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   champM 16/02/2019 — 11:54 pm

   Men are four:
   He who knows not and knows not he knows not, he is a fool—shun him;
   He who knows not and knows he knows not, he is simple—teach him;
   He who knows and knows not he knows, he is asleep—wake him;
   He who knows and knows he knows, he is wise—follow him!
   – from Life of Sir Richard Burton, by Lady Burton

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   champM 15/01/2021 — 6:14 am

   Identity
   We have various identities, (e.g., self, family, country wise, company, etc.) Generally identity is defined by the cultural and moral values you are believing. Like to know your views.

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   champM 17/01/2021 — 11:18 am

   How should I teach Buddhism to my children? (John Bullitt)
   The Buddha’s advice to parents is straightforward: help your children become generous, virtuous, responsible, skilled, and self-sufficient adults [see DN 31 and Sn II.4]. Teaching Buddhism to one’s children does not mean giving them long lectures about dependent co-arising, or forcing them to memorize the Buddha’s lists of the eightfold this, the ten such-and-suches, the seventeen so-and-sos. It simply means giving them the basic skills they’ll need in order to find true happiness. The rest will take care of itself.
   The single most important lesson parents can convey to their children is that every action has consequences. Each moment presents us with an opportunity, and it is up to us to choose how we want to think, speak, or act. It is these choices that eventually determine our happiness. This is the essence of kamma, the basic law of cause and effect that underlies the Dhamma. It also happens to be the message behind one of the few recorded teachings the Buddha gave to his only child, Rahula.1 This sutta — the Ambalatthikarahulovada Sutta (MN 61) — offers parents some important clues about teaching Dhamma to young children — in terms of both the content of what to teach and the method to use.

   In this sutta the Buddha reprimands the seven year old Rahula for telling a small lie. The content of the Buddha’s lesson here is clear and simple: it concerns right speech, and helping Rahula keep himself true to the fundamental principles of virtue. There are several noteworthy aspects to the Buddha’s method. First, by artfully drawing comparisons to an everyday utensil (in this case, a water dipper), the Buddha makes his point in vivid and age-appropriate language that Rahula can easily understand. Second, the Buddha doesn’t launch into a long-winded abstract lecture on the nature of kamma, but instead keeps the lesson focused on the immediate issue at hand: choosing your actions carefully. Third, although the five precepts do indeed constitute the fundamental framework for moral conduct, the Buddha does not mention them here — presumably because some of the precepts (concerning sexuality and using intoxicants) are simply not relevant to most seven year olds. (Perhaps the Buddha had more to say about the precepts by the time Rahula was a teenager.) Fourth, the Buddha keeps Rahula engaged during the lesson by asking him simple questions; this is no dry, soporific lecture. And finally, the Buddha takes advantage of the opportunity presented by this “teaching moment” to expand into deeper territory, to explain to Rahula the importance of reflecting inwardly before, during, and after performing an action of any sort — whether of body, speech, or mind. The Buddha thus places Rahula’s original small misdeed into a much broader context, transforming it into a lesson of deep and lasting significance.

   Although most of us who are parents can only dream of teaching our children as consciously and effectively as the Buddha did, we can still learn from his example. But before we can translate his example into action, there is one crucial point to recognize: the Buddha’s instructions to his son were given by someone who really knew what he was talking about; Rahula’s teacher was someone who truly practiced what he preached, a role model par excellence. So the message is clear: if we hope to instruct our children about matters concerning the path of Dhamma, we had better be sure that we ourselves are practicing on that path. If you extol the virtues of skillful qualities such as generosity, truthfulness, and patience, but your children only see you being stingy, overhear you telling lies, or see you losing your temper, then your message will be lost. Of course, you need not have perfected the Dhamma in order to instruct your children, but for your instruction to carry any weight your children must be able to witness firsthand that you are earnestly striving to put these same teachings into practice yourself. And if you can inspire them by your example and give them the skills they need to know to live in tune with the Dhamma, then you’ve given them a rare gift indeed:

   The wise hope for a child
   of heightened or similar birth,
   not for one
   of lowered birth,
   a disgrace to the family.
   These children in the world,
   lay followers,
   consummate in virtue, conviction;
   generous, free from stinginess,
   shine forth in any gathering
   like the moon
   when freed from a cloud.
   (Iti 74)

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   champM 19/01/2021 — 10:31 pm

   Whose Job Is It?
   —————–
   This is a story about four people named Everybody, Somebody,
   Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and
   Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would
   do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody
   got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody
   thought Anybody could do it but Nobody realized that Everybody
   wouldn’t do it. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
   Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

   Ref: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/whose.job.html

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   champM 20/06/2022 — 1:22 am

   අවසන් වන තෙක් කියවන්න.

   ඔබ මේ ජාතික ආර්ථික අර්බුදය නැමති කුණාටුවෙන් ආරක්‍ෂා වීමට නම් C3 අනුගමනය කල යුතුය

   1. Confidence
   තම ආත්ම ශක්තිය වර්ධනය කිරීම. ඒ සඳහා
   ✅සියලු සෘණ සිතුවිලි උපදවන තැන් වලින් ඈත්වීම.
   ✅ ආත්ම ශක්තිය ඇතිකරවන පෝෂණිය ගුණාංග වර්ධනය කිරීම.
   ✅ මේ මොහොතේදි සාර්ථකත්වය කරා යන අය සමග සමීපවීම.
   ✅අප වගේම මේ තත්වයට මුහුණ දුන් රටවල් තිබු අතර එම රටවල් ඉන් ගොඩ ගිය ආකාරය අවබෝධ කරගන්න.

   2. Commitment
   තම ආර්ථිකය රැක ගැනීමට සියලු කැප කිරීම් කල යුතුය.

   ඒ සඳහා,

   ✅කලින් සිටි සුව පහසු කලාපයෙන් ඉවත් වීමට මමත්වයෙන් ( Ego) ඈත් වීම.
   ඒ සඳහා,
   ✅ කාර් රථයෙ ගමන් තාවකාලිකව නවතා යතුරු පැදියට, පාපැදියට, පොදු ප්‍රවාහන සේවයට සහ කෙටි දුර සඳහා පා ගමනට හුරුවී තම සුපුරුදු
   ක්‍රියාකාරකම් කිරීම.
   ✅කලින් කාපු බීපු ක්‍රමයෙන් ඉවත්ව සරල දිවි පැවැත්මකට අනුගත වීම
   ✅ කලින් කල ජයග්‍රහණයන් සිහිකර ඒවා පසෙක තබා අභියෝග හමුවේ අලුත් ක්‍රම වේද අනුගමනය කිරීමින් ඉදිරියට යාම.
   ✅කලින් වැඩ කල කාලය ට වඩා වැඩි කාලයක් තම වෘත්තීය, ව්‍යාපාරයට යෙදවීම. අත්‍යවශ්‍ය කාරණයකට හැර නිවාඩු ගන්නා දින ගණන අවම කිරීම

   3.Connection
   ✅තම ජීවිතයට , වෘත්තීයට අවශ්‍ය සම්බන්ධකම් අඛණ්‌ඩව ගොඩ නැගීම.
   ඒ සදහා දුරකථනය, ඊ මේල් , Teams , Zoom, සමාජ මාධ්‍ය ජාලා එලදායි ලෙස භාවිතා කිරීම.
   ✅ ආර්ථික අර්බුදය හමුවේ අඩපන වු ව්‍යාපාර ගැන කතා නොකර ධනාත්මකව වර්ධනය වන හා විකල්ප අවස්ථා නිර්මාණශිලි ලෙස භාවිතා කරමින් ඉදිරියට යන ව්‍යාපාර හා වෘත්තිකයන් සමග සම්බන්ධ වීම.

   බැණ බැණ සිටීමෙන් පලක් නැත. එය තමන්ගේ මානසික හා ශාරීරික සෞඛ්‍යය පිරිහීමට බලපායි. රටේ දැන් පවතින තත්වයට හේතු දැන් කවුරුත් හොඳින් දනී. ඒ ගැන තව තවත් කතා කිරිමෙන් පලක් නැත. ඊලඟ මැතිවරණයක් එලබෙන දවසක බුද්ධිමත් තීරණයක් ගනිමු.
   එබැවින් වර්තමාන ආර්ථික කුණාටුවට මුහුණ දි ආරක්ෂා විය හැක්කේ මේ ආකාරයට ඔබේ මනස හා දෛනික ක්‍රියාකාරකම් සකස් කර ගතහොත් පමණි.

   ප්‍රශ්නයේ කොටස් කරුවෙකු නොවි විසඳුමේ කොටස් කරුවෙකු වන්න.

   මහින්ද පෙරේරා.

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