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A Precious Human Life

Everyday, Think as you wake up, Today I am fortunate to have woken up, I am alive, I have a precious Human Life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, To expand my heart out to others, To achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings, I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry, or think badly about others, I am going to benefit others as much as i can.

The Dalai Lama

Buddha

The Buddha once summarised his entire teachings in one beautiful sentence: I teach about suffering and the way to end it.

Avatamsaka Sutra

The supreme and endless blessings of Samantabhadra’s deeds, I now universally transfer. May every living being, drowning and adrift, Soon return to the Land of Limitless Light!

Correcting one's view

 

The intention to correct one’s view is the way of making merit in right view. Correct view is, in fact, the actual feature of all the ten ways of making merit. For by it there is much fruit to one doing any sort of merit. Whatever merit one does, it is of great fruit, only if the view is correct or right, not otherwise. That is why the Buddha said: 

"No other thing than ‘right view’ do I know whereby good actions not yet arisen arise, and good actions already arisen are brought to growth and fullness."

According to the Buddha there are two kinds of right view: mundane and supramundane.  The understanding that it is good to give alms and offerings, that both good and evil actions will bear fruit and will be followed by results, this is the mundane right view, though still subject to the asavas, is meritorious, yields worldly fruits and brings good results. But whatever there is of wisdom, penetration, of right view conjoined with the noble path, this is called the supramundane right view (lokuttara samma-diññhi).