender,
no shelter among kin.
Conscious
of this compelling reason,
the wise man, restrained by virtue,
should make the path pure
— right away —
that goes all the way to Unbinding."
August 26, 2021
"If, by forsaking
a limited ease,
he would see
an abundance of ease,
the enlightened man
would forsake
the limited ease
for the sake
of the abundant."
a limited ease,
he would see
an abundance of ease,
the enlightened man
would forsake
the limited ease
for the sake
of the abundant."
August 27, 2021
"He wants his own ease
by giving others dis-ease.
Intertwined in the inter-
action of hostility,
from hostility
he's not set free."
by giving others dis-ease.
Intertwined in the inter-
action of hostility,
from hostility
he's not set free."
August 28, 2021
"In those who
reject what should,
& do what shouldn't be done
— heedless, insolent —
effluents grow."
reject what should,
& do what shouldn't be done
— heedless, insolent —
effluents grow."
August 29, 2021
"They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Buddha.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Dhamma.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Sangha.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in harmlessness.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in developing the mind."
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Buddha.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Dhamma.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose mindfulness, both day & night,
is constantly immersed
in the Sangha.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in harmlessness.
They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama's disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in developing the mind."
August 30, 2021
"Hard is the life gone forth,
hard to delight in.
Hard is the miserable
householder's life.
It's painful to stay with dissonant people,
painful to travel the road.
So be neither traveler
nor pained."
hard to delight in.
Hard is the miserable
householder's life.
It's painful to stay with dissonant people,
painful to travel the road.
So be neither traveler
nor pained."
August 31, 2021
"The good shine from afar
like the snowy Himalayas.
The bad don't appear
even when near,
like arrows shot into the night."
like the snowy Himalayas.
The bad don't appear
even when near,
like arrows shot into the night."
September 1, 2021
"Better to eat an iron ball
— glowing, aflame —
than that, unprincipled &
unrestrained,
you should eat the alms of the country."
— glowing, aflame —
than that, unprincipled &
unrestrained,
you should eat the alms of the country."
September 2, 2021
"Just as sharp-bladed grass,
if wrongly held,
wounds the very hand that holds it —
the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped,
drags you down to hell.
Any slack act,
or defiled observance,
or fraudulent life of chastity
bears no great fruit.
If something's to be done,
then work at it firmly,
for a slack going-forth
kicks up all the more dust."
if wrongly held,
wounds the very hand that holds it —
the contemplative life, if wrongly grasped,
drags you down to hell.
Any slack act,
or defiled observance,
or fraudulent life of chastity
bears no great fruit.
If something's to be done,
then work at it firmly,
for a slack going-forth
kicks up all the more dust."
September 3, 2021
"It's better to leave a misdeed
undone.
A misdeed burns you afterward.
Better that a good deed be done
that, after you've done it,
won't make you burn."
undone.
A misdeed burns you afterward.
Better that a good deed be done
that, after you've done it,
won't make you burn."
September 4, 2021
"Like a frontier fortress,
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell."
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell."
September 5, 2021
"Ashamed of what's not shameful,
not ashamed of what is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
Seeing danger where there is none,
& no danger where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination."
not ashamed of what is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
Seeing danger where there is none,
& no danger where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination."
September 6, 2021
"Imagining error where there is none,
and seeing no error where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
But knowing error as error,
and non-error as non-,
beings adopting right views
go to a good
destination."
and seeing no error where there is,
beings adopting wrong views
go to a bad destination.
But knowing error as error,
and non-error as non-,
beings adopting right views
go to a good
destination."
September 7, 2021
"I — like an elephant in battle,
enduring an arrow shot from a bow —
will endure a false accusation,
for the mass of people
have no principles.
The tamed is the one
they take into assemblies.
The tamed is the one
the king mounts.
The tamed who endures
a false accusation
is, among human beings,
the best.
Excellent are tamed mules,
tamed thoroughbreds,
tamed horses from Sindh.
Excellent, tamed tuskers,
great elephants.
But even more excellent
are those self-tamed."
enduring an arrow shot from a bow —
will endure a false accusation,
for the mass of people
have no principles.
The tamed is the one
they take into assemblies.
The tamed is the one
the king mounts.
The tamed who endures
a false accusation
is, among human beings,
the best.
Excellent are tamed mules,
tamed thoroughbreds,
tamed horses from Sindh.
Excellent, tamed tuskers,
great elephants.
But even more excellent
are those self-tamed."
September 8, 2021
"For not by these mounts could you go
to the land unreached,
as the tamed one goes
by taming, well-taming, himself."
to the land unreached,
as the tamed one goes
by taming, well-taming, himself."
September 9, 2021
"Before, this mind went wandering
however it pleased,
wherever it wanted,
by whatever way that it liked.
Today I will hold it aptly in check —
as one wielding a goad, an elephant in rut."
however it pleased,
wherever it wanted,
by whatever way that it liked.
Today I will hold it aptly in check —
as one wielding a goad, an elephant in rut."
September 10, 2021
"Delight in heedfulness.
Watch over your own mind.
Lift yourself up
from the hard-going way,
like a tusker sunk in the mud."
Watch over your own mind.
Lift yourself up
from the hard-going way,
like a tusker sunk in the mud."
September 11, 2021
"If you don't gain a mature companion —
a fellow traveler, right-living, enlightened —
go alone
like a king renouncing his kingdom,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds,
his herd.
Going alone is better,
there's no companionship with a fool.
Go alone,
doing no evil, at peace,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds."
a fellow traveler, right-living, enlightened —
go alone
like a king renouncing his kingdom,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds,
his herd.
Going alone is better,
there's no companionship with a fool.
Go alone,
doing no evil, at peace,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds."
September 12, 2021
"A blessing: friends when the need arises.
A blessing: contentment with whatever there is.
Merit at the ending of life is a blessing.
A blessing: the abandoning of all suffering
& stress.
A blessing in the world: reverence to your mother.
A blessing: reverence to your father as well.
A blessing in the world: reverence to a contemplative.
A blessing: reverence for a brahman, too.
A blessing into old age is virtue.
A blessing: conviction established.
A blessing: discernment attained.
The non-doing of evil things is
a blessing."
A blessing: contentment with whatever there is.
Merit at the ending of life is a blessing.
A blessing: the abandoning of all suffering
& stress.
A blessing in the world: reverence to your mother.
A blessing: reverence to your father as well.
A blessing in the world: reverence to a contemplative.
A blessing: reverence for a brahman, too.
A blessing into old age is virtue.
A blessing: conviction established.
A blessing: discernment attained.
The non-doing of evil things is
a blessing."
September 13, 2021
"When a person lives heedlessly,
his craving grows like a creeping vine.
He runs now here
& now there,
as if looking for fruit:
a monkey in the forest.
If this sticky, uncouth craving
overcomes you in the world,
your sorrows grow like wild grass
after rain.
If, in the world, you overcome
this uncouth craving, hard to escape,
sorrows roll off you,
like water beads off
a lotus.
To all of you gathered here
I say: Good fortune.
Dig up craving
— as when seeking medicinal roots, wild grass —
by the root.
Don't let Mara cut you down
— as a raging river, a reed —
over & over again."
his craving grows like a creeping vine.
He runs now here
& now there,
as if looking for fruit:
a monkey in the forest.
If this sticky, uncouth craving
overcomes you in the world,
your sorrows grow like wild grass
after rain.
If, in the world, you overcome
this uncouth craving, hard to escape,
sorrows roll off you,
like water beads off
a lotus.
To all of you gathered here
I say: Good fortune.
Dig up craving
— as when seeking medicinal roots, wild grass —
by the root.
Don't let Mara cut you down
— as a raging river, a reed —
over & over again."
September 14, 2021
"If its root remains
undamaged & strong,
a tree, even if cut,
will grow back.
So too if latent craving
is not rooted out,
this suffering returns
again & again.
He whose 36 streams,
flowing to what is appealing, are strong:
the currents —
resolves based on passion —
carry him, of base views, away.
They flow every which way,
the streams,
but the sprouted creeper stays
in place.
Now, seeing that the creeper's arisen,
cut through its root
with discernment.
Loosened & oiled
are the joys of a person.
People, bound by enticement,
looking for ease:
to birth & aging they go.
Encircled with craving,
people hop round & around
like a rabbit caught in a snare.
Tied with fetters & bonds
they go on to suffering,
again & again, for long.
Encircled with craving,
people hop round & around
like a rabbit caught in a snare.
So a monk
should dispel craving,
should aspire to dispassion
for himself."
undamaged & strong,
a tree, even if cut,
will grow back.
So too if latent craving
is not rooted out,
this suffering returns
again & again.
He whose 36 streams,
flowing to what is appealing, are strong:
the currents —
resolves based on passion —
carry him, of base views, away.
They flow every which way,
the streams,
but the sprouted creeper stays
in place.
Now, seeing that the creeper's arisen,
cut through its root
with discernment.
Loosened & oiled
are the joys of a person.
People, bound by enticement,
looking for ease:
to birth & aging they go.
Encircled with craving,
people hop round & around
like a rabbit caught in a snare.
Tied with fetters & bonds
they go on to suffering,
again & again, for long.
Encircled with craving,
people hop round & around
like a rabbit caught in a snare.
So a monk
should dispel craving,
should aspire to dispassion
for himself."
September 15, 2021
"That's not a strong bond
— so say the enlightened —
the one made of iron, of wood, or of grass.
To be smitten, enthralled,
with jewels & ornaments,
longing for children & wives:
that's the strong bond,
— so say the enlightened —
one that's constraining, elastic,
hard to untie.
But having cut it, they
— the enlightened — go forth,
free of longing, abandoning
sensual ease."
— so say the enlightened —
the one made of iron, of wood, or of grass.
To be smitten, enthralled,
with jewels & ornaments,
longing for children & wives:
that's the strong bond,
— so say the enlightened —
one that's constraining, elastic,
hard to untie.
But having cut it, they
— the enlightened — go forth,
free of longing, abandoning
sensual ease."
September 16, 2021
"Those smitten with passion
fall back
into a self-made stream,
like a spider snared in its web.
But, having cut it, the enlightened set forth,
free of longing, abandoning
all suffering & stress."
fall back
into a self-made stream,
like a spider snared in its web.
But, having cut it, the enlightened set forth,
free of longing, abandoning
all suffering & stress."
September 17, 2021
"Arrived at the finish,
unfrightened, unblemished, free
of craving, he has cut away
the arrows of becoming.
This physical heap is his last.
Free from craving,
ungrasping,
astute in expression,
knowing the combination of sounds —
which comes first & which after.
He's called a last-body
greatly discerning
great man."
unfrightened, unblemished, free
of craving, he has cut away
the arrows of becoming.
This physical heap is his last.
Free from craving,
ungrasping,
astute in expression,
knowing the combination of sounds —
which comes first & which after.
He's called a last-body
greatly discerning
great man."
September 18, 2021
"All-conquering,
all-knowing am I,
with regard to all things,
unadhering.
All-abandoning,
released in the ending of craving:
having fully known on my own,
to whom should I point as my teacher?"
all-knowing am I,
with regard to all things,
unadhering.
All-abandoning,
released in the ending of craving:
having fully known on my own,
to whom should I point as my teacher?"
September 19, 2021
"Riches ruin the man
weak in discernment,
but not those who seek
the beyond.
Through craving for riches
the man weak in discernment
ruins himself
as he would others.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by passion.
So what's given to those
free of passion
bears great fruit.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by aversion.
So what's given to those
free of aversion
bears great fruit.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by delusion.
So what's given to those
free of delusion
bears great fruit."
weak in discernment,
but not those who seek
the beyond.
Through craving for riches
the man weak in discernment
ruins himself
as he would others.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by passion.
So what's given to those
free of passion
bears great fruit.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by aversion.
So what's given to those
free of aversion
bears great fruit.
Fields are spoiled by weeds;
people, by delusion.
So what's given to those
free of delusion
bears great fruit."
September 20, 2021
"Restraint with the eye is good,
good is restraint with the ear.
Restraint with the nose is good,
good is restraint with the tongue.
Restraint with the body is good,
good is restraint with speech.
Restraint with the heart is good,
good is restraint everywhere.
A monk everywhere restrained
is released from all suffering & stress."
good is restraint with the ear.
Restraint with the nose is good,
good is restraint with the tongue.
Restraint with the body is good,
good is restraint with speech.
Restraint with the heart is good,
good is restraint everywhere.
A monk everywhere restrained
is released from all suffering & stress."
September 21, 2021
"A monk restrained in his speaking,
giving counsel unruffled,
declaring the message & meaning:
sweet is his speech."
giving counsel unruffled,
declaring the message & meaning:
sweet is his speech."
September 22, 2021
"Gains:
don't treat your own with scorn,
don't go coveting those of others.
A monk who covets those of others
attains
no concentration.
Even if he gets next to nothing,
he doesn't treat his gains with scorn.
Living purely, untiring:
he's the one
that the devas praise."
don't treat your own with scorn,
don't go coveting those of others.
A monk who covets those of others
attains
no concentration.
Even if he gets next to nothing,
he doesn't treat his gains with scorn.
Living purely, untiring:
he's the one
that the devas praise."
September 23, 2021
"For whom, in name & form
in every way,
there's no sense of mine,
& who doesn't grieve
for what's not:
he's deservedly called
a monk."
in every way,
there's no sense of mine,
& who doesn't grieve
for what's not:
he's deservedly called
a monk."
September 24, 2021
"Dwelling in kindness, a monk
with faith in the Awakened One's teaching,
would attain the good state,
the peaceful state:
stilling-of-fabrications ease.
Monk, bail out this boat.
It will take you lightly when bailed.
Having cut through passion, aversion,
you go from there to Unbinding.
Practice jhana, monk,
and don't be heedless.
Don't take your mind roaming
in sensual strands.
Don't swallow — heedless —
the ball of iron aflame.
Don't burn & complain: 'This is pain.'
There's no jhana
for one with no discernment,
no discernment
for one with no jhana.
But one with both jhana
& discernment:
he's on the verge
of Unbinding.
Here the first things
for a discerning monk
are guarding the senses,
contentment,
restraint in line with the Patimokkha.
He should associate with admirable friends.
Living purely, untiring,
hospitable by habit,
skilled in his conduct,
gaining a manifold joy,
he will put an end
to suffering & stress."
with faith in the Awakened One's teaching,
would attain the good state,
the peaceful state:
stilling-of-fabrications ease.
Monk, bail out this boat.
It will take you lightly when bailed.
Having cut through passion, aversion,
you go from there to Unbinding.
Practice jhana, monk,
and don't be heedless.
Don't take your mind roaming
in sensual strands.
Don't swallow — heedless —
the ball of iron aflame.
Don't burn & complain: 'This is pain.'
There's no jhana
for one with no discernment,
no discernment
for one with no jhana.
But one with both jhana
& discernment:
he's on the verge
of Unbinding.
Here the first things
for a discerning monk
are guarding the senses,
contentment,
restraint in line with the Patimokkha.
He should associate with admirable friends.
Living purely, untiring,
hospitable by habit,
skilled in his conduct,
gaining a manifold joy,
he will put an end
to suffering & stress."
September 25, 2021
"Calmed in body,
calmed in speech,
well-centered & calm,
having disgorged the baits of the world,
a monk is called
thoroughly
calmed."
calmed in speech,
well-centered & calm,
having disgorged the baits of the world,
a monk is called
thoroughly
calmed."
September 26, 2021
"Your own self is
your own mainstay.
Your own self is
your own guide.
Therefore you should
watch over yourself —
as a trader, a fine steed."
your own mainstay.
Your own self is
your own guide.
Therefore you should
watch over yourself —
as a trader, a fine steed."
September 27, 2021
"A monk with a manifold joy,
with faith in the Awakened One's teaching,
would attain the good state,
the peaceful state:
stilling-of-fabrications ease."
with faith in the Awakened One's teaching,
would attain the good state,
the peaceful state:
stilling-of-fabrications ease."
September 28, 2021
"A young monk who strives
in the Awakened One's teaching,
brightens the world
like the moon set free from a cloud."
in the Awakened One's teaching,
brightens the world
like the moon set free from a cloud."
September 29, 2021
"Having striven, brahman,
cut the stream.
Expel sensual passions.
Knowing the ending of fabrications,
brahman,
you know the Unmade."
cut the stream.
Expel sensual passions.
Knowing the ending of fabrications,
brahman,
you know the Unmade."
September 30, 2021
"One whose beyond or
not-beyond or
beyond-&-not-beyond
can't be found;
unshackled, carefree:
he's what I call
a brahman."
not-beyond or
beyond-&-not-beyond
can't be found;
unshackled, carefree:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 1, 2021
"Sitting silent, dustless,
absorbed in jhana,
his task done, effluents gone,
ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahman."
absorbed in jhana,
his task done, effluents gone,
ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 2, 2021
"By day shines the sun;
by night, the moon;
in armor, the warrior;
in jhana, the brahman.
But all day & all night,
every day & every night,
the Awakened One shines
in splendor."
by night, the moon;
in armor, the warrior;
in jhana, the brahman.
But all day & all night,
every day & every night,
the Awakened One shines
in splendor."
October 3, 2021
"He's called a brahman
for having banished his evil,
a contemplative
for living in consonance,
one gone forth
for having forsaken
his own impurities."
for having banished his evil,
a contemplative
for living in consonance,
one gone forth
for having forsaken
his own impurities."
October 4, 2021
"One should not strike a brahman,
nor should the brahman
let loose with his anger.
Shame on a brahman's killer.
More shame on the brahman
whose anger's let loose.
Nothing's better for the brahman
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing & not.
However his harmful-heartedness
wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest."
nor should the brahman
let loose with his anger.
Shame on a brahman's killer.
More shame on the brahman
whose anger's let loose.
Nothing's better for the brahman
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing & not.
However his harmful-heartedness
wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest."
October 5, 2021
"Whoever does no wrong
in body, speech, heart,
is restrained in these three ways:
he's what I call
a brahman."
in body, speech, heart,
is restrained in these three ways:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 6, 2021
"The person from whom
you would learn the Dhamma
taught by the Rightly
Self-Awakened One:
you should honor him with respect —
as a brahman, the flame for a sacrifice."
you would learn the Dhamma
taught by the Rightly
Self-Awakened One:
you should honor him with respect —
as a brahman, the flame for a sacrifice."
October 7, 2021
"What's the use of your matted hair,
you dullard?
What's the use of your deerskin cloak?
The tangle's inside you.
You comb the outside."
you dullard?
What's the use of your deerskin cloak?
The tangle's inside you.
You comb the outside."
October 8, 2021
"Wearing cast-off rags
— his body lean & lined with veins —
absorbed in jhana,
alone in the forest:
he's what I call
a brahman."
— his body lean & lined with veins —
absorbed in jhana,
alone in the forest:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 9, 2021
"One should not strike a brahman,
nor should the brahman
let loose with his anger.
Shame on a brahman's killer.
More shame on the brahman
whose anger's let loose.
Nothing's better for the brahman
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing & not.
However his harmful-heartedness
wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest."
nor should the brahman
let loose with his anger.
Shame on a brahman's killer.
More shame on the brahman
whose anger's let loose.
Nothing's better for the brahman
than when the mind is held back
from what is endearing & not.
However his harmful-heartedness
wears away,
that's how stress
simply comes to rest."
October 10, 2021
"Having cut the strap & thong,
cord & bridle,
having thrown off the bar,
awakened:
he's what I call
a brahman."
cord & bridle,
having thrown off the bar,
awakened:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 11, 2021
"He endures — unangered —
insult, assault, & imprisonment.
His army is strength;
his strength, forbearance:
he's what I call
a brahman."
insult, assault, & imprisonment.
His army is strength;
his strength, forbearance:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 12, 2021
"Free from anger,
duties observed,
principled, with no overbearing pride,
trained, a 'last-body':
he's what I call
a brahman."
duties observed,
principled, with no overbearing pride,
trained, a 'last-body':
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 13, 2021
"Like water on a lotus leaf,
a mustard seed on the tip of an awl,
he doesn't adhere to sensual pleasures:
he's what I call
a brahman."
a mustard seed on the tip of an awl,
he doesn't adhere to sensual pleasures:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 14, 2021
"He discerns right here,
for himself,
on his own,
his own
ending of stress.
Unshackled, his burden laid down:
he's what I call
a brahman."
for himself,
on his own,
his own
ending of stress.
Unshackled, his burden laid down:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 15, 2021
"Wise, profound
in discernment, astute
as to what is the path
& what's not;
his ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahman."
in discernment, astute
as to what is the path
& what's not;
his ultimate goal attained:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 16, 2021
"Having put aside violence
against beings fearful or firm,
he neither kills nor
gets others to kill:
he's what I call
a brahman."
against beings fearful or firm,
he neither kills nor
gets others to kill:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 17, 2021
"Unopposing among opposition,
unbound among the armed,
unclinging among those who cling:
he's what I call
a brahman."
unbound among the armed,
unclinging among those who cling:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 18, 2021
"His passion, aversion,
conceit, & contempt,
have fallen away —
like a mustard seed
from the tip of an awl:
he's what I call
a brahman."
conceit, & contempt,
have fallen away —
like a mustard seed
from the tip of an awl:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 19, 2021
"He would say
what's non-grating,
instructive, true —
abusing no one:
he's what I call
a brahman."
what's non-grating,
instructive, true —
abusing no one:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 20, 2021
"Here in the world
he takes nothing not-given
— long, short,
large, small,
attractive, not:
he's what I call
a brahman."
he takes nothing not-given
— long, short,
large, small,
attractive, not:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 21, 2021
"His longing for this
& for the next world
can't be found;
free from longing, unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahman."
& for the next world
can't be found;
free from longing, unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 22, 2021
"His attachments, his homes,
can't be found.
Through knowing
he is unperplexed,
has come ashore
in the Deathless:
he's what I call
a brahman."
can't be found.
Through knowing
he is unperplexed,
has come ashore
in the Deathless:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 23, 2021
"He has gone
beyond attachment here
for both merit & evil —
sorrowless, dustless, & pure:
he's what I call
a brahman."
beyond attachment here
for both merit & evil —
sorrowless, dustless, & pure:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 24, 2021
"Whoever, abandoning sensual passions here,
would go forth from home —
his sensual passions, becomings,
totally gone:
he's what I call
a brahman."
would go forth from home —
his sensual passions, becomings,
totally gone:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 25, 2021
"Whoever, abandoning craving here,
would go forth from home —
his cravings, becomings,
totally gone:
he's what I call
a brahman."
would go forth from home —
his cravings, becomings,
totally gone:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 26, 2021
"Having left behind
the human bond,
having made his way past
the divine,
from all bonds unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahman."
the human bond,
having made his way past
the divine,
from all bonds unshackled:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 27, 2021
"Having left behind
delight & displeasure,
cooled, with no acquisitions —
a hero who has conquered
all the world, every world:
he's what I call
a brahman."
delight & displeasure,
cooled, with no acquisitions —
a hero who has conquered
all the world, every world:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 28, 2021
"He knows in every way
beings' passing away,
and their re-arising;
unattached, awakened,
well-gone:
he's what I call
a brahman.
He whose course they don't know
— devas, gandhabbas, & human beings —
his effluents ended, an arahant:
he's what I call
a brahman."
beings' passing away,
and their re-arising;
unattached, awakened,
well-gone:
he's what I call
a brahman.
He whose course they don't know
— devas, gandhabbas, & human beings —
his effluents ended, an arahant:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 29, 2021
"He who has nothing
— in front, behind, in between —
the one with nothing
who clings to no thing:
he's what I call
a brahman."
— in front, behind, in between —
the one with nothing
who clings to no thing:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 30, 2021
"A splendid bull, conqueror,
hero, great seer —
free from want,
awakened, washed:
he's what I call
a brahman."
hero, great seer —
free from want,
awakened, washed:
he's what I call
a brahman."
October 31, 2021
"He knows his former lives.
He sees heavens & states of woe,
has attained the ending of birth,
is a sage who has mastered full-knowing,
his mastery totally mastered:
he's what I call
a brahman."
He sees heavens & states of woe,
has attained the ending of birth,
is a sage who has mastered full-knowing,
his mastery totally mastered:
he's what I call
a brahman."
* Dhammapada. Dhamma means the Buddha’s teaching, or truth, and pada means verse, or saying. Dhammapada is a collection of the Buddha’s sayings in verse form. These sayings have been arranged according to different themes and passed down from the earliest Buddhist order. The Pali text contains 423 verses in 26 chapters, and the Chinese version of Dhammapada contains 13 additional chapters for a total of 752 verses in 39 chapters. The verses to be recited during the 5th and 6th 100-Day Practice of 10th 1000-Day Practice have been selected from <Beopgugyeong - Even if You Have Only One Day Left to Live>, a translation of the Dhammapada Pali text by Oh Won-tak.
"The Dhammapada: A Translation", translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.intro.than.html
"The Dhammapada: A Translation", translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 30 November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/dhp/dhp.intro.than.html
7. Vows of the Jungto Practitioner
Our modern civilization is facing a serious crisis. People are losing their humanity, communities are disintegrating, and the natural environment is being destroyed. We look to the teachings of the Buddha to find solutions to these problems.
We base our perspective of the world on the Law of Interdependence.
As this exists, that exists, and if this ceases to exist that will also cease to exist. This is the state of things as they are. Since everything is interdependent, your death signifies my death, and your survival means my survival. Also, your unhappiness turns into my unhappiness, and your happiness leads to my happiness. Based on this dependent origination, we pursue the path we can travel together in happiness. Just as a variety of flowers makes a garden, the diversity of people creates harmony and balance. We wish to form a new civilization in which love overcomes jealousy and envy; harmony triumphs over confrontation and competition; and peace prevails over conflict and war.
We take the Buddha and bodhisattvas as the models for our own lives.
Following in the footsteps of the Buddha, who lived an austere life with only one set of robes and one food bowl, we assume the mindset of a practitioner by eating mindfully and living frugally and diligently, unhindered by anything in the world. Furthermore, we look to the Compassionate Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara, who embraces the pain of all beings, and the Great Vows Bodhisattva, Kshitigarbba, who goes to Hell to save all beings, as our role models. Finally, we vow to be Mahayana Bodhisattvas, who save all sentient beings from suffering.
We uphold the principles of non-ego, non-possession and non-obstinacy in our practice.
With the aim of creating Jungto, we vow to surrender our egos, possessions and obstinacy to become bodhisattvas who solely cater to the needs of sentient beings. By changing our mindset, we hope to become free of attachments and suffering. Furthermore, we vow to overcome the crisis impending on our civilization by creating Jungto, a world in which individuals are happy, communities are peaceful, and the natural environment is preserved.
8. Objectives of the 10th 1000-Day Practice
1. We free ourselves from suffering and serve our neighbors and the world.
2. We cultivate Jungto practitioners who contribute to building Jungto.
3. We practice, donate and volunteer online from our homes.
4. We embody the “Mosaic Buddha” by engaging in Jungto group activities.
5. We promote happiness for all human beings by running
the Happiness School programs worldwide.
6. We take actions that contribute to world peace.
7. We expand our efforts to eradicate poverty, disease, and illiteracy.
8. To preserve Earth, we practice zero-waste in our everyday lives.
9. We offer Jungto Dharma talks in different languages in order to spread the Buddha's teachings around the world.
10. We build a new civilization where people share and stand in solidarity with one another.
9. The Four Great Vows
I vow to build Jungto, a land where no sentient beings suffer.
I vow to end all suffering and emotional afflictions through practice.
I vow to learn all of the Buddha's teachings.
I vow to attain Buddhahood together with all sentient beings.
10. Sharing
Recognize your state of mind
during today's practice
and write it down.
Donate
Donate more than
a dollar every day.
Volunteer
Perform at least
one good deed every day.
Write your personal practice statement.
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