“Do not retaliate with anger when attacked with rage.
Do not retaliate with abuse when reviled.
Do not retaliate with criticism when blamed.
Do not retaliate with blows when threatened with physical violence”.
—Buddha Shakyamuni
Source: Four Restraints
“A dormant seed in your soul awaits the water of life.” -NinaSource: Your dormant seed awaits…
Here’s something that might help you improve your meditation practice. When you’ve closed your eyes, repeat to yourself “just___”.
For example, if you’re sitting in your meditation cushion, repeat to yourself “just seat”, or “just breathe”.
This can help you be calm and find inner peace and balance.
Do not ignore the effect of small kindnesses, saying, “This will come to nothing.” Just as drop by drop the water jar is filled, so in time the wise become replete with wholesomeness. —…
Source: Drop By Drop
Giving protection from fear means actually doing whatever you can to help others in difficulty: providing refuge for those lacking a place of safety, defending those without any protector, and being with those who are alone. —Patrul Rinpoche
The aggregate of form, the material body, tells me where I am.
The aggregate of feeling tells me how I am.
The aggregate of perception tells me what I am.
The aggregate of volition tells me why I am.
The aggregate of consciousness tells me I am the center of all this.
They all change; they all lie.
Source: Five Liars
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