Thank you Gttownsend, beautiful words of the Buddha, on thoughts of love cultivated day after day. When we see hate and the state of the world and realise it all started because of thoughts of duality, we can imagine what world we can create with thoughts naturally originating with ease and grace from love(nothing to do with brainwashing positive thinking 🙂 ).
This is a comment from Chih-I, chinese master( six centurie ad) describing the fruits of observing the dharma in meditation.
With more observation, there is more clarity(illumination).
With more calm, there is more serenity. It is like a diligent archer, who, with practice, has an ever more accurate aim.
There is no contradiction between one’s spiritual life and one’s worldly livelihood to sustain oneself, and one ‘s thoughts and speculation about Boddhi are as previously taught in the Sutra.
