Key quotes Flashcards
What quote discusses the earth shaking?
“The earth shakes mightily, tremendously” - a quote around the time of the buddhas birth to discuss the natural phenomena that occurred after and before his birth”
What quote discusses the Buddha and the Dharma?
“Although the Buddhas are obliged to preach the Dharma and need no human invitation the person who invites them gains merit by doing so”
What quote discusses abiding the Dhamma?
“We shall abide by the Dhamma, live uprightly in the Dhamma, walk in the way of the Dhamma”
What quote discusses being a light unto yourself?
“Ananda, be a lamp unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves, seeking no external refuge; with the dhamma as your lamp
What quote discusses being good to yourself?
“Help yourself, accept as completely true only that which is praised by the wises and which you test for yourself and know to be good for yourself and others”
Quotes from the parable of the poisoned arrow?
‘Whether the world is finite or infinite, limited or unlimited, the problem of your liberation remains the same’
What is the Buddha’s ehipassiko quote?
‘being your own lamp’ - shining your own knowledge unto yourself, be your own beacon of buddhism
What does Harvey describe Nibbana like?
‘cessation or extinction’ - in the sense the 3 poisons are being extinguished
What did Nagesana say enlightenment was like?
‘A cool drink of water when you are really thirsty’ - nagesana tells king milinda what it is like without know, there is no way of us knowing what it is really like so we use ‘via negativa’ to explain what it is not
What did Mckeown say about enlightenment?
‘when we see the snake is actually a coiled rope, we stop fearing it’ - through right action and mindfulness we are able to see nirvana for what it really is
Dogen says what about our inner Buddha nature?
Our inner Buddha nature explains nirvana
Explain the story and quotes from Kisa Gotami and the mustard seed
- Woman loses her son to illness, seeks out the buddha for help and he says “Go and find me four or five mustard seeds from any family in which there has never been a death”
- The woman searches and is unable to find anyone
- She accepts that death is inevitable and realised that so surely as like comes to us, death comes to us all
Explain the story in the parable of the poison arrow with quotes
- If a man is struck by a poison arrow and the doctor wishes to remove it and he refuses until he knows who every detail about the person who shot it, he will die.
“if he were to wait here until all these questions have been answered, the man might die first”
What is the quote about light of the past Buddhas?
“The aspiration for omniscience of all buddhas of past, future, and present are lit, yet the one lamp of aspiration for omniscience is not exhausted”
What is the quote for a man causing pain to others
“if a man by causing pain to others, wishes to obtain pleasure for himself, he entangled in the bonds of selfishness will never be free from hatred”
