Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/31/2006

Conquer a liar with truth.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/30/2006

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/29/2006

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/28/2006

Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he may no more comprehend the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavour of the soup.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/27/2006

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. Make proper use of it.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/26/2006

Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/25/2006

Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/24/2006

Fit speech stems from fit thought most often.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/23/2006

One is to cultivate the seven factors of enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation into phenomena, energy, bliss, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/22/2006

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/21/2006

Right focus brings about reality.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/20/2006

In the proper season they give, those with discernment.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/19/2006

By overcoming mental formations in a right way, bliss opens up.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2006

Profound truth, so difficult to perceive, difficult to understand, tranquilizing and sublime, is not to be gained by mere reasoning and is perceived only by the wise.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/17/2006

A man is not to be considered a good man just because he is an able talker.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/16/2006

As the bee collects nectar and fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/15/2006

Whatever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings; believe and cling to that doctrine, and take it as your guide.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/14/2006

The dharma is such that it cannot be attained by groping or searching about. In the realm of seeing, knowledge perishes. At the moment of attaining, mind is surpassed.

~Dogen

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/13/2006

I see all the different religious traditions as paths for the development of inner peace, which is the true foundation of world peace. These ancient traditions come to us as a gift from our common past. Will we continue to cherish it as a gift and hand it over the the future generations as a legacy of our shared desire for peace?

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/12/2006

It is precisely because our present life is so inseparably linked with desire that we must make use of desire's tremendous energy if we wish to transform our life into something transcendental.

~Lama Thubten Yeshe

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/11/2006

Fools wait for a lucky day but every day is a luck day for an industrious man.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/10/2006

The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/9/2006

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/8/2006

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/7/2006

The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, forgiveness.

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/6/2006

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/5/2006

Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/4/2006

On life's journey Faith is nourishment, Virtuous deeds are a shelter, Wisdom is the light by day and Right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/3/2006

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

~Elbert Hubbard

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/2/2006

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

~Mark Twain

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/1/2006

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

~George Herman "Babe" Ruth