Sometimes I open up my Dhammapada and this happens.
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Sometimes I open up my Dhammapada and this happens.

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I’m an amateur, undoubtedly

But the level of peace, balance and harmony I can bring myself to just by keeping in mind the few things I have learned over the past few months about the Buddhistic way of thinking is evident, and absolutely incredible.

I think I just added Enso to the list of things I want tattooed upon my body. That brings the remaining list up to two (the other being a dream catcher). This, contrast the the dream catcher, would be a very simple, small tattoo. Probably about the same size as my Deathly Hallows tattoo, maybe behind my other ear, or maybe on my upper ribcage/side boob area. Or somewhere else, I haven’t totally made up my mind. But I feel like when the time is right, Enso will happen.
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I think I just added Enso to the list of things I want tattooed upon my body. That brings the remaining list up to two (the other being a dream catcher). This, contrast the the dream catcher, would be a very simple, small tattoo. Probably about the same size as my Deathly Hallows tattoo, maybe behind my other ear, or maybe on my upper ribcage/side boob area. Or somewhere else, I haven’t totally made up my mind. But I feel like when the time is right, Enso will happen.

For Buddhists, how does the concept of “attachment” apply to the closest people in your life?

sharanam:

The more one loves and opens one’s heart, the more likely one is going to feel a significant loss when relationships, experiences, and other things of meaning come to an end. There is nothing wrong with grief and sadness. 

Buddhists are not training to be unfeeling. We are learning how to be present with the experience as it is, whether that be heartache or something else all together. It is when we cling to our wish for things to be different from how they actually are that we experience the most intense suffering. Perhaps, rather than being unattached or detached or letting go, we are learning to let be.

(on Quora)

How is there laughter, how is there joy, as this world is always burning? Do you not seek light, ye who are surrounded by darkness? … This body is wasted, full of sickness, and frail; this heap of corruption breaks to pieces, life indeed ends in death.
The Dhammapada
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.
Buddha
Let each man direct himself first to what is proper, then let him teach others; thus a wise man will not suffer.
Dhammapada
Gpoy.
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Gpoy.