Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/31/2012

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

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/30/2012

"Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/29/2012

"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/28/2012

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/27/2012

"Choose to be optimistic, it feels better."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/26/2012

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/25/2012

"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/24/2012

"Silence is sometimes the best answer."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/23/2012

"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/22/2012

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."

 

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/21/2012

"Love is the absence of judgment."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/20/2012

"Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/19/2012

"To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/18/2012

"If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/17/2012

"If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/16/2012

"Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/15/2012

"If we are not fully ourselves, truly in the present moment, we miss everything."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/14/2012

"I am determined to practice deep listening. I am determined to practice loving speech."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/13/2012

"Peace is present right here and now, in ourselves and in everything we do and see. Every breath we take, every step we take, can be filled with peace, joy, and serenity. The question is whether or not we are in touch with it. We need only to be awake, alive in the present moment."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/12/2012

"You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/11/2012

"To live in the present moment is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the green Earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and beauty that are available now."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/10/2012

"If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/9/2012

"If you love someone, the greatest gift you can give them is your presence."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/8/2012

"Breathing in, there is only the present moment.
Breathing out, it is a wonderful moment."

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 12/7/2012

"If you love someone but rarely make yourself available to him or her, that is not true love."

 

~Thich Nhat Hanh

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