Buddhism is for the sincerely zealous, strong and firm in purpose, and not for the indolent (araddhviriyassayam dhammo nayam dhammo kusitassa).[11] The Buddha has not proclaimed himself a savior willing and able to take upon himself the evil of mankind. On the contrary, he declares that each person has to bear the burden of his ill deeds. In the words of the Buddha, each individual has himself to put forth the necessary effort and work out his own deliverance with diligence. The Buddha is only a path-revealer and not a savior who endeavors to save 'souls' by means of a revealed religion. The idea that another raises a man from lower to higher levels of life, and ultimately rescues him, tends to make a man indolent and weak, supine and foolish. Others may lend us a helping hand indirectly, but deliverance from suffering must be wrought out and fashioned by each one for himself upon the anvil of his own actions. "Be ye islands unto yourselves, be ye your own refuge."[12] Thus did the Master exhort his followers to acquire self-reliance.

A follower of the Buddha should not under any circumstances relinquish hope and effort; for the Buddha was one who never gave up hope and courage even as a Bodhisatta. As an aspirant for Buddhahood, he had as his motto the following inspiring words: ma nivatta, abhikkhama — "Falter not; advance." The man who is mindful (satima) and cultivates keen investigation should next put forth the necessary effort to fight his way out.

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/piyadassi/wheel001.html

" Lidem, kteri znaji sve vlastni zrozeni a smrt, nic nechybi. Co jim nechybi ? Nechybi jim zrozeni. Seznamili se s vlastnimi zrozenimi, jimiz prosli v tolika minulych zivotech a stavech existence - az jsou z toho vseho unaveni a nechteji se uz znovu zrodit. Avsak lide, kteri jeste nevedi, kteri jeste nemaji toto poznani, maji porad pocit, ze jim neco chybi. Chteji se opet zrodit, a tak znovu a znovu vytvareji zrozeni. Co se tyce tech, kteri maji toto poznani, tem uz to stacilo, ti uz vedi, oc jde. Nevytvareji uz zadne dalsi zrozeni ci stavy byti (.. konec strasti). Vse, co je dobre, uchovavaji v sobe. "

ROBB: diky za upozorneni, mel jsem mensi krizi.

the discussion of "..." is irrelevant to mindfulness of the present moment.

"Arhathood is the ultimate fruit of those who study the Buddha Dharmaů - Dogen

Arakan

On Arhats

http://www.shastaabbey.org/1dogen/chapter/033araka.pdf

Selfishness Results in Nothing « Official Website of His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche
http://tsemtulku.com/teachings/contemplations/selfishness-results-in-nothing/

On ‘Refrain from All Evil Whatsoever’
(Shoaku Makusa)

http://www.shastaabbey.org/1dogen/chapter/009shoak.pdf

The myth of Hinayana


http://www.buddhanet.net/budsas/ebud/ebdha140.htm

SKATEMURAI: OKBOY: google

SKATEMURAI: abandoning the five hindrances, establishing the four frames of reference, and developing the seven factors for Awakening.

Freedom From Buddha Nature
by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
© 2010

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/freedomfrombuddhanature.html


A brahman once asked the Buddha, "Will all the world reach release [Awakening], or half the world, or a third?" But the Buddha didn't answer. Ven. Ananda, concerned that the brahman might misconstrue the Buddha's silence, took the man aside and gave him an analogy: Imagine a fortress with a single gate. A wise gatekeeper would walk around the fortress and not see an opening in the wall big enough for even a cat to slip through. Because he's wise, he would realize that his knowledge didn't tell him how many people would come into the fortress, but it did tell him that whoever came into the fortress would have to come in through the gate. In the same way, the Buddha didn't focus on how many people would reach Awakening but he did know that anyone who reached Awakening would have to follow the path he had found: abandoning the five hindrances, establishing the four frames of reference, and developing the seven factors for Awakening.

THE BODHISATTVA IDEAL IN THERAVAADA

http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/jeffrey2.htm

BUDDHIST THEORY AND PRACTICE:
A REEVALUATION OF THE
BODHISATTVA-`SRAAVAKA OPPOSITION
By Jeffrey Samuels
Philosophy East and West


Volume 47, Number 3
July 1997
P.399-415
(C) by University of Hawai'i Press

"Therefore, Ananda, be islands unto yourselves, refuges unto yourselves, seeking no external refuge; with the Dhamma as your island, the Dhamma as your refuge, seeking no other refuge.

"And how, Ananda, is a bhikkhu an island unto himself, a refuge unto himself, seeking no external refuge; with the Dhamma as his island, the Dhamma as his refuge, seeking no other refuge?

34. "When he dwells contemplating the body in the body, earnestly, clearly comprehending, and mindfully, after having overcome desire and sorrow in regard to the world; when he dwells contemplating feelings in feelings, the mind in the mind, and mental objects in mental objects, earnestly, clearly comprehending, and mindfully, after having overcome desire and sorrow in regard to the world, then, truly, he is an island unto himself, a refuge unto himself, seeking no external refuge; having the Dhamma as his island, the Dhamma as his refuge, seeking no other refuge.

35. "Those bhikkhus of mine, Ananda, who now or after I am gone, abide as an island unto themselves, as a refuge unto themselves, seeking no other refuge; having the Dhamma as their island and refuge, seeking no other refuge: it is they who will become the highest, [20] if they have the desire to learn."

Doktriny self.. opet pro Junipetra

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/likefire/2-3.html#doc

Mind Like Fire Unbound

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/likefire/index.html


An Image in the Early Buddhist Discourses
by

Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff)
© 1999–2010

Freedom From Buddha Nature
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/freedomfrombuddhanature.html

Thanissaro Bhikhu dobre pise..

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/index.html