15th Issue (Mar, 2010)

Double Minds : Origin of Vices and Virtues

Wong Weng Hon

The Absolute Reality
Characterized by psychology of double minds
True Mind and the false mind
True Mind manifesting  the True Self of Wisdom Being
Empty of manifestative consciousness
Perceiving  Unity of Existence
Consummating human virtues
Dwelling in the stillness of Nibbᾱna
Harmony , peace and bliss
False mind manifesting  the false self of sentient being
Characterized by manifestative consciousness
Perceiving the multiplicity of the phenomenal world
Grasping upon the five aggregates
Attachment to likes and aversion towards dislikes
Greed and hatred rooted in delusion
Defilement and vexation everywhere
Psychology the mother of ethics 

Editor’s Note:

Dhamma poetry is worth reading because it is the synopsis of the entire quintessence of the Word of Gotama Buddha or the Buddhist Canonical texts. It is a spiritual tool by which one’s knowledge of Dhamma is measured and evaluated upon by one’s own reading.  Ed.