i have not killed almost any insects on purpose, not even an ant, for many years, and also prevented myself from stepping accidentally or crushing them by cautiously avoiding them. And I realised the good karma effect: although i am a very messy person and my room is rather messy, I realised that I have not noticed even one ant in my room at all, even though i can eat and drink in my room. thus, i have found out the action of protecting them from harm brings me protection from their harm in return.
Originally posted by whylikethatah:See what i mean? deleted my posts again. dawnfirstlight doesn't have to worry about her(i presume) posts being moderated or deleted, because it's a safe haven for her here. it seems to me that my mere suggestion that she could be a 'backstabber' at work is seen to be more serious than her comment supposing that i would 'go to hell' with my 'good intentions'. keep it up, mods.
I think you should not take Dawnfirstlight proverb “The path (road) to hell is paved with good intentions” to literally mean you would “go to hell”.
The Wikipedia gives three meanings on this proverb and none have anything to do with “hell”. The three meanings are:
Individuals may do bad things even though they intend the results to be good.
That good intentions may not necessarily resulted in a good outcome because of inaction due to procrastination, laziness or other subversive vice.
Or, it could also mean that good ideas or thoughts lead to negative consequences that were unintended. A person begins with good thoughts, promising to themselves to do the right thing, however, priorities in life change, time become a limiting factor, and alas, the good intentions go astray.
Let’s try to keep our comments as friendly as possible please. I do not believe any of the moderators on this site would show any favouritism to anyone whether one is a Buddhist or a non-Buddhist alike.
Originally posted by whylikethatah:See what i mean? deleted my posts again. dawnfirstlight doesn't have to worry about her(i presume) posts being moderated or deleted, because it's a safe haven for her here. it seems to me that my mere suggestion that she could be a 'backstabber' at work is seen to be more serious than her comment supposing that i would 'go to hell' with my 'good intentions'. keep it up, mods.
Ha ha..... so you are back to this forum with a different nick. �汤��� (it means change the soup but did not change the medicine).
Originally posted by Aik TC:
I think you should not take Dawnfirstlight proverb “The path (road) to hell is paved with good intentions” to literally mean you would “go to hell”.
The Wikipedia gives three meanings on this proverb and none have anything to do with “hell”. The three meanings are:
Individuals may do bad things even though they intend the results to be good.
That good intentions may not necessarily resulted in a good outcome because of inaction due to procrastination, laziness or other subversive vice.
Or, it could also mean that good ideas or thoughts lead to negative consequences that were unintended. A person begins with good thoughts, promising to themselves to do the right thing, however, priorities in life change, time become a limiting factor, and alas, the good intentions go astray.
Let’s try to keep our comments as friendly as possible please. I do not believe any of the moderators on this site would show any favouritism to anyone whether one is a Buddhist or a non-Buddhist alike.
Thanks Aik. Anyway, we know this person well. He likes to interpret words in his own way. Not just my words but Buddha's words.
Originally posted by BanguIzai:i have not killed almost any insects on purpose, not even an ant, for many years, and also prevented myself from stepping accidentally or crushing them by cautiously avoiding them. And I realised the good karma effect: although i am a very messy person and my room is rather messy, I realised that I have not noticed even one ant in my room at all, even though i can eat and drink in my room. thus, i have found out the action of protecting them from harm brings me protection from their harm in return.
I'm glad you see Buddha's teachings. There is this story which I don't remember the exact story. There was this person who asked Buddha or Bodhisattva (can't remember exactly who) he asked Buddha why whenever animals saw him, the animals would run as if they were running for their life whereas animals would not run when they saw Buddha. Buddha said it was because the animals could sense who were the ones cultivate no killings and they felt no harm so they would not run away.
This is a true story. It happened in the village where I was staying when I was young. There was this relative who was "skilful" in killing chickens and ducks. Neighbours would come and ask for her help and praised her for being helpful in helping them to kill chickens. Ignorantly she thought she was being helpful and doing good deeds by helping the neighbours to kill the chickens and ducks. Her "good intentions" had actually advanced her early passing at the age of early forties. It is a long story if I want to explain why I said so. So, I'll just cut the story short. Buddha said if one wish to live a long healthy life, one should refrain from killings especially for those already with some illnesses.