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tained the Sphere of Dhamma or you are still not able to maintain the Sphere of Dhamma the whole of the time or you are still unable to attain the Dhammakaya — then getting on with our daily practice in spite of what anyone else says, can be counted as patience. B.3 Misunderstandings concerning patience

n this way the Bodhisattva cared for his "extended family" by making sure justice was delivered to all of his kind. Having convinced the king, the Bodhisattva taught him the The Ten Virtues of a King and to avoid the Four Forms of Bias. Great are the benefactions thereafter made to dogs in the kingdom.

ned in Benares, the Bodhisattva was born as a millionaire, inheriting a fortune of 40 million from his father. Ile had only one child — a son. The Bodhisattva liked to perform acts of charity regularly, giving alms and pursuing other forms of virtues until the end of his life. When he passed away the Bodh

: Culti- vating our meditation further to the point we can know and understand the reality of life and the world — otherwise known as attaining the Dhammakaya; • Blessing Thirty-Four• The Attainment of Nirvana: Having seen the Four Noble Truths, if one cultivates meditation fur- ther, bringing the mind to

try to transform that reasoning into the reasoning of a striver. F. ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES F. / Er. Loma-kassapa JAiaka (J.433) Many aeons ago the Bodhisattva was born as a hermit called Loma-Kassapa. The hermit trained himself in austerities and asceticism together with meditation (pre-Buddhist). He foc

alking you wherever you are going and that will help to put your life in perspective. However, it is noticeable from this particular tale that the Bodhisattva, even though he had trained himself in the recollection of death to this degree, still was attracted to have a family of his own and not to remain

r become unfamiliar. In this respect there are three important pieces of advice for the practitioner coined as mottos for those attending Wat Phra Dhammakaya: 1. Any morning when you have not given alms, you shouldn't allow yourself to take breakfast: You should get up in time to give alms to the monks

in the guise of good ones: When you have done a good deed, don't go wishing for things that are irresponsible. B3. Exclusively spiritual Even the Bodhisattva himself needed an aim in life when pursuing perfections in preparation for Bud dhahood. Thus it comes as no surprise that on the exclusively spiri