#the right path

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“Sometimes the wrong path can lead us to the right road.” – Jay McLean, Where the Road Takes Me

More from my morning run 4:20am (viacarad1016)

[nemfrog]

Allegorical pathway to heaven. 1889.

Library of Congress

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❌ SAY NO TO VALENTINE'S DAY ❌

Reasons for Muslims not to celebrate V-Day

Originated as a pagan festival 2. imitating the non Muslims 3. promotes immorality, especially outside marriage relationships 4. Not from the Sunnah - Express love to your spouse everyday!

• This day is a Dajjal conspiracy for the believers

• Valentine's Day is a path to normalize adultery

THE V-DAY IS NOT FOR THE PEOPLE OF FAITH

🤲🏻 O Allah... protect all Muslim sisters and brothers from this forbidden day... and keep the hearts of the youth of the Muslim community steadfast on faith <<

Aameen Summa Aameen.!

[the-ephemeral-ethereal]

Those who proceed but very slowly can make much greater progress, if they always follow the right path, than those who hurry and stray from it.

from Discourse on the Method by René Descartes 

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🤍angel numbers🤍

[yoga-onion]

The Quest for Buddhism (105)

Buddhist cosmology

Panchangika – Mastery of the 5 mental factors to resist the 5 hindrances(Ref)

Mental factors (Skt: caitasika, Pali: cetasika), is a component and function of the mind and spirit in Buddhism.

In the Southern Tradition of Theravada Buddhism, in accordance with the Abhidhammattha Sangaha, there are a total of 52 mental factors. The Abhidhamma (Buddhist psychology) states that the practice of the 5 mental factors in that list in opposition to the five hindrances is the practice of the Rupa Jhanas (Ref1). The general term for each of these stages in Sanskrit is ‘Panchangika’ (lit. five branches), and the types are as follows :

Vitakka - Application of thought

Vicāra – Examining (Subtle thought)

Pīti – Rapture

Sukha – Ease, Happiness, or Bliss

Ekaggatā - One-pointedness (tranquility of mind), but also "unification of mind."

The Ekaggatā (one-pointedness) within the Panchangika (mastery of 5 mental factors) is the main body of samadhi as a state of deepened concentration in jhanas. The process of removing the other 4  panchangika step by step, while guarding against from the five hindrances and other vexations, and finally bringing it to the strengthened state of Ekaggatā, 'one-pointedness (tranquility of mind)' alone, is the Rupa Jhanas.

The eighth, the right path (Pali: sammā-samādhi, Skt: samyak-samādhi), which the Buddha teaches in the Eightfold Path (Ref2), is the attainment of this Rupa Jhanas.

仏教の探求 (105)

仏教の宇宙論

五禅支(ごぜんし) 〜五蓋(ごがい参照)に反発するための五心所(ごしんじょ)の修得

心所 (しんじょ、梵: ﾁｬｲﾀｼｶ、巴: ﾁｪｰﾀｼｶ) とは、仏教における心・精神の構成要素・機能、すなわち心的要因のこと。

南伝の上座部仏教では、『摂阿毘達磨義論(しょうあびだつまぎろん、巴: ｱﾋﾞﾀﾞﾝﾏｯﾀ･ｻﾝｶﾞﾊ)　』に従い、全52種の心所があるとされてる。その中の5つの心所 (心的要因) を五心所といい、五蓋にに対抗してこの五心所の修習が、四禅 (しぜん、梵: ﾙｰﾊﾟﾃﾞｲﾔｰﾅ参照１)の修習であると、阿毘達磨 (あびだつま、梵: ｱﾋﾞﾀﾞﾙﾏ、巴: ｱﾋﾞﾀﾞﾝﾏ、仏教心理学) では記載されている。この各段階の総称を五禅支(ごぜんし、梵: ﾊﾟﾝﾁｬﾝｷﾞｶﾞ) といい、種類は以下の通り:

尋（じん、梵: ヴィタッカ）思考 (認識対象把握)

伺（し、梵: ヴィチャーラ）微細な思考 (認識対象維持)

喜（き、梵: ピーティ）喜悦

楽（らく、梵: スカ）安楽

一境性（いっきょうしょう、梵: エーカッガター）一点集中 (心の静寂)、心の統一

五禅支の内の「一境性」が、禅定 (梵: ﾃﾞｲﾔｰﾅ、巴: ｼﾞｬｰﾅ)における集中が深まった状態としての三昧 (さんまい、梵: ｻﾏｰﾃﾞｨ)の本体となるものである。五蓋や煩悩から護りながら、他の五禅支(1～4)を段階的に除去していき、最終的に「一点集中 (心の静けさ) 」のみの強化された「一境性」を単独状態にしていく過程が、四禅 (しぜん、梵: ﾙｰﾊﾟﾃﾞｲﾔｰﾅ)である。

釈迦が八正道（参照2）で説く第８番、正定（しょうじょう、巴: ｻﾏ･ｻﾏｰﾃﾞｨ、梵: ｻﾑﾔｯｸ･ｻﾏｰﾃﾞｨ）は、この四禅の達成のことである。

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Trust God - Proverbs 3:5-6

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.