Themes for Daily Buddhist Contemplation!
This is a list of daily contemplations suggested the by Buddha!
Jaradhammomhi: I am of the nature to grow OLD!
Byadhidhammomhi: I am of the nature to get SICK!
Maranadhammomhi: I am of the nature to DIE!
Sabbehi me piyehi manapehi nanabhavo vinabhavo: Everything pleasing-charming to me becomes different, becomes not so!
The Charge of Nalagiri!
Nalagiri the elephant made a bloody rampaged through the streets of Rajagaha; but stepping out to meet his charge was a brave ascetic with a gentle voice:
“Don’t Let an ‘Elephant of a Great House’ harm an ‘Elephant of a Great House’; For those that seriously strike an elephant, happiness is not what happens next!”
Kinsmen of the Sun!
Young grief stricken Singala washed himself in the water among the crowd of yogis making their ablution. Quietly he waited for the dawn with the these Kinsmen of the Sun; and did his best to imitate their asanas. Sobriety and emotions made his body shudder.
“Householder’s son, why are you revering the quarters in this way?”
Singala replied, “Sir, on his deathbed my father said to me: ‘My dear, please revere the quarters.’ Honoring, respecting, and venerating my father’s words, I rose early and left Rajagaha; now with my clothes and hair all wet, I raise my joined palms to revere the various quarters—east, south, west, north, below, and above!”