Wednesday, September 28, 2016
This my response to current religion-less (Anarghamika not Anagamika) Government of Marxists.
Karl Marx never said "Religion is an Opium" but it was later adoption, by whom I do not know.
Constitution, Dhamma and the Lullaby
I am sorry for repetition but this has a political impact.
I am sorry for repetition but this has a political impact.
I hate the use of Buddhism as opposed to Dhamma.
Let me make some qualifications.
1. Dhamma has no parallels in philosophy, politics or science.
2. It is boundless and timeless and permeate all spheres of human mental activity.
3. It is not an institution in a religious sense.
4. It does not belong to a particular country or race or a constitution.
5. It belongs to the human race.
6. Having said that it does not disregard existence of the right of other living beings.
7. It accepts the presence of extraterrestrial beings of higher or lower order to human beings.
8. It is a way of life with special attention to mental purity (getting rid of defilements).
9. It has a very simple moral code, “Live and Let Live Principle”.
10. It has no rigid rules and bylaws.
11. Above all it is Open to Question or Inquiry but not at global sense but at Individual Level.
1. Dhamma has no parallels in philosophy, politics or science.
2. It is boundless and timeless and permeate all spheres of human mental activity.
3. It is not an institution in a religious sense.
4. It does not belong to a particular country or race or a constitution.
5. It belongs to the human race.
6. Having said that it does not disregard existence of the right of other living beings.
7. It accepts the presence of extraterrestrial beings of higher or lower order to human beings.
8. It is a way of life with special attention to mental purity (getting rid of defilements).
9. It has a very simple moral code, “Live and Let Live Principle”.
10. It has no rigid rules and bylaws.
11. Above all it is Open to Question or Inquiry but not at global sense but at Individual Level.
That is why I say it is not a religion but a simple way of life for every individual with an iota of intelligence.
12. It does not exclude mentally weak and that is why it emphasize the “Sardha” or the Devotion (Sila) or reverence to the exalted one.
If you take all the above qualifications it should be Above of All the World Constitutions and not within a structured articles of intent be that it may be United States or Ceylon.
Constitution in brief, in my opinion is a piece of paper article to govern weak subjects by supposed to be powerful and the elite by coercion or rigidity of laws and bylaws.
It took almost 2500 years for the Human Rights Charter to be declared (only on paper but violated left, right and center depending on the declared sovereignty of a state or government).
We cannot do without it.
It is the political will of a set or group or collection of people.
It got to be simple to interpret.
It should have a practical value.
It should have the political will to harness harmony and disengage discrimination.
On all the above grounds it cannot be called a perfect article of faith.
It is a near enough document but since it is not perfect it should be scrutinized, restructured, revised on a regular basis.
Dhamma does not need any of the above revisions and that is why it should be kept above all constitutions.
That is my view.
By putting it on paper called constitution won’t have any impact on the state or the corrupt people in service or politics, except as a cosmetic exercise.
What I said above won’t apply to Christianity and Muslim religions since they are invariably bound by power, politics, commerce, money and conspiracies to cover up corruption.
In exalted ones and the ones who are on the path of Dhamma are completely detached from power, money and corruptions, conspiracies of all kinds.
Dhamma is for the Mind and not for an Institution.
Dhamma is for the Mind and not for an Institution.
That is why Buddha did not appoint a successor and let the boundless Dhamma takes it own course.
It does not mean Dhamma could survive on its own since there is always room for distortion within and from without.
That is the very reason I have penned down my thoughts and the constitution lobbyist (Lullaby) would find a way to insinuate and lower its status of universality.
The current government is doing it in simple but step wise stages.
BEWARE
Repetition below is a previous piece.
Dhamma is boundless and timeless.
It permeates all reams and universes (There is no one world but many worlds).
Four abodes of the enlightenment or the sublime states are;
Metta
Karuna
Muditha (no proper word in English nearest is “Sympathetic Joy”)
Upekka
Way forward is Meditation either;
Samatha Bhavana-Concentration or Focused Attention to the Present
Samatha Bhavana, the development of mental tranquility with concentration, is accompanied by three benefits; it gives happiness in the present life, a favorable rebirth, and the freedom from mental defilements which is a prerequisite for attainment of insight.
Vipassana Bhavana-Insight Meditation
Vipassana bhavana is realization of the three signs of being, anicca, dukkha, and anatta,
My Focus is
Metta Meditation
Moment Meditation or Living in the Present Moment (admittedly very difficult poor memory and attention span)
Memory is redundant in my belief and mere reciting and memorizing Dhamma won’t get one nowhere. It had a historical value passing down the ancient wisdom but in digital age there is abundance of textural messages but very little practice.
That is why I highlight meditation (detached attention) as the only way forward.
One needs a good teacher not books.
Dhamma is boundless and timeless.
It permeates all reams and universes (There is no one world but many worlds).
Four abodes of the enlightenment or the sublime states are;
Metta
Karuna
Muditha (no proper word in English nearest is “Sympathetic Joy”)
Upekka
Way forward is Meditation either;
Samatha Bhavana-Concentration or Focused Attention to the Present
Samatha Bhavana, the development of mental tranquility with concentration, is accompanied by three benefits; it gives happiness in the present life, a favorable rebirth, and the freedom from mental defilements which is a prerequisite for attainment of insight.
Vipassana Bhavana-Insight Meditation
Vipassana bhavana is realization of the three signs of being, anicca, dukkha, and anatta,
My Focus is
Metta Meditation
Moment Meditation or Living in the Present Moment (admittedly very difficult poor memory and attention span)
Memory is redundant in my belief and mere reciting and memorizing Dhamma won’t get one nowhere. It had a historical value passing down the ancient wisdom but in digital age there is abundance of textural messages but very little practice.
That is why I highlight meditation (detached attention) as the only way forward.
One needs a good teacher not books.
