Rāhula

In fulfillment of our present purpose, it seems almost unnecessary to enter into questions regarding the historical Buddha or to the authenticity of sutras ascribed to his genius.

Therefore, without indicating any particular reservation, we meantime accept the traditional statements that the Buddha of the Diamond Sutra was the son of Suddhodana, the husband of Yasodra, and the father of Rahula.

But incorporated with the text, there is embodied in the familiar term Buddha a lofty spiritual concept which seems to place it in a category where fresh interest is imparted to the question of its interpretation.

Concluding the 26th chapter of the Diamond Sutra, wherein the spiritual body is entirely differentiated from external phenomena, Sakyamuni, in reply to an inquiry regarding the possibility of perceiving Buddha by means of his bodily distinctions, delivered the following remarkable gatha.

And that night I went to sleep and the following morning the arm was completely back to normal again.

i think it may not have been the massage it may be because i got a sore arm from doing something which was good and worthwhile because that's the other thing which i found if you're going on a sort of an aircraft and doing a lot of heavy work but it's not really for a good cause it's something sort of selfish or personal just for your own benefit you don't get energy you don't get peace Because one thing, another thing I found, whenever you're doing something for somebody else or for, you know, for the monastery or for the Buddhist society, you find you get much more energy.

I found this out again going to stories in my early life as a monk.

We did it tough as a monk.

You don't be afraid.

Because that's one of the things, I was never really a fearful person.

so i wasn't afraid of these things because you weren't afraid you tended never to get those sicknesses even malaria there's many malarial areas and sometimes you think who knows maybe this mosquito might be the one with the malaria because you can't tell you know they all look the same they don't have a big m on their backs saying they're malaria well you're just okay come on you're gonna bite me anyway just get over done with and so you were kind to the mosquitoes you never worried about them you never got sort of sick so this was actually really weird where i found from my own personal experience your mental attitude is really important so if you come to places like this And you meditate and get some positive counseling, if you like, on how to keep a positive attitude.

Now, don't just keep thinking, worrying about what you have to do.

In fulfillment of our present purpose, it seems almost unnecessary to enter into questions regarding the historical Buddha or to the authenticity of sutras ascribed to his genius.

Therefore, without indicating any particular reservation, we meantime accept the traditional statements that the Buddha of the Diamond Sutra was the son of Suddhodana, the husband of Yasodra, and the father of Rahula.

But incorporated with the text, there is embodied in the familiar term Buddha a lofty spiritual concept, which seems to place it in a category where fresh interest is imparted to the question of its interpretation.

Concluding the twenty-sixth chapter of the Diamond Sutra, wherein the spiritual body is entirely differentiated from external phenomena, Sakyamuni, in reply to an inquiry regarding the possibility of perceiving Buddha by means of his bodily distinctions, delivered the following remarkable gatha, "I am not to be perceived by means of any visible form, nor sought after by means of any audible sound.

The body is subject to impermanence, to dying.

So when we live in the world and follow the ways of the world, it's kind of like a homeless person, as Ah Chung Lee says, living outdoors.

The world can't protect us.

can't protect us from sickness, aging, and death.

It's like, no.

There was something there that they were aware of in the heart, that understanding that there is a greater happiness in this life.

And that person, even though they haven't been here in 10 years, they're going to make a great effort, I know.

This felt sense is what sees us through.