Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/31/2006

You will have to depart leaving everything behind, so do not be attached to anything.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/30/2006

Since future lives last for a very long time, gather up riches to provide for the future.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/29/2006

Since the happiness, pleasure, and friends you gather in this life last only for a moment, put them all behind you.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/28/2006

Words of praise and fame serve only to beguile us, therefore blow them away as you would blow your nose.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/27/2006

Profit and respect are nooses of the maras, so brush them aside like stones on the path.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/26/2006

Avoid activities that are said to be meritorious, but which in fact are obstacles to Dharma.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/25/2006

Avoid all haughty, conceited, proud, and arrogant minds, and remain peaceful and subdued.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/24/2006

Friends, the things you desire give no more satisfaction than drinking sea water, therefore practice contentment.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/23/2006

If from your heart you practice in accordance with Dharma, both food and resources will come naturally to hand.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/22/2006

If you practice with great devotion, results will arise immediately, without your having to wait for a long time.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/21/2006

Because you have received advice, whenever you are not meditating always practice in accordance with what your Spiritual Guide says.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/20/2006

Dedicate your virtues throughout the day and the night, and always watch your mind.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/19/2006

Since there is never a time when worldly activities come to an end, limit your activities.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/18/2006

Avoid friends who cause you to increase delusions, and rely upon those who increase your virtue. This you should take to heart.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/17/2006

Until you attain stable realizations, worldly amusements are harmful, therefore abide in a place where there are no such distractions.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/16/2006

Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your virtues increase.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/15/2006

Since you cannot become a Buddha merely by understanding Dharma, practice earnestly with understanding.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/14/2006

Until you realize ultimate truth, listening is indispensable, therefore listen to the instructions of the Spiritual Guide.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/13/2006

Friends, until you attain enlightenment the Spiritual Teacher is indispensable, therefore rely upon the holy Spiritual Guide.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/12/2006

Self-esteem is different than conceit. Conceit is the weirdest disease in the world. It makes everyone sick except the one who has it.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/11/2006

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/10/2006

Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more about your character. Integrity is its own reward.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/9/2006

Self-esteem isn't everything; it's just that there's nothing without it.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/8/2006

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/7/2006

You really have to look inside yourself and find your own inner strength, and say, "I'm proud of what I am and who I am, and I'm just going to be myself."

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/6/2006

If you aren't good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/5/2006

To establish true self-esteem we must concentrate on our successes and forget about the failures and the negatives in our lives.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/4/2006

Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/3/2006

Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/2/2006

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/1/2006

You must love yourself before you love another. By accepting yourself and fully being what you are, your simple presence can make others happy.

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