The Dhammapada is a collection of the sayings of the Buddha. It is regarded as one of most important of Buddhist sutras (texts) and one which very closely records his teachings. Here's the opening of the Dhammapada:
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage." Breathing literally massages the body from the inside. - Eric Harrison
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. - Dennis Waitley
Despite the rapid expansion of worldly knowledge, especially in the twenty first century, mankind has been brought no nearer to the solution to human problems and eradicating pervasive unsatisfactoriness. - K. Sri Dhammananda
Highly revered second-century monk Nagarjuna was the mentor of the South Indian King Udayi. When the King asked "what is the best way for me to live and lead?" Nagajuna answered: "Just as you love to consider what to do to help yourself, so should you love to consider what to do to help others!”
Have an amiable, loving, sociable nature. Have sympathy, adaptability, self-restraint, tolerance, love and mercy. Be balanced even when you are insulted. - Swami Sivananda
Could it be this simple - that three inexpensive, readily available supplements form a combo which significantly reduces COVID 19 severity, especially in seniors.
That's the conclusion of a study published in May 2020 in medRxiv. Called a DMB protocol, the study had a control group which didn't receive DMB and one which received one daily dose of vitamin D3 1000 IU, magnesium 150mg, and vitamin B12 500mcg for up to 14 days. The researchers found that only 3/17 patients in the study arm required supplemental oxygen, compared to 16/26 in the control group. Feel free to re-post and/or share this info on your social media. (source: https://www.news-medical.net/news/20200604/Study-says-vitamin-magnesium-combo-may-reduce-severity-of-COVID-19-in-seniors.aspx) (public domain image from www.pixabay.com) We humans are always in a hurry: hurry up and get through high school and into college. Hurry up through college and get a good job, get promoted, make more money as quickly as possible, find a partner, have a family etc, etc. It is nature which can teach us that growth, evolution cannot be forced or manipulated. In fact, a Buddhist text titled "Urgent" contains this wisdom from the Buddha: "A farmer has no psychic potency or spiritual might [by which he could command]: ‘Let my crops start growing today! Let them mature tomorrow! Let them bear grain the day after tomorrow!’ But with the change of seasons there comes a time when the crops grow, mature, and bear grain.” Behind the growth of crops is a time of preparation: cultivating the ground, planting the seeds, providing irrigation, adding fertilizer. After all that is done, one has to wait for the "change of seasons" and at the right time, growth emerges. Buddhism teaches that causes and conditions must be favorable for results to surface. Adversity – separation from loved ones, aging, and the death of intimate companions – have more spiritual impact on the mind that does the relatively pain free yet semi-conscious state of mind we have when everything is just skimming along. - Ajahan Sumano Bhikkhu
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