#cyclic change

[yoga-onion]

Buddha to his disciples, mini-series (20)

Samsara (Reincarnation)

“When something disappears, something is born. In Buddhism, life and death are the same thing.”

“Samsara” is a Pali & Sanskrit word that literally means "wandering through, flowing on", wherein the term connotes "cyclic change" or, less formally, "running around in circles." It is therefore also translated as 'reincarnation'. 

Ancient Indians believed in reincarnation, or rather took it for granted. Therefore, the Buddha also thought it was natural and taught on the premise of reincarnation. And the purpose of the Buddha's teaching is for us to escape from this world of samsara (namely, liberation/enlightenment: Ref).

There are six realms of samsara as conceived by the ancient Indians. They are listed in order of increasing suffering as follows:

World of Hell (naraka), the world of the most suffering. Hell means 'underground prison'.

World of hungry ghosts (preta), a world suffering from hunger pangs. Becomes a demon with a swollen belly. A world where those who have committed the sin of greed are reborn.

World of animals (tiryagyoni), including birds, beasts, fish and insects. There are about 3.4 billion species.

World of warlike demigods (asura), Asura is a demonic species. A world where asuras live and fight all the time, causing constant suffering and anger.

World of human beings (manushya), in which human beings live. It is plagued by the fundamental sufferings, the four and eight afflictions, which are unavoidable in human life.

World of gods or celestial beings (deva), Heavenly beings can fly, and the world is full of pleasures, but here too there is the suffering of old age and death.

ブッダから弟子たちへ、ミニシリーズ (20)

輪廻 〜 “何かが無くなれば、何かが生まれる。仏教では生と死は同じものである。” 

“輪廻”はサンスクリット語で「サンサーラ」という。この語の本来の意味は「さまよう、流れる」を意味し、生あるものが無限の生死を繰り返すことを指す言葉だ。よって、”輪廻転生”とも訳される。

古代のインド人は、誰もが輪廻転生を信じていた、というよりは、それがあたりまえだと思っていたのだ。よって、釈迦もそれが当たり前だと思い、輪廻を前提にして教えを説いている。そして、釈迦の教えは、われわれがこの輪廻転生の世界から脱出すること（すなわち解脱：参照）が目的である。

古代インド人が考えた輪廻の世界は六つだ。以下、苦しみの多い順に並べる:

地獄界〜最も苦しみの多い世界。地獄とは「地下の牢獄」の意。

餓鬼界〜飢えの苦しみに悩む世界。腹が膨れた姿の鬼になる。慳貪の罪を犯した人が再生する世界。

畜生界〜畜生界は鳥・獣・魚・虫など畜生の世界。種類は約34億種。

修羅界〜修羅は阿修羅といい、魔類。阿修羅が住み、終始戦い争うために苦しみと怒りが絶えない世界。

人間界〜人間が住む世界。人間が生きている上で避けては通れない、根源的な苦、四苦八苦に悩まされる。

天上界〜天人は空を飛ぶことができ、快楽の多い世界だが、ここにも老・死の苦しみがある。

[fortunatefires]

After the death of Aaron Bushnell I can't stop thinking about the quote "Revolutionary suicide does not mean that I and my comrades have a death wish; it means just the opposite. we have such a strong desire to live with hope and human dignity that existence without them is impossible."

[lilacerull0]

it's cool that you think l'amica geniale isn't actually about friendship. you can go fuck yourself

[uncanny-tranny]

By implying that children are too stupid and rude to learn about the world and learn how the world works and how to interact with others, you are casting responsibility away from the people who are responsible for that child's upbringing and placing the blame on the children (who don't have the autonomy given to them to be allowed to decide what they want) who can't help what they do and do not learn, often.

If the children aren't okay, then investigate why before turning to thought-terminating clichés of, "Well, the kids are just stupid and dumb and aren't even worth the effort because they're lazy!"

[fat-fem-and-asian]

timeloop shivlina (featuring karolina x Tabitha bc why not)

[cait-sith]

Day 17: Moon

[pleasestophoney]

And Eurydice was a young girl, but she'd seen how the world was.

When she fell, she fell in spite of herself:

In love with Orpheus

This was inspired by the incredibly talented @shrylia 's illustration of Eurydice, and by a text post that I saw on pinterest that compared Eurydice and Katniss Everdeen. Unfortunately, I did not save the pin, but I will update this post if I am able to find the op for it!

[okkennymay]

This time around I thought I would make a comic relaying the events after the last time I posted, because my gosh is it easier to explain with pretty pictures than upsetting words >vO I prefer to make jokes about my situation than anything, ‘cause honestly it’s a solid way of dealing with it and I take so many medications as it is, why not add laughter to it I say! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

Despite my condition’s best efforts I still managed to organise and complete a commission with someone through emails! Thank you @waezi2 you were so patient as I arose from my grave every other day to get things done (❁´◡`❁) Fighting my body and winning to complete it was the victory I needed! The sheer satisfaction I get from a commission well received by someone is like pure nectar to me~ Sweet sustenance I just can’t get enough of! The money don’t hurt either, Disability Support Pensions do not go far in this economy 👀 This is as close as I can get to having a job and I wont let C.V.S (Cyclic vomiting Syndrome) or Chrohns take that from me! 

I’m raring to dive into more if anyone’s interested ♪(´▽｀) I’m just about to post a new “commissions sheet” to broadcast that very fact >vO I do love having something to draw between Ectober pages~

[cherrychapati]

rethinking my major + career interests + entire degree why do I do this to myself

[who-is-muses]

@hubrisse | oddly specific sensual touches. [ accepting! ]

massage, from hal to sin <3

[ massage ] — sender gives receiver a sensual back massage

Foolish as it may be, Hal Jordan is one of the four, maybe five beings who have ever been able to approach Thaal from behind without fully tripping his defensive reflexes. The human even vexingly continues to be so, off and on- an uninvited touch has historically been just as likely to prompt a verbal lashing or physical retaliation as it is to be simply accepted, the deterioration of their relationship only skewing these odds to an extent.

And yet drastically warmer fingers against his shoulder blade is met with the latter; a quick glare over said shoulder, a pointed huff, and that is all. In the way of external responses, at least. The prickling, almost nipping electrical feeling is purely in his mind, undetectable in his stoney expression and thick rouge flesh. The knots of scars and seemingly permanent stress reveal nothing either, though muscles involuntarily spasm as the now full hand crosses over to his other shoulder, the left one, Thaal stubbornly allowing only a quiet hiss at the twinging little stings. Hal's seen his upper body bared and thus the myriad of markings present there- fingers wisely skirting over top the symbol permanently etched into the center of his back in their travels, now lingering over the small burn curving from the crook of his shoulder to the back of his neck. Any curiosity left will be shortlived- And if it is voiced...

Then the touch increases in pressure, not quite digging but sinking into the rock-like muscle of his shoulder, warm human palm firmly dragging partly down his back before returning to repeat the motion. Thaal succeeds in hiding the pleasantness mixed in with the muted bewilderment of the sensation, but when Hal's second hand grips his other shoulder and both begin kneading his muscles betray him with the smallest twitch. Even still, he knows the human must have caught it- always paying attention to only the most aggravating of things- once again shooting him a glare. This silent reprimand is abandoned as soon as Thaal deems appropriate however, the touch so close to his neck now, shooting awful pangs of heat straight down his spine and tempting his already narrowed eyelids to flutter.

It all quickly becomes the sweetest torture Hal has a knack to turn damnably near anything into, fingers pressing into the substantially thinner skin either side of the base of his throat before dragging over his shoulders again. Still perfectly circummavigating the Oan symbol on his back, Hal's hands instead slide down his arms to his lower chest, the few squeezes of his biceps not going unnoticed but rather unhindered. Fingertips now dipping into his abdominal muscles, Hal's arms not so incidentally touching his flanks and chest mere millimeters from pressing against him- He may very well drown in the scent of him, intoxicating and all enveloping like the effects of oxygen deprivation in the brain as a result of being choked. Thaal catches himself baring his throat a second too late, passing it off as a challenging upwards tip of his chin by adding a well practiced scowl.

He continues managing to keep himself subdued, even as the touches begin blurring the line towards outright groping- until those hands slide down his svelte waist and hips. The briefest entertainment of the thought to see what happens next is quickly chased away, all the force of his subdued urges put into abruptly snatching up Hal's wrists and using this leverage to shove the human back.

Not having the patience (nor, ahem, composure) to face his repeat undoing directly, Thaal instead snarls at him once again from over his shoulder before rocketing into the air.

He will tell himself this is the last time he will permit that Earthman to be near while treating his wounds, and he will be a liar as well as a fool.

[crippledanarchy]

I wish I was one of those people that starts posting less frequently bc they're doing better and living life

but I just have nothing new to say because I have given up

[kate-apologist]

the nice thing about doctor who is that everything parallels something else if you're willing to wade through the past

[gothteddiesdotcom]

you’re not gonna become a better person by finding new friends who tell you it’s not your fault btw

[disneydatass]

Attack on Titan finale episode conclusion: women be loving toxic ass men

[thegodcomplcx]

love love love how utterly selfish elevenamy becomes for each other. amy deifies eleven and then demands that he always live up to her standards. he can’t just be a person, he has to be her saint/god/father. he has a responsibility to her. okay so she made him into a god, he’s going to act like it. eleven does whatever he wants to amy whether she likes it or not. she’s always little amelia to him, someone that he gets to push around and to use to prop up his ego. he’ll emotionally manipulate her, he’ll make her wait for him. because he can. because she lets him. because there is nothing unforgivable between them.

[dreamspring]

also i think ive already said this but about people trying to make cassandra wayne a thing and its like. i GET it and i respect it but also im sorryyyy it sounds so much worse. ‘umm but cain links her to her abusive father’ well yeah. but have you considered that it sounds cool as fuck…