Episode 87 - Buddah-Nature

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we consider our own Buddha-nature, the real nature of our mind: pure, peaceful, wise and compassion. We also learn how to do the practice of taking and giving (or Tonglen in Tibetan) to generate compassion for ourselves and to purify our future self. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">‘Monks, this mind is brightly shining, but it is defiled by adventitious defilements’</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—Buddha</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who is worthy enough to find fault </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In one who is like a coin of the finest gold— </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Blameless in conduct, </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Intelligent, </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Endowed with insight and virtue,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Praised by the wise after being observed day after day? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Such a one is praised even by the gods, </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Even by Brahmā. (229–230</span></p> <p><strong>—Buddha, The Dhammapada </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Links and References</strong></p> <p><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Buddha.The+Dhammapada.+Translated+by+Gil+Fronsdale.&i=stripbooks&ref=nb_sb_noss"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Buddha.</span><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Dhammapada.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Translated by Gil Fronsdale.</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp.60.</span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>