Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.
Anxiety, heartbreak, and tenderness mark the in-between state. It's the kind of place we usually want to avoid. The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid.
Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!
Love, compassion and concern for others are real sources of happiness. If you have these in abundance, you will not be disturbed even by the most uncomfortable circumstances. If you nurse hatred, however, you will not be happy even in the lap of luxury. Thus, if we really want happiness, we must widen the sphere of love. This is both religious thinking and basic common sense.
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let a single meal pass without sharing it in some way.
To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.
Do not speak harshly to any one; those who are spoken to will answer thee in the same way. Angry speech is painful: blows for blows will touch thee.
There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.
If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.
Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon
The Buddha taught some people the teachings of duality that help them avoid sin and acquire spiritual merit. To others he taught non-duality, that some find profoundly frightening.
Live in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.
Establish your mind as necessary for knowledge and remembrance. Establish a mind free of grasping to anything.
Buddhists talk about nirvana in very much the same terms as monotheists describe God.
Buddhism has existed forever, just like we have, and occasionally it's codified; it's put together into a system by someone who likes to codify.
Basically, the Buddhist attitude is that you should not accept certain things through sheer faith. And for that you need a skeptical attitude. Buddha himself made this clear to his followers. He said you should not accept those things I taught out of respect for me, but rather through investigation by yourself.
In the most ordinary terms, egolessness is a flexible identity. It manifests as inquisitiveness , as adaptability, as humor, as playfulness. It is our capacity to relax with not knowing, not figuring everything out, with not being at all sure who we are, or who anyone else is, either.
To support mother and father, to cherish wife and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation - this is the greatest blessing.
It is not a Buddhist approach to say that if everyone practiced Buddhism, the world would be a better place. Wars and oppression begin from this kind of thinking.
Meditation helps me feel the shape, the texture of my inner life. Here, in the quiet, I can begin to taste what Buddhists would call my true nature, what Jews call the still, small voice, what Christians call the holy spirit.
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