after hearing somebody i know has cancer.
Some people seem just far to young to have cancer.
For a person in my age I would say: don't worry, give up hopes, meditate and try to become at least a sotapana and stop this stupid clinging. (please remind me - if necessary).
We all are dying, every day. No escape. No rewind.
What we do is what we get. So we better make sure to do our best, than we can face the moment of death peacefully.
But for this young woman, more a girl still, I would say: hope may be a helpful force to gain strength for healing but it is a dangerous trap and when you are not mindful you may stumble in it, cling on to it and end up frustrated. Give up hopes. Meditate to have strength and become a sotapana by the way. Then you don't need to be afraid if the operation fails. Don't waste a minute. Practice Vipassana. You know where the not-teacher teaches. Don't fight but do not give up. Let them do this operation and then you do what you have to do.
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path to truth - diary of a Buddhist nun
The Buddha said:
So hard to see, so very, very subtle, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. The wise should guard it. The mind protected brings ease.
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- Phalañānī
- former actrice and comedian for a long time quit stage and audience some years ago to live a peaceful and quiet life in a small village in spain. Actually i'm ordained as a theravada buddhist nun.
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Karania Metta Sutta
This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright, Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited, Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the wise would later reprove. Wishing: In gladness and in safety, May all beings be at ease. Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far away, Those born and to-be-born — May all beings be at ease! Let none deceive another, Or despise any being in any state. Let none through anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and ill-will. Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down Free from drowsiness, One should sustain this recollection. This is said to be the sublime abiding. By not holding to fixed views, The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, Being freed from all sense desires, Is not born again into this world.
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