Wah, So Dark ah .........

Wah! So Dark ah .......

I was at a fast food restaurant enjoying my meal when suddenly a lady's voice rang out :

"Wah! So dark ah?! Why you wear so dark? So dark until cannot see you."

She was talking to a guy at the next table about his outfit - black shirt and pants.

Interestingly, the lady, and the group of lady friends who were with her, were also dressed in black, and other dark colours from head to toe.

That's when The Buddha's words rang in my mind :

"Easily seen are others' faults; Hard to see are our own."

The lady is wearing black from head to toe, yet she can't see;

Instead, she said that of her guy friend.

Well, I suppose it must be very dark on her side, too, since she can't see, doesn't realise that she, and her group of lady friends are wearing black/dark colours.

It must be because darkness is 'in', such that everyone can't see.




"When this world is ever ablaze,

Why the laughter?

Why the jubilation?

Shrouded in Darkness,

Will you not seek The Light?"

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 146




"This world is blind;

Here there are few who clearly (truly) see.

Like few birds escape from a net,

Only few go to blissful state."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 174




"Come, look at this world,

Resembling an ornamented royal chariot;

Herein fools are sunk,

But for the wise, there is NO attachment."

- The Buddha, Dhammapada verse 171




"The extent of how many wicked people there are corresponds to the numbers of 'disturbers of society'.

The more there are, the more hellish the world becomes.

It is then dark both in the night and daytime, and in a constant state of agitation.

There is no need to go and search after Hell for it is being constructed right there in the Hearts of people,

And then scattered and extended everywhere,

Turning everything into fire."

- Venerable Ajahn Maha Boowa Nanasampanno