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Friday, 31 October 2014

LLADD PRYFED/KILLING FLIES



Fel rhywun sydd wedi astudio dipyn bach o Fwdïaeth ac wedi ceisio myfyrdod mae'n flin da fi dweud dwi wedi bod yn lladd nifer o bryfed yn ddiweddar. Y tro cyntaf mi ofynnwyd i mi glirio ystafell llofft fy modryb. Pan es i fyny roedd fel golygfa mas o ffilm yr Amityville Horror da Rod Steiger. Sut oedden nhw wedi mynd mewn i'r llofft gyda bob ffenest ar gae, ni wyddwn ond hyd yn oed pan agoriad y ffenest, roedd y rhai byw yn aros i gael ei sugno fyny gan yr hoover yn lle ffoi ac yn fan hyn dwi'n sylweddoli oherwydd y tymheredd mwyn, mae'r pryfed yn parhau mewn i'r gaeaf. Mae'r pryfed yn blino ac wedyn dwi'n ei swatio nhw. Dwi wedi lladd pedwar heddiw ond pam os dwi wedi astudio Bwdïaeth dwi'n mynni wneud hyn. Mae'n ffordd hawdd i gael gwared nhw ond pam cael gwared nhw yn y lle cyntaf? Oherwydd maent yn niwsans? Ond mae pobol yn niwsans ac nid ydyw yn ganiataol i swatio nhw..eto. Lladdes i un bore yma oedd wedi glanio ar y ford bara. Damo, rhaid glanhau'r ford yn lan nawr. Mae 'na rywbeth pwysig  da pryfed i ddweud wrthon ni ddwi'n siŵr. Dysgu amynedd i bobol mae pryfed yn gwneud. Dwi'n siŵr os taswn ni dal yn garcharor a thase pryfyn yn y gell, mi faswn ddim yn ei ladd e ond faswn yn ceisio fod yn ffrind iddo ac edrych ar ei ôl e. Y wers o’r post yma? Dim ond mewn cell carchar mae Bwdïaeth yn gall ei chael ei ymarfer yn iawn.    


As someone who has studied a little bit of Buddhism and who has attempted meditation I am ashamed to say that I have killed a number of flies recently. The first time was when I was asked to clear my Aunties attic of flies. When I went up there it was like the scene from the Amityville Horror with Rod Steiger. How had they got in there with every window closed? Even when I opened the window to allow the ones still alive to escape, rather than flee or fly they just waited to be sucked up by the antique hoover along with their deceased chums. An example of insect 'learnt helplessness' I thought. Even today the flies are hanging about into winter with the mild weather. I have swatted four this morning but why? because they are a nuisance but aren't people a nuisance? You can't swot them. Flies teach us patience and I don't have any! I have to eliminate every irritant from my life however large or small they might be. I swotted one on the breadboard this morning. Damn, I have to disinfect the board now. I'm sure that if I was still a prisoner in my cell and a fly found its way in, that I would befriend that fly and look after it. The lesson from this blog post? That in my humble opinion, it is only in a prison cell that Buddhism can be practiced correctly.   


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