Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/31/2011

"To keep the body in good health is a duty. . . otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/30/2011

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


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/29/2011

"Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water...
Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/28/2011

"To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/27/2011

"There are five things which no one is able to accomplish in this world: first, to cease growing old when he is growing old; second, to cease being sick; third, to cease dying; fourth, to deny dissolution when there is dissolution; fifth, to deny non-being."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/26/2011

"Misdirected life force is the activity in disease process. Disease has no energy save what it borrows from the life of the organism. It is by adjusting the life force that healing must be brought about, and it is the sun as transformer and distributor of primal spiritual energy that must be utilized in this process, for life and the sun are so intimately connected."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/25/2011

"Let no sleep fall upon thy eyes till thou hast thrice reviewed the transactions of the past day. Where have I turned aside from rectitude? What have I been doing? What have left undone, which I ought to have done? Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/23/2011

"An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/22/2011

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/21/2011

"If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/20/2011

"You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/19/2011

"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/18/2011

"Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/17/2011

"The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/16/2011

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/15/2011

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/14/2011

"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."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/13/2011

"We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/12/2011

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/11/2011

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/10/2011

"All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/9/2011

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/8/2011

"Teach this triple truth to all: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/7/2011

"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/6/2011

"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."


~The Buddha


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