posted March 28, 2021 08:34 PM            

I've received a few laughing Buddhas as gifts.

posted April 06, 2021 04:27 AM            

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I have heard that a king expelled his son from his kingdom. He was angry with his son, a spoiled son, and so in a moment of rage he threw him out. The son did not have any skills or vocation. What can a king's son know? He was not even educated, so he could do nothing to make a decent living.

How ever he had, by way of a hobby, learned a little singing and dancing in his childhood. So he took to singing and dancing on the streets of a town belonging to a hot and arid neighboring country where he found refuge.

For ten years the king's son lived the life of a homeless beggar in tattered and dirty clothes. So he completely forgot that he was ever a prince. And curiously enough, in these ten years, he was increasingly maturing towards kingship, since he was the only son of a king who was growing older and older. But, at present, he was a faceless person moving from door to door with a begging bowl in his hands.

When the king became very old he grew worried about the future of his throne. Who was going to succeed him and manage his kingdom after his death? So he asked his prime minister to search for his only son, whom he had expelled years ago, and bring him back so he could take over the reins of his kingdom from him. Even if he was stupid he had to be recalled, the king thought. There was no other alternative.

The prime minister went out in search of his king's son. After a great deal of inquiry and effort he reached the town where his future master was living as a nobody. His chariot halted in front of a hotel, where he found him under a scorching midday sun, a young man begging a little money from the hotel manager to buy himself a pair of sandals. He was pointing to his bare and bleeding feet, lacerated with wounds. The prime minister stepped down from the chariot and approached the young beggar. He took no time to recognize him - he was the king's son - although he was in rags, his body emaciated, his face shriveled and sunburned. He bowed to him and said, "The king has pardoned you and asks you to return to your kingdom."

In a second, a split-second, the young man's face was transformed and he threw away his beggar's bowl. In no time at all he ceased to be a beggar and became a king. And he told the prime minister, "Go to the market and bring me a pair of good shoes and good clothes, and in the meantime make arrangements for my bath." And with the stride of a prince he walked to the chariot and stepped aboard.

In and around the hotel, everybody, who a little while ago had given him alms or denied them, came rushing, crowding around his chariot. And they found he was a different man altogether, he was not even looking at them now. They asked him, "How is it you forget us in a moment?" The prince said, "I remembered you as long as I had forgotten who I was. Just now I have remembered who I am, so forget I am a beggar. " When the crowd reminded him of what he had been only a moment ago, he said, "Now I remember. Now I know I am a king. I have always been a king."

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Not a quote from Buddha but I love this story.

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https://oshosearch.net/Convert/Articles_Osho/Krishna_The_Man_and_his_Philosophy/Osho-Krishna-The-Man-and-his-Philosophy-00000003.html

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posted April 28, 2021 07:53 AM            

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SILENCE CANNOT MAKE A MASTER OUT OF A FOOL.

BUT HE WHO WEIGHS ONLY PURITY IN HIS SCALES, WHO SEEKS THE NATURE OF THE TWO WORLDS, HE IS A MASTER.

HE HARMS NO LIVING THING.

AND YET IT IS NOT GOOD CONDUCT THAT HELPS YOU UPON THE WAY, NOR RITUAL, NOR BOOK LEARNING, NOR WITHDRAWAL INTO THE SELF, NOR DEEP MEDITATION.

NONE OF THESE CONFERS MASTERY OR JOY.

O SEEKER!

RELY ON NOTHING UNTIL YOU WANT NOTHING.

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posted June 11, 2021 11:59 AM            

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Not a quote from Buddha but I love this story.

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Had to visit because I saw the number 108 count of threads

I am sure buddha wants to tell everyone today the same story. He would not have renounced his kingdom in search of enlightenment. It is not necessary .
No need to become a skeleton because a healthy body is required to contain the energy and vibration of the divine.

Everyone needs to do the balancing act. Detachment can be practiced in daily routines . Awareness too such as watching movement of tongue in daily routines.