/lit/ - Literature

>>17988156
The one which makes you a better person.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought:
it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought,
pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought:
it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought,
happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.

For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time:
hatred ceases by love, this is an eternal rule.

>>16808189
>>16808697
In Pure Land Buddhism there is an approach to monotheism, a notion of an 'Infinite One who is Buddha' distinct from Gautama.

11. The glory of the Infinite is boundless, therefore is He known as the Buddha of Light Past Comprehension.
All the Buddhas glorify the majesty of His holiness that leadeth all the earth into His Kingdom.
12. His clear shining transcendeth all revelation, nor can human speech utter it. Therefore is He named the Buddha of Light Unspeakable.
All the Buddhas glorify the glory of the Infinite One who is Buddha through His promise of Light immeasurable.
13. Take refuge in Him who is Holiest of Holy. Sun and moon are lost in the ocean of His splendour. Therefore is He named that Infinite in whose radiance Sun and Moon are darkened. Before whose Divine Power even that Buddha made flesh in India himself faltereth in ascribing praise to the Majesty of His true glory.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/bups/bups03.htm

>dual cultivation of Zen and Pure Land
>If one combines Zen and Pure Land, he is like a horned tiger. A teacher in this world, in a next life he becomes a Buddha
https://buddhisttemple.ca/zen-and-pure-land-a-most-amazing-cultivation-approach/

>>16297224
Dhammapada is a great starting point

Lotus Sutra
>'Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma'

Diamond Sutra
>Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra, "Vajra Cutter Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra" or "The Perfection of Wisdom Text that Cuts Like a Thunderbolt"

Heart Sutra
>The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom

11. They who imagine truth in untruth, and see untruth in truth, never arrive at truth, but follow vain desires.

12. They who know truth in truth, and untruth in untruth, arrive at truth, and follow true desires.