The virtues we acquire, which develop slowly within us, are the invisible links that bind each one of our existences to the others - existences which the spirit alone remembers, for Matter has no memory for spiritual things.
I'm a great believer in the hereafter, in karma, in reincarnation. It does make sense. I believe that God is not just a law-giver, but a creative artist. The greatest of all. And what characterises artists is that they want to redo their work. Maybe it didn't come off perfectly, so they want to see it done again, and improved. Reincarnation is a way for God to improve his earlier works.
In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow
Sharing makes you bigger than you are. The more you pour out, the more life will be able to pour in.
They have no business administering government policies in a country that favors freedom and equality. ... Can you imagine having the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as defense minister, or Mahatma Gandhi as minister of health, education, and welfare The Hindu and Buddhist idea of karma and the Muslim idea of kismet, or fate condemn the poor and the disabled to their suffering. ... It's the will of Allah. These beliefs are nothing but abject fatalism, and they would devastate the social gains this nation has made if they were ever put into practice.
You create a good future by creating a good present. How do you do that? By recognizing the goodness that is already inherent in the present moment, even in the midst of challenges. Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.
True justice is to pay one time for every mistake we make.
Today I don't have to fit into anyone else's emotional atmosphere.
When you're a good giver you're a good getter.
Move with the flow. Don't fight the current. Resist nothing. Let life carry you. Don't try to carry it.
When our minds are purified through karma (selfless action) and made single-pointed through up-asana (worship), we cannot remain satisfied with the small achievements in worldly life.
The universe is completely balanced and in perfect order. You will always be compensated for everything that you do.
I think if you want to eat more meat you should kill it yourself and eat it raw so that you are not blinded by the hypocrisy of having it processed for you.
The fact is, there really is no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty
Karma is the tension of the thread in the human tapestry.
Don't take anything personally. Nothing others do is because of you.
Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.
I reject karma and rebirth not only because I find them unintelligible, but because I believe they obscure and distort what the Buddha was trying to say. Rather than offering the balm of consolation, the Buddha encouraged us to peer deep and unflinchingly into the heart of the bewildering and painful experience that life can so often be.
There's always someone to help, there's always some way in which you can perfect yourself through service to others.
Selfless giving means forgeting about yourself. It means letting go and doing something crazy.
Have the courage to be selfless in a world were such qualities are not admired. Dare to be differnt. Be crazy!
Everybody out there is just doing things for themesleves. So if you don't do that you've got to be crazy ... crazy about selfless giving!
Selfless giving is like putting on make-up. We're covering up a part of ourselves thats not very aware. The thing is when we take the make up off, the selflish part leaves us. We are freeer, clearer.
Selfless giving has a lot to do with what happens to you in the future. There is karma, both good and bad.
Your spiritual journey and your spiritual welfare are really dependent on two primary factors: One, your ability to meditate and two, your ability to give of yourself.
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