{"id":722,"date":"2006-07-11T16:05:35","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T20:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=680"},"modified":"2008-11-11T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T20:06:13","slug":"buddhism-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2006\/07\/11\/buddhism-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhism &#8211; Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Buddhism &#8211; Friends<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><P><b>The Four Foundations of Awareness:<\/b><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Which Four?<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Only if &#038; when the Noble Friend remains regarding any Body -own or other-<BR><br \/>\nsimply as a heaped up group, just as a transient, compounded &#038; complex<BR><br \/>\ncollection, only as a fragile, accumulated &#038; alien assemblage, while being<BR><br \/>\nalert, aware &#038; clearly comprehending, then will he thereby effectively<BR><br \/>\nremove all urge &#038; frustration from this world\u2026!!!<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend dwells observing any Feeling \u2013from within or<BR><br \/>\nfrom without \u2013 simply as an affective reaction, just as an assigned response,<BR><br \/>\nonly as a fleeting sensation, while being keen, fully conscious &#038; continuously<BR><br \/>\nattentive, then will he thereby consequently eliminate all desire &#038; discontent<BR><br \/>\nwithin this world\u2026!!!<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend abides viewing any Thought \u2013present or remote-<BR><br \/>\nsimply as a fancy mood, just as a made up mentality, only as a conscious moment,<BR><br \/>\nwhile being ready, actively investigating &#038; deliberately discriminating, then will<BR><br \/>\nhe thereby naturally eradicate all longing &#038; sadness inherent in this world\u2026!!!<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend lives interpreting any Phenomenon \u2013internal or external \u2013<BR><br \/>\nsimply as a passing mental state, just as a mentally created &#038; conditioned construct,<BR><br \/>\nonly as an experienced appearance, merely as an imaginary reflected impression, <BR><br \/>\nwhile being acutely awake, mindful &#038; carefully understanding, then will he thereby<BR><br \/>\novercome all attraction &#038; repulsion rooted in this world\u2026!!!<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Direct Hit:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Without any even single exception:<BR><br \/>\nWhoever in the distant &#038; ancient past has Awakened to full Enlightenment;<BR><br \/>\nWhoever in the present, right now is Awakening to complete Enlightenment;<BR><br \/>\nWhoever in the near &#038; far future will Awaken to perfect Enlightenment;<BR><br \/>\nAll those have been freed, is being freed, will be freed through &#038; by:<BR><br \/>\nInitiating, Cultivating, Refining, Perfecting &#038; thoroughly Establishing these<BR><br \/>\nFour Foundations of Awareness\u2026 !!!! The sole Cause of really Being Present\u2026!!! <\/P><br \/>\n<P>Friendship is the Greatest !<\/P><br \/>\n<P>***<\/P><br \/>\n<P>author bio:<BR><br \/>\n <BR><br \/>\nBhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka.<BR><br \/>\n <BR><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.what-buddha-said.net\/\" TARGET=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.what-buddha-said.net\/<\/A><BR><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/groups.msn.com\/DirectDhamma\" TARGET=\"_blank\">http:\/\/groups.msn.com\/DirectDhamma<\/A><BR><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Buddha-Direct\" TARGET=\"_blank\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Buddha-Direct<\/A><BR><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.smartgroups.com\/groups\/TrueDhamma<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome<BR><br \/>\n<A HREF=\"mailto:bhikkhu_ekamuni@yahoo.com\">bhikkhu_ekamuni@yahoo.com<\/A><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddhism &#8211; Friends The Four Foundations of Awareness: Which Four? Only if &#038; when the Noble Friend remains regarding any Body -own or other- simply as a heaped up group, just as a transient, compounded &#038; complex collection, only as a fragile, accumulated &#038; alien assemblage, while being alert, aware &#038; clearly comprehending, then will he thereby effectively remove all urge &#038; frustration from this world\u2026!!! Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend dwells observing any Feeling \u2013from within or from without \u2013 simply as an affective reaction, just as an assigned response, only as a fleeting sensation, while being keen, fully conscious &#038; continuously attentive, then will he thereby consequently eliminate all desire &#038; discontent within this world\u2026!!! Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend abides viewing any Thought \u2013present or remote- simply as a fancy mood, just as a made up mentality, only as a conscious moment, while being ready, actively investigating &#038; deliberately discriminating, then will he thereby naturally eradicate all longing &#038; sadness inherent in this world\u2026!!! Only if &#038; when a Noble Friend lives interpreting any Phenomenon \u2013internal or external \u2013 simply as a passing mental state, just as a mentally created &#038; conditioned construct, only as an experienced appearance, merely as an imaginary reflected impression, while being acutely awake, mindful &#038; carefully understanding, then will he thereby overcome all attraction &#038; repulsion rooted in this world\u2026!!! Direct Hit: Without any even single exception: Whoever in the distant &#038; ancient past has Awakened to full Enlightenment; Whoever in the present, right now is Awakening to complete Enlightenment; Whoever in the near &#038; far future will Awaken to perfect Enlightenment; All those have been freed, is being freed, will be freed through &#038; by: Initiating, Cultivating, Refining, Perfecting &#038; thoroughly Establishing these Four Foundations of Awareness\u2026 !!!! The sole Cause of really Being Present\u2026!!! Friendship is the Greatest ! *** author bio: Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. http:\/\/www.what-buddha-said.net\/ http:\/\/groups.msn.com\/DirectDhamma http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/Buddha-Direct http:\/\/www.smartgroups.com\/groups\/TrueDhamma Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome bhikkhu_ekamuni@yahoo.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}