"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it,
move with it, and join the dance."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 31, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/31/2013
August 30, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/30/2013
"You are a function of what the whole universe is doing in the same
way that a wave is a function of what the whole ocean is doing."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 29, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/29/2013
"This is the real secret of life -- to be completely engaged with
what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize
it is play."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 28, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/28/2019
"To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you
don't grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead
you relax, and float."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 27, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/27/2013
"We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and
emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images
which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 26, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/26/2013
"Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 25, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/25/2013
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own
teeth."
~Alan Wilson Watts
August 24, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/24/2013
"He who experiences the unity of life sees his own Self in all
beings, and all beings in his own Self, and looks on everything with an
impartial eye."
~The Buddha
August 23, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/23/2013
"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
August 22, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/22/2013
"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
August 21, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/21/2013
"To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others."
~The Buddha
August 20, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/20/2013
"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who
envies others does not obtain peace of mind."
~The Buddha
August 19, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/19/2013
"To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don't need to be
accepted by others. You need to accept yourself."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 17, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/17/2013
"When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers
deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need
punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 16, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/16/2013
"The longness and shortness of the present moment can be recognized
by utilizing a big image of the moon, which is reflecting on the surface of the
ocean, and a small image of the moon on the surface of a cup of water, or in
another example the very wide scale of the whole sky itself, and the very narrow
space of the moon, which is shining in the sky."
~Dogen
August 15, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/15/2013
~Dogen
August 14, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/14/2013
"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 actualized by myriad things.
When actualized by myriad things, your body and mind as well as the bodies and
minds of others drop away. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this no-trace
continues endlessly."
~Dogen
August 13, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/13/2013
"When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that
the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely on the boat, you can
see that the boat moves. Similarly, if you examine many things with a confused
mind, you might suppose that your mind and nature are permanent. But when you
practice intimately and return to where you are, it will be clear that there is
nothing that has unchanging self."
~Dogen
August 12, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/12/2013
"Do not be concerned with the faults of other persons. Do not see
others' faults with a hateful mind. There is an old saying that if you stop
seeing others' faults, then naturally seniors and venerated and juniors are
revered. Do not imitate others' faults; just cultivate virtue. Buddha prohibited
unwholesome actions, but did not tell us to hate those who practice unwholesome
actions."
~Dogen
August 10, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/10/2013
"A zen master's life is one continuous mistake."
~Dogen
Zenji
August 09, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/9/2013
"Enlightenment is intimacy with all things."
~Dogen
Zenji
August 08, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/8/2013
"If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to
find it?"
~Dogen
Zenji
August 07, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/7/2013
"Life and Death are of supreme importance. Time swiftly passes by and
opportunity is lost. Each of us should strive to awaken. Awaken. Take heed, do
not squander your life."
~Dogen
Zenji
August 06, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/6/2013
"As long as our orientation is toward perfection or success, we will never learn
about unconditional friendship with ourselves, nor will we find
compassion."
~Pema
Chödrön
August 04, 2013
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/4/2013
"Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing
yet if we have the courage to face it."
~Pema
Chödrön
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