Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
When we understand clearly that inner peace is the real source of happiness, and how, through spiritual practice, we can experience progressively deeper levels of inner peace, we will develop tremendous enthusiasm to practice
Love is the only cause of happiness. Its nature is all-pervasive like space. Love is the sunlight of the mind
Through watering the ground of affectionate love with cherishing love, And then sowing the seeds of wishing love and compassion, the medicinal tree of Bodhichitta will grow.
Our modern Western culture only recognises the first of these, freedom of desires. It then worships such a freedom by enshrining it at the forefront of national constituitions and bills of human rights. One can say that the underlying creed of most Western democracies is to protect their people's freedom to realise their desires, as far as this is possible. It is remarkable that in such countries people do not feel very free. The second kind of freedom, freedom from desires, is celebrated only in some religious communities. It celebrates contentment, peace that is free from desires.
Sleep is the best meditation.
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.
Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.
The experience taught me to be present in the real Buddhist sense of paying attention to the moment.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
Overcome the angry by non-anger; overcome the wicked by goodness; overcome the miser by generosity; overcome the liar by truth.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own unguarded thoughts. Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.
Beware of the anger of the mouth. Master your words. Let them serve truth.
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
The gift of truth excels all other gifts.
Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.
All living beings have Buddha nature and can become Buddhas.
As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens.
Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.
If only I could throw away the urge to trace my patterns in your heart, I could really see you.
There is no emptiness without appearance, and there is no appearance without emptiness. That is what we call the interdependent nature.
In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.
There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant.
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