Becoming the selflessness in serving people is one of the greatest rewards

 

Buddhism or the Buddhadharma is different than becoming a good person. Because when you want to become a good person, when you want to do good, you become a purpose, you have a purpose of being good, of what you think is good. So we even have to transcend that.

Studying Zen is not becoming a good person, but becoming a human being. When you become a human being then you are naturally ... you realize your basic goodness. Even ourselves are basic goodness. Then you realize the basic goodness of others. That's goodness.

So, It's not doing good things for people. Becoming the selflessness in serving people is one of the greatest rewards.

Jakusho Kwong-roshi

 

I searched for God and found only myself ...

 

 

I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God

 

 

Sufi spakmæli

Gleðilegt ár!

 

Ég óska ykkur öllum gleðilegs árs og vona að árið 2010 verði ykkur farsælt.

 

 

Gæt Þessa dags
því hann er lífið
lífið sjálft.
Og í honum býr allur veruleikinn
og allur sannleikur tilverunnar
unaður vaxtar og grósku
dýrð hinna skapandi verka
ljómi máttarins.
Því að gærdagurinn er draumur
og morgundagurinn hugboð
en þessi dagur í dag
sé honum vel varið
umbreytir hverjum gærdegi
í verðmæta minningu
og hverjum morgundegi í vonarbjarma.
Gæt þú því vel þessa dags.

Einföld lýsing á kundalini-vakningu

When a drop of water falls in the ocean ...

 

When a drop of water falls in the ocean, when a speck of dust falls on the ground, at that moment the drop of water is no longer a drop of water, it becomes the ocean, and the speck of dust is no longer a speck of dust, it becomes the entire earth.

Sawaki Roshi

 

Jesús og Búdda - Sami boðskapur

 

Jesús

Hví sérð þú flísina í auga bróður þíns, en tekur ekki eftir bjálkanum í auga sjálfs þíns? Hvernig fær þú sagt við bróður þinn: ,,Bróðir, lát mig draga flísina út auga þér, " en sérð þó eigi sjálfur bjálkann í þínu auga? Hræsnari, drag fyrst bjálkann úr auga þér, og þá sérðu glöggt til að draga flísina úr auga bróður þíns.

Lúkas 6.41-42

 

Búdda

Auðveldara er að sjá annarra manna galla en sína eigin. Annarra manna galla er auðvelt að sjá því þeir skiljast frá eins og hismi frá korni,  en eigin galla er erfitt að koma auga á. Hið sama gildir um svindlarann sem felur eigin teninga, en sýnir teninga andstæðingsins, dregur athygli að annmörkum hans og hugsa stöðugt um að áfellast hann.

Udanavarga 27.2

 

 

Marcus Borg og Jack Kornfield - Jesús og Búdda. Sami boðskapur. Sigurður Skúlason íslenskaði.

... allt eru þetta mínir vegir

Hvaða veg sem mennirnir velja,

er þeir vilja til mín komast,

tek ég við þeim hverjum og einum,

 

því allt eru þetta mínir vegir.   

 

 

Bhagavad Gita - Indversk helgiljóð - 4. Kviða – Sören Sörenson íslenskaði.

 

Jóla- og nýárskveðja frá Paramahamsa Prajnanananda

 

Loving and Divine Soul

 

At the outset of Christmas and New Year, 2010, I am expressing my love and best wishes to you. I am offering my devotion and prayers to God for the wellbeing of the entire creation.

 

Time is a continuous flow. It provides an opportunity to everyone in creation to make God's beautiful creation more attractive and creative. Look at the butterfly; it does its tremendous work supporting God's work by manifesting its beauty and joy to many. It is born an unattractive caterpillar and is transformed into a beautiful butterfly. It serves its life purpose with a fruitful and productive life.

 

We are human beings. We have talent and skill, no lack of wealth and prosperity. But what are we doing with all this?

 

There is a beautiful verse in Sanskrit:

        vidya vivadaya dhanam madaya
        shaktih paresham paripidanaya
        khalasya sadhoh viparitam etat
        jnanaya danaya ca rakshanaya
            – Gunaratna of Bhavabhuti

 

“For the wicked, knowledge is used for conflict or war, wealth is for pride and vanity, and strength and power are used to oppress or torture others. For a noble person, it is completely different: Education is for knowledge to make everything better, wealth is for charity, and strength or power is solely for protection.”

 

Thousands of years ago, thinkers, rishis, and seers expressed practical solutions to the troubles of human life — never think that you don't have enough; instead, always think that you not only have enough, but you have something to give to others.

 

If you have knowledge and ideas, let it be used for the benefit of all. If you have wealth and treasure, let a part of it be used in service of the needy. If you have physical ability, let this strength be used to help others.

 

Let us begin a new life during this special time. If we live this way, not only will the quality of our own lives change, but we can create a better world.

 

Again, on the occasion of the holy days of Christmas and New Year, I am praying for you all. I am meditating for all. May you all be happy, healthy, peaceful, and prosperous.

 

Again, I am praying for you all.

 

With Love,
Prajnanananda

 

www.kriyayoga.is                                                            www.kriya.org 

May you have a very merry Christmas, and may you receive the greatest gift that anyone can wish for you: the perception of the Christ spirit in your own heart

 

Do not think of Christ as a helpless little baby, for although He was the tiny baby Jesus, within His consciousness was omnipresent God. Otherwise, how could He, when only a young boy, talk in a manner that startled even the wise men? While He had a little boy brain, behind it and manifesting through it was the Almighty spirit of God. The universal spirit of Christ Consciousness was with Him from the beginning.

 

That is the real reason why we celebrate His birthday – in order to remind ourselves of the divine qualities of Jesus and to awaken ourselves to a realization of the enlightening, loving Christ Presence in our own consciousness. It is a pity that so many people forget entirely the real purpose of the Christmas celebration and lose themselves in the material side only of the joyous festivities.

 

Christ has been unknown to you because you have kept the gates of your devotion closed. Take this Christmas celebration seriously and through deep and sustained meditation invite the Christ to manifest Himself to you. Jesus himself said that to all those who received Him, He would give the power to become the sons of God. Then why not make yourself ready to receive Him now? It is easier at this season than at any other time, for the whole world is filled with a spirit of good-will, love, and peace. Even the entire cosmos celebrates this season of joy for the Light that permeates all space.

 

You must remember what Jesus was in reality. He was created a human being and went through all the struggles and suffering of a human being – but He came through victoriously. That is why He can be an example for us, an ideal toward which we may strive. If He could succeed, we may also.

 

We must live life unselfishly as He lived it and must continually practice the one method for realizing the presence of that Almighty Grace within – the method of persistent meditation. You must go so deep within the great silence that you feel the one life which pervades all Creation. Then you will find the Christ Presence.

 

Christ must come in the cathedral of silence. Christ must be born in the cradle of each loving heart. So, instead of enjoying just the material aspects of this Christmas celebration, make your heart a cradle where Christ can be born again. You must prepare your consciousness.

 

Be sure that love and good-will go with your gifts, and be sure to recognize the spirit and the hand of the Father in those you receive. Give extra time to meditation for at least the week preceding Christmas, take several hours the day before, and be sure to meditate on Christmas morning. Accept this great gift which the Father meant for you. Do not let Jesus’ living and His suffering be in vain. He came to bring you joy and glory and peace and light. These He offers to you always but with especial tenderness and love at this holy season. Wake up and accept the gift of life.

 

Christ is the joy felt in meditation. Christ is the perception realized in the deepest hours of silence. Clear away all the bars of material desire and let Christ into your heart. Open the portals of devotion and meditate until the Christ child is born within you.

 

May you have a very merry Christmas, and may you receive the greatest gift that anyone can wish for you: the perception of the Christ spirit in your own heart. May you feel His presence on Christmas day and every day throughout the new year. Open your hands to receive the wonderful gift of Light. Meditate until you get results. The answer is sure if you persist.

Love, serve, meditate.     

 

 

 

Paramhansa Yogananda - Inner Culture, 1936

 

Jólaguðspjallið er dulspekileg fræðsla - 4. hluti

... Eðli jólasögunnar er: Ljósið, sem skín í myrkrinu, eins og segir í Jóhannesarguðspjalli.

Uppljómun sálarinnar, sameining hinnar persónulegu og hinnar æðri vitundar, er eins og ljós í myrkri hins persónulega lífs.

Og nú nálgumst við hinn mikla atburð þessarar nætur.

María á að tákna hina æðri hugsun, þessa, sem stundum er kallað orsakalíkami. Jósef er hin hlutræna eða hin persónulega hugsun, lægri huglíkaminn. Það er ekki rúm fyrir þau í gistihúsinu, af því að maðurinn er orðinn þannig, að hann fellur illa inn í venjulegt líf. Þess vegna fara þau í fjárhúsið sem táknar tilfinningalífið, geðlíkamann. Þar inni eru tamin dýr, góðlynd og gæf. Það eru þrár, langanir og tilfinningar, sem búið er að temja, orðnar auðsveipar og ljúfar.

Það er kyrrt úti, alls staðar kyrrð, nema í gistihúsinu, mannlífinu. Slík kyrrð er undanfari hins mikla viðburðar. Það er eins og hinni dimmu nótt fylgi þessi dauðaþögn í sálinni. Ekkert bærir á sér. Dýrin eða tilfinningarnar hreyfa sig ekki, sauðféð úti á völlum, lægra, eðlið og eðlishvatirnar blunda undir vökulli gæzku fjárhirðanna, hinna góðu hæfileika og mannkosta, sem vaka, en eru sjálfir hljóðir, því að allt er hljótt, ekkert sérstakt, vekefni. Nótt er ekki bara myrkur, hún er líka hvíld. Hvíldin táknar hina innri kyrrð.

Í hugrænni þjálfun er þessi jólanæturkyrrð það ástand hugsunar og vitundarstarfs, þegar allt er opið í vitundinni, allt vitundarstarfið er meðvitað, en þó hvergi gára, áreynslulaus innri kyrrð. En samt er allt myrkt, hvergi glæta, Öll ljós höfðu reynzt villuljós. Hið sanna ljós í myrkrinu er ekki enn kviknað. ...

... En svo gerist undrið.

Það kemur öllum á óvart, og enginn veit, fyrr en það hefur gerzt.

Kristsbarnið, einstaklingseðlið, er fætt í sálinni, hin guðlega vitund hefur tekið sér bústað í persónuleikanum.

Ljósið skín í myrkrinu, eins og segir í Jóhannesarguðspjalli.

 

 

Sigvaldi Hjálmarsson - Andi jólanna. Grein í Ganglera, hausthefti frá árinu 2008.