Turtle

"Imagine that the whole earth was covered with water, and a man was to throw a yoke with a hole in it into the water. Blown by the wind, that yoke would drift north, south, east and west. Now, suppose that once in hundred years a blind turtle would rise to the surface. What do you think? Would that turtle put his head through the hole in the yoke as he rose to the surface once in a hundred years?"

"It is unlikely Lord."

"Well, it is just as unlikely that one will be born as a human being; it is just unlikely that a Tathagata, a Noble One, a fully enlightened Buddha should arise in the world; and it is just as unlikely that the Dhamma and discipline of the Tathagata should be taught. But now you have been born as a human being, a Tathagata has arisen and the Dhamma has been taught. Therefore, strive to realize the Four Noble Truths."

Wednesday, November 02, 2011

Prayer Beads

I was googling for The Seven Whispers by Christina Baldwin, and came across this website which links the seven whispers to story beads, i.e. using this as a prayer for a set of seven beads. This website contains a link to Sacred Strands for prayer beads, and from here it leads on to more websites. Here are the websites I've visited:
Story Beads: http://www.story-beads.com/cart.php?target=category&category_id=260
Sacred Strands: http://sacredstrands.weebly.com/index.html
(and a few others)

This really inspires me to use my prayer beads, and to use my hand bracelet (with beads) in a more meaningful way. In fact, I've now just re-beaded a bracelet of clear white and pink crystals, because its original elastic string snapped :( Pink symbolizes love, so I'm planning to use it to practice the four brahma viharas :) The more I look at it, the happier I am! I am also planning to take it to India, let my Buddy bear wear it (oh I've just given my Buddy bear a bath!!). And it's small enough to be used on the plane.. so I'm pretty excited right now that a lot of things are linking up and kind of falling into place :)

~ttg~
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