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Intelligent or Ignorant ?
It is called Socrates irony
A fool shows himself, an intelligent.
Ego plays the great role; in fact, it is hard to decide for other one, and it
is easy to decide for oneself. An egoless person can’t see ego in anyone, nor
would say, “You have the ego problem,” rather, would assist you to take a jump
beyond it.
Better Stop Blogging From This Post ...
In Gladness and In Safety - May All Beings Be At Ease
... Từ Bi - Độ Thế
... No Mud - No Lotus
So why does the lotus remain unpolluted by the waters? It’s not actually the lotus flower that does this, it’s the leaves. And it’s due to something called the lotus effect. Basically, due to the unique structure of the lotus leaves, water beads up and runs right off of it.
It’s not the water that pollutes the leaves, instead it cleans them of debris.
Because there is no clinging between the water droplets and the leaf’s surface,
the water washes over them with no hindrance, cleaning away any filth or
pollution that might have settled. Scientifically speaking, “due to
their high surface tension water droplets tend to minimize their surface trying
to achieve a spherical shape. On contact with a surface, adhesion forces result
in wetting of the surface: either complete or incomplete wetting may occur
depending on the structure of the surface and the fluid tension of the
droplet . The cause of
self-cleaning properties is the hydrophobic water-repellent double structure of
the surface.”
And now, “a NASA team is developing a
transparent coating that mimics the self-cleaning properties of the lotus plant
to prevent dirt from sticking to the surfaces of spaceflight gear and bacteria
from growing inside astronaut living quarters.“ Awesome. Now you really
can tell that person you’ve had your eye on that they’re wearing space
pants…
Anyway, so what’s the whole thing all about? Well,
if you combine those two metaphors, what you have is something that starts out
as a seed hidden under the mud (suffering), which begins to grow from that mud
and eventually sprouts leaves. Those leaves, if any mud happens to get on them,
simply do not cling to it and the mud washes easily away. And from that, the
flower blooms. All life is suffering, as the Buddha teaches, and so all life
is the opportunity for enlightenment.
And no mud, no lotus.
“It’s like growing lotus flowers. You cannot grow lotus flowers on marble.
You have to grow them on the mud. Without mud, you cannot have a lotus flower.
Without suffering, you have no ways in order to learn how to be understanding
and compassionate. That’s why my definition of the kingdom of God is not a place
where suffering is not, where there is no suffering…” - Thich Nhat Hanh -
As a blue or white lotus is born in the water,
grows up and is unpolluted by the water,
so too has the perfected one grown up in the world,
has risen above the world
and stands unpolluted by it.- Samyutta Nikaya 22 94 -
grows up and is unpolluted by the water,
so too has the perfected one grown up in the world,
has risen above the world
and stands unpolluted by it.- Samyutta Nikaya 22 94 -
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