A statement endowed with five factors is well-spoken, not ill-spoken.
It is blameless and un-faulted by knowledgeable people. Which five?
It is spoken at the right time. It is spoken in truth.
It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially.
It is spoken with a mind of good-will. —Buddha Shakyamuni
—Buddha Shakyamuni
In life, there will be times of failure, and times of regret. Times of frustration, and times of worry. Moments of insecurity and inadequacy plague even the most confident among us. We will all exp…
Source: If Your Compassion Does Not Include Yourself, It Is Incomplete – Buddha — The Seeds 4 Life
May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings
May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened.
– Shantideva, Indian Buddhist sage 700 A.D. Prayer performed each morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
I appeal to those desiring to protect their virtuous minds:
always diligently guard your mindfulness and introspection.
—Arya Shantideva
How do we guard mindfulness?
One is mindful to abandon wrong view and to enter and remain in Right View.
One is mindful to abandon wrong intention and to enter and remain in Right Thought.
One is mindful to abandon wrong speech and to enter and remain in Right Speech.
One is mindful to abandon wrong conduct and to enter and remain in Right Conduct.
One is mindful to abandon wrong livelihood and to enter and remain in Right Livelihood.
This is Right Mindfulness.
—Buddha Shakyamuni
How do we guard introspection?
To examine our thoughts, words, and deeds continuously, to determine if they are in accord with the Dharma, is to guard introspection.
Source: Mindfulness & Introspection
Every appearance and every event, Are the mind’s miraculous display. In the spacious expanse, I see nothing to fear. ~ Yeshe Tsogyal
Guanyin is an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion as venerated by Mahayana Buddhists. She is commonly known as the “Goddess of Mercy” in English. The name Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, meaning “[The One Who] Perceives the Sounds of the World”.
Ram Dass has shared a story of a young woman who told him, “My family hates when I’m a Buddhist but loves when I’m a Buddha.” In other words, its not what religion we identify ourselves with that m…
Source: No one is a Buddhist
In the Dhammika Sutta, the Buddha says that ‘not to kill’ means three things: You do not do it yourself; you do not get others to do it; and you do not encourage, condone, applaud, aid, and abet when others do it. What more does one need to prove that one cannot observe this precept […]
As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse. ~ The Buddha (Dhammapada, verse 320)
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