The Wisdom Thread

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Move your feet.

Defend yourself.

Never over extend your thrust.

Always mind your surroundings.

The blade isn't the only part of a sword.

Never hesitate.

Never lose your temper.

Never attack in anger.

Never replace discipline with emotion.

 

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Funny but food for thought.

It can't all be "Rah-Rah" you can do it.

 

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As always... Some things to chew on.

 

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In all honesty...

Yup.

 

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[InCali]

Is it wise to post on a wisdom thread?

 

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Is it wise to post on a wisdom thread?

 

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Came across this right now. Can't find an attribution but at face value it's a keeper:


"When the force of law has lost its head, the law of force is what you get.''

 

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I'm very happy to see this being positive post was posted since I am a glass is half full person. I

 

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Just saw this and think it is important today for reasons...

Don't mistake the sociopath for the village idiot they play. That's all part of the act.

 

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A perhaps different view...

 

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No one said wisdom can't be fun...

 

[Lily Adler]

No one said wisdom can't be fun...

Berkeley knew too much.

 

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The saying under study is sometimes ascribed to the Buddha, and the Dhammapada does contain a passage that is distinct but tangentially related. The Dhammapada is the best-known book in the Pali Buddhist canon. It contains a collection of Buddhist teachings in the form of aphorisms, and it was probably compiled in the third century B.C.E. The text below is from a translation by Thomas Byrom: 17

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with an impure mind
And trouble will follow you
As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.

In 1989 a Buddhist spiritual text called “How to Live without Fear & Worry” by K. Sri Dhammananda printed a passage that was somewhat closer to the statement under study. But a careful reading indicated that the words were not actually ascribed to the Buddha. K. Sri Dhammananda stated that the passage echoed the Buddha. Yet, the creator of the passage was unidentified. K. Sri Dhammananda then compared the passage to sentences that have been ascribed to the Buddha, i.e., the words from the Byrom translation presented immediately above: 18

The thought manifests as the word,
The word manifests as the deed,
The deed develops into habit,
And the habit hardens into character.
So watch the thought and its way with care,
And let it spring from love
Born out of concern for all beings.

The words above echo what the Buddha said more than 2500 years ago: ‘We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.’ The truth of this verse is timeless: it is truth whether for the past, the present or the future.