THOUGHTS WE HAVE EVERYDAY

                                                      GOOD THOUGHTS.....

  

        RESTRAINT IN THE EYE IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN THE EAR, IN THE NOSE RESTAINT IN GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN THE TONGUE. IN THE BODY RESTRAINT IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN SPEECH, IN THOUGHT RESTRAINT IS GOOD, GOOD IS RESTRAINT IN ALL THINGS. A BHIKSHU, RESTRAINED IN ALL THINGS, IS FREED FORM ALL PAIN.

        HE WHO CONTROLS HIS HAND, HE WHO CONTROLS HIS FEET, HE WHO CONTROLS HIS SPEECH, HE WHO IS WELL CONTROLLED, HE WHO DELIGHT INWARDLY, WHO IS COLLECTED, WHO IS SOLITARY AND CONTENT, HIM THEY CALL BHIKSHU . THE BHIKSHU WHO CONTROLS HIS MOUTH, WHO SPEAKS WISELY AND CALMLY, WHO TEACHES THE MEANING AND THE LAW, HIS WORD IS SWEET. HE WHO DWELLS IN THE LAW, DELIGHTS IN NEVER FALL AWAY FROM THE TRUE LAW, RECOLLECTS THE LAW, THAT BHIKSHU WILL NEVER FALL AWAY FROM THE TRUE LAW. LET HIM NOT DESPISE WHAT HE HAS RECEIVED, NOR EVER ENVY OTHERS A MEDICANT WHO ENVIES OTHERS DOES NOT OBTAIN PEACE OF MIND.

        A BHIKSHU WHO, THOUGHT HE RECEIVES LITTLE, DOES NOT DESPISE WHAT HE HAS RECEIVED EVEN THE GODS WILL PRAISE HIM, IFHIS LIFE IS PURE, AND IF HE IS NOT SLOTHFUL. HE WHO NEVER IDENTIFIED HIMSELF WITH NAME AND FORM, AND DOES NOT GRIEVE OVER WHAT IS NO MORE, HE INDEED IS CALLED A BHIKSHU. THE BHIKSHU WHO BEHAVES  WITH KINDNESS, WHO IS HAPPY IN THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA, WILL REACH THE QUIET PLACE(NIRVANA) HAPPINESS ARRISING FROM THE CESSATION OF NATURAL INCLINATIONS.

            O BHIKSHU, EMPTY THIS BOAT!IF EMPTIED, IT WILL GO QUICKLY, HAVING CUT OFF PASSION AND HATRED, THOU WILT GO TO NIRVANA. CUT OFF THE FIVE FETTERS, LEAVE THE FIVE, RISE ABOVE THE FIVE. A BHIKSHU, WHO HAS ESCAPTED FROM THE FIVE FETTERS, HE IS CALLED OGHATINNA-SAVED FROM THE FLOOD. MEDITATE, O BHIKSHU AND BE NOT HEEDLESS! DO NOT DIRECT THY THOUGHT TO WHAT GIVES PLEASURE, THAT THOU MAYEST NOT FOR THY HEEDLESSNESS HAVE TO SWALLOW THE IRON BALL IN HELL, AND THAT THOU MAYEST NOT CRY OUT WHEN  BURNING "THIS IS PAIN".

          WITHOUT WHO HAS ENTERED HIS EMPTY HOUSE, AND WHOSE MIND IS TRANSQUIL, FEEL A MORE THAN HUMAN DELIGHT WHEN HE SEES THE LAW CLEARLY. AS SOON AS HE HAS CONSIDERED THE ORIGIN AND DESTRUCTION OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE BODY, HE FINDS HAPPINESS AND JOY WHICH BELONG TO THOSE WHO KNOW THE IMMORTAL (NIRVANA). AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING HERE FOR A WISE BHIKSHU, WATCHFULLNESS OVER THE SENSES, CONTENTEDNESS, RESTRAINT UNDER THE LAW, KEEP NOBLE FRIENDS WHOSE LIFE IS PURE , AND WHO ARE NOT SLOTHFUL. LET HIM LIVE IN CHARITY, LET HIM BE PERFECT IN HIS DUTIES, THEN IN THE FULNESS OF DELIGHT HE WILL MAKE AN END OF SUFFERING.

               AS THE VASSIKA PLAND SHEDS ITS WITHERED FLOWERS, MEN SHOULD SHED PASSION THE HATRED, O YE BHIKSHUS!. THE BHIKSHU WHOSE BODY AND TONGUE AND MIND ARE QUIETED WHO IS COLLECTED, AND HAS REJECTED THE BAITS OF THE WORLD. HE IS CALLED QUIET. ROUSE THYSELF BY THYSELF, EXAMINE THYSELF BY THYSELF, THEREFORE CURB THYSELF AS THE MERCHANT CURBS A NOBLE HORSE.

              THE BHIKSHU FULL OF DELIGHT WHO IS HAPPY IN THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA WILL REACH THE QUIET PLACE(NIRVANA)  HAPPINESS CONSISTING IN ALL THE CESSATION OF NATURAL INCLINATIONS. HE WHO EVEN AS A YOUNG BHIKSHU, HIMSELF TO THE DOCTRINE OF BUDDHA, BRIGHTENS UP THIS WORLD, LIKE THE MOON WHEN FREE FROM CLOUDS.

                                                          HAPPINESS

             WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED , NOT HATING THOSE WHO HATE US! AMONG MEN WHO HATE US WE DWELL FREE FROM HATRED!. WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM AILMENTS AMONG THE AILING! AMOUNT MEN WHO ARE AILING LET US DWELL FREE FROM AILMENTS! WE LIVE HAPPILY INDEED, FREE FROM GREED AMONG THE GREEDY! AMONG MEN WHO ARE GREEDY LET US DWELL FREE FROM GREED! WE LIVE HAPPILY  INDEED, THOUGH WE CALL NOTHING OUR OWN! WE SHALL BE LIKE THE BRIGHT GODS, FEEDING ON HAPPINESS! VICTORY BREEDS HATRED, FOR THE CONQUERED IS UNHAPPY. HE WHO HAS GIVEN UP BOTH VICTORY AND DEFEAT, HE, THE CONTENED IS HAPPY. THERE IS NO FIRE LIKE PASSION. THERE IS NO LOSING THROW LIKE HATRED, THERE IS NO PAIN LIKE THIS BODY, THERE IS NO HAPPINESS HIGHER THAN REST.

              HUNGER IS THE WORST OF DISEASE, THE ELEMENTS OF THE BODY THE GREATEST EVIL, IF ONE KNOWS THIS TRULY, THAT IS NIRVANA, THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS. HEALTH IS THE GREATEST OF GIFTS, CONTENTEDNESS THE BEST RICHES TRUST IS THE BEST OF RELATIONSHIPS, NIRVANA THE HIGHEST HAPPINESS.

           HE WHO HAS TASTED THE SWEETNESS OF SOLITUDE AND TRANQUILLITY, IS FREE FROM FEAR AND FREE FROM SIN, WHILE HE TASTES THE SWEETNESS OF DRINKING IN THE LAW. THE SIGHT OF THE ELECT (ARIYA) IS GOOD, TO LIVE WITH THEM IS ALWAYS HAPPINESS, IF A MAN DOES NOT SEE FOOLS, HE WILL BE TRULY HAPPY. HE WHO WALKS IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS SUFFERS A LONG WAY., COMPANY WUTH FOOLS AS WITH AN ENEMY, IS ALWAYS PAIFUL, COMPANY WITH THE WISE IS PLEASURE, LIKE MEETING WITH KINSFOLK.

            THEREFORE, ONE OUGHT TO FOLLOW THE WISE, THE INTELLIGENT, THE LEARNED, THE MUCH ENDURING, THE DUTIFUL, THE ELECT, ONE OUGHT TO FOLLOW SUCH A GOOD AND WISE MAN, AS THE MOON FOLLOWS THE PATH OF THE STARS.