Guest guest Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Dear Shivabhakthas, I just had wanted to send this which is soo practical for the modern life. We waste lot of time in contemplating the past loss and hence most of the future also is lost in immaterial thoughts. The main idea of many of these teachings and republishing this again and again is to make the person see it again and again and understand and strive to rectify himself to regain courage and confidence in leading the life ahead. A wonderful piece of learning is published below. hope this shall be helpful. SR.Rajkumar Friends: Focus on the Present... The Past is Not Real! The forest monks do not lament over the past,they neither yearn for what has yet to come,they just maintain themselves here in the present,therefore is their appearance so calm & serene!Samyutta Nikaya I, 5Let go of the past, relinquish of the future, stay in the present, and cross over to the further shore of all becoming & existence! With mind wholly liberated & released, you shall never return to birth & death! Dhammapada 348The past should neither be longed for nor dwelled in and the future neither desired, searched nor urged;what is past, not real anymore, is dead & gone, and the future, not real now, have yet to come! Majjhima Nikaya III, 131 Whatever happened in the past is quite irrelevant now!The melancholic longing for a Past, that never can nor will return, is therefore just futile masochism! Let the past be past, let it go, relinquish it fully...Let the future come as it may come! Don't push it!Remain mentally right here in the present: Aware! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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