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18.12.1996 - Interpretation of dali48
Nothing exists except for the here and now - I am calmly waiting for the things of the future to appear before my eyes - to transform into the present - and to disappear again into the past... (N. Thera, Buddhist teaching)
How much energy is wasted in useless thinking of the past - in sentimental longing for past days - in eternal regret and aftermath - and in the garrulous repetition of always the same thoughts and words...
Of equal worthlessness is the thought of the future - vain hopes, fantastic plans and empty dreams, groundless fears and unnecessary worries - all this in turn causes avoidable grief and avoidable disappointment...
The "why" - only gives an endless questioning about the cause etc... (F. Perls)
What comes, one should not avoid - What is passing away, one should not follow... (Zen Master Dabai)
In order to squeeze, one will surely expand! - To weaken, one will surely strengthen! - In order to humiliate one will certainly idealize first! - To take, one will surely first give! - This is called subtle wisdom... (Lao-Tzu)
Better the security of the usual misery - than the risk of something new...
The conflict between "for" and "against" - that is the disease of the mind... (Seng-Ts'an, 6th century)
Friedrich (Frederick) Salomon Perls (July 8, 1893 – March 14, 1970), better known as Fritz Perls, was a noted German-born psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
Died: March 14, 1970 (aged 76); Chicago, Illinois
Born: July 8, 1893; Berlin, German Empire
Known for: Coining term: Gestalt Therapy
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See also Zen for an overview of Zen, Chan Buddhism for the Chinese origins, and Sōtō, Rinzai and Ōbaku for the three main schools of Zen in Japan. Zen is the ...
Laozi also rendered as Lao Tzu (/ˈlaʊˈtsuː/ or /ˈlaʊˈdzʌ/) and Lao-Tze (/ˈl aʊˈdzeɪ/), was an ancient Chinese philosopher and writer. He is the reputed ...
Born: 601 BC; Chujen village, state of Chu
School: Taoism
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Ñāṇavīra Thera was an English Theravāda Buddhist monk, ordained in 1950 in Sri Lanka. .... Existentialism, then, is in his view an approach to the Buddha's Teaching and not a substitute for it. Along with the manuscript letters, which were ...
Education: B.A. degree in Modern and Medieval ...
Died: 5 July 1965 (aged 45); Bundala, Sri Lanka
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see dali48 and warning of neo-fascism since 1989 and Climate Change since ca. 2000 and "Banking Crisis" 2008 and poor people and social diseases and speculation and homelessness and robots etc. - instead of UBI & Ecology - Uncontrolled capitalism produces evil as bees produce...
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