Cultivate the thought of loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, the thought of compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear. —Buddha Shakyamuni, Majjhima Nikaya
Do you have the patience to wait
till your mud settles and the water is clear?
Can you remain unmoving
till the right action arises by itself?
The master doesn’t seek fulfillment.
Not seeking, not expecting,
she is present, and can welcome all things.
Tao Te Ching, 15
A Buddhist monk who studied and meditated on the teachings of Buddha for over a decade wanted to speak with an enlightened one who dwelled alone in a small temple high in the mountains. He prepared…
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“Suppose someone says something that angers you. Your old pathway wants to say something to punish him. But that makes us victims of our habit energy. Instead, you can breathe in and say, “Unhappiness is in me, suffering is in me, anger is in me, irritation is in me.” That is already helpful, recognizing your … Continue reading When compassion is born, you don’t suffer any more
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Source: With the Flow: A Zen Story
His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama (Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso) was born on 6 July 1935 at Taktser village in the Republic of China. Appointed at the age of two and formally recognized at the age of 15. Now known as “The Man Of Peace.” A great advocate of nonviolence and world peace. 1. Sometimes…
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When our Buddha Nature manifests, spontaneously we seek to heal the sick, nourish the young, protect the weak, love the beautiful, serve the good, honor the wise, and align our thoughts, words, and deeds with Right View.
“We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves, the heavy-duty fearing that we’re bad and hoping that we’re good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds – never touch our basic wealth. […]
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In a sense I am lost; feeling childlike in constant exploring of earth and oneself. I am, in a sense found; by my morality with love…and with compassion… I find myself restless in time, for time is complex. The mind cannot comprehend time nor comprehend anything in completeness. The Tao of existence unwordable, incomprehensible…
We are not all knowing beings but the fabric of existence has underlying comfort whether it is productive or not. Even terrible mistakes create great lessons. The child knows love most, your inner child craves it.
Life is complex in a mathematical sense but extremely simple in the aspect of conscious thought.
That being all that we have.
I trust this universe more than I trust myself. I say this in a sense that I do not feel in control, but the rain outside my window… it is bringing life to the earth; as is the…
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