"Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good
deeds."
~The
Buddha
February 28, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/28/2013
February 27, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/27/2013
"The mind is everything. What you think you
become."
~The
Buddha
February 26, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/26/2013
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we
learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick,
and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be
thankful."
~The
Buddha
February 25, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/25/2013
"Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal
rule."
~The
Buddha
February 24, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/24/2013
"Only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can
that which is indestructible in us be found."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 23, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/23/2013
"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually
thrown out of the nest."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 22, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/22/2013
"We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the
truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall
apart."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 21, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/21/2013
"The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give
ourselves."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 20, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/20/2013
"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the
truth."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 19, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/19/2013
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us
crazy, can be our teacher."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 18, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/18/2013
"The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they
trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal
with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we
feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's
eyes."
~Pema
Chödrön
February 17, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/17/2013
"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the
truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal
itself."
~Thich
Nhat Hahn
February 16, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/16/2013
"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions -
we cannot be free."
~Thich
Nhat Hahn
February 15, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/15/2013
"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your
feet."
~Thich
Nhat Hahn
February 14, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/14/2013
"Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are
not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."
~Thich
Nhat Hahn
February 13, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/13/2013
"You only lose what you cling to."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 12, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/12/2013
"There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing
so obedient as a disciplined mind."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 11, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/11/2013
"It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil
ways."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 09, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/09/2013
"Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long
is life to the foolish who do not know the true
law."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 08, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/8/2013
"There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare
like folly, there is no torrent like greed."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 07, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/7/2013
"No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must
walk the path."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 06, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/6/2013
"Purity or impurity depends on oneself,
No one can purify another."
No one can purify another."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 05, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/5/2013
"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is
peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called
wise."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 04, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/4/2013
"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."
~Gautama
Buddha
February 03, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 2/3/2013
"Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile
when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your
sorrow because you are more than your sorrow."
~Thich
Nhat Hanh
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