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Written by Ven. Londonaye Dammagawesi Thero
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Saturday, 05 December 2009 09:45 |
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Pāpopi passati badran
Yawa pāpan n pachchati
Yada ta pachchti pāpan
Atha pāpo pāpāni passati
As long as evil ripens not,
even the evil one goodness knows,
but when the evil ripens
then the person evil knows.
Explanation: The evil doer even sees evil as good. When evil begins to mature, the evil doer will understand evil to be evil.
When one is doing bad or the wrong there is a fair, just, right reasoning to continue. When the bad has ripened or matured the consequences and the repercussions are all over whelming and each finds it difficult to face the outcome. this is just the aggressive and arrogant nature in most of us in a very competitive, comparative & inconsiderate existence. Bikku Dhammagawesi |
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Written by Ven. Londonaye Dammagawesi Thero
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Sunday, 01 November 2009 00:05 |
 Consider this statement....... read this a couple of times .... 'Self' (I, me, my) is always "Selfish". 'Self' needs to be "Selfless" . For a self to be selfless. it need to let go the selfishness. Most of the time we are unwilling or we are unable to accept another's betterment, another's benefits, another's gain, another’s praise, another’s rewards. We always try to have something that we have done for another’s betterment. It is because of me that they prospered. It is me who gave or showed them the way. It is me who said so. It was mine before. Etcetera. We are unable to another take the limelight or centre stage. We always try to say I told you so, If they only listened to what I said, etcetera.. This is the selfishness within me that make me take part of all of the praise, fame, reward, benefit, gain of another’s well-being. So learn to overcome this by accepting another for all of what they are. Have nothing to do with another’s betterment or their demise. Just have everything to do with your improvement. That is to be selfless.
Learn to accept another unconditionally, to accept their opinion unconditionally, to accept their judgement unconditionally,
Enjoy being. May you have the strength, courage, confidence and effort to lead a eventful wholesome life. May you be happy, healthy, peaceful and content.
Theruwan Saranai,
With much respect and humbleness
Bikku Dhammagawesi |
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Written by Ven. Londonaye Dammagawesi Thero
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Thursday, 17 September 2009 05:12 |
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If you take some time off from your day to day duties and just begin to ask yourself a few questions:
Do I like my job and do I want to continue?
How am I performing against my assigned objectives & responsibilities?
Am I coping with the expectations set by others?
Are others fulfilling my expectations?
Am I fulfilling my own expectations and maintaining my own standards?
Do others’ actions make me feel good or bad?
Are others obedient, or are they an obstruction to achieving my goals?
Are others as enthusiastic as I am or are they just laid back?
How do others measure my performance?
Are the perceptions of others of my performance fair & just?
Do I feel that I’m victimised & others favoured?
Am I happy with what I’m doing?
Are others happy with what I’m doing?
Who are the people I try to avoid and why do I try to avoid them?
Who are the people I hate and why do I hate them?
Who are the people at work I like that I don’t get to keep company with?
Do I feel that I belong to the team & the company?
Do I feel wanted where I work?
What do I long for at work?
These are some of the issues & experiences where stress is built. This is where the doubt & fear of failure come. This is where the blamelessness & blamefulness are justified; where the revenge & remorsefulness are gathered. This is where regret about the past and the restlessness of the future are articulated. This is where the selfishness & jealousy are built by the mere untold competitiveness & comparativeness that are within us.
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