It is nature's law that rivers wind, trees grow wood, and, given the opportunity, women work without iniquity.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 31, 2007
December 30, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/30/2007
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 29, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/29/2007
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 28, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/28/2007
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 27, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/27/2007
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 26, 2007
December 25, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/25/2007
Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 24, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/24/2007
Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to everyone else.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 23, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/23/2007
Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 22, 2007
December 21, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/21/2007
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 20, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/20/2007
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.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 19, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/19/2007
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 18, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/18/2007
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 17, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/17/2007
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 16, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/16/2007
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 15, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/15/2007
An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 14, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/14/2007
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 13, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/13/2007
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 12, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/12/2007
A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 11, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/11/2007
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
~Buddha
December 10, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/10/2007
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
~Buddha
~Buddha
December 09, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/09/2007
When we start out on a spiritual path we often have ideals we think we're supposed to live up to.
~Pema Chödrön
~Pema Chödrön
December 08, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/08/2007
We work on ourselves in order to help others, but also we help others in order to work on ourselves.
~Pema Chödrön
~Pema Chödrön
December 07, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/07/2007
The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new.
~Pema Chödrön
~Pema Chödrön
December 06, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/06/2007
As a loving and grateful student of Chögyam Trungpa, the Dorje Dradül of Mukpo, I am delighted that these teachings-which have so profoundly influenced and shaped my life-are now available to benefit others.
~Pema Chödrön
~Pema Chödrön
December 05, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/05/2007
Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
~Martin Luther King, Jr.
December 04, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/04/2007
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
~Martin Luther
~Martin Luther
December 03, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/3/2007
Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.
~Deepak Chopra
~Deepak Chopra
December 02, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/2/2007
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
~Arthur Ashe
~Arthur Ashe
December 01, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/01/2007
To study the Buddha Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand dharmas. To be enlightened by the ten thousand dharmas is to free one's body and mind and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace continues endlessly.
~Dogen-zenji
~Dogen-zenji
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