heYo~
 
sch was boring.
 
today is joyce's birthday. Happy Birthday Joyce!
 
my memory is like so darn short. i cant seem to rem what i wanted to write in my blog during the day. this is so agonising...
 
life's boring. i must do my homework & revise my work! no plans for e weekends...hai...
 
Today's verse:

Just as storm
throws down a weak tree,
so does Mara overpower the man
who lives for the pursuit of pleasures,
who is uncontrolled in his senses,
immoderate in eating,
indolent and dissipated.

Just as a storm
cannot prevail against a rocky mountain,
so Mara can never overpower
the man who lives meditating
on the impurities, who is controlled
in his senses, moderate in eating,
and filled with faith and earnest effort.
 
*Mara = Literally, the destroyer, Mara stands for 1) mental defilements; 2) phenomenal world; 3) death (no. 1 leads to 2 and 3); 4) Lord of evil forces - a powerful deity who tempts and misleads those following the path to Nibbana.