"For an aspiring bodhisattva, the essential practice is to cultivate maitri, or loving-kindness."
~Pema Chödrön
October 18, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2014
October 17, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/17/2014
"In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath. "
~Pema Chödrön
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/16/2014
"Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment-over and over again. "
~Pema Chodron
October 14, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/14/2014
"Meditation practice is how we discover basic goodness and learn to cultivate bodhichitta. With this view, practice, and activity, even the most mundane situation becomes a vehicle for awakening. "
~Pema Chödrön
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 1013/2014
"Bodhichitta is our heart-our wounded, softened heart. Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die. This love is bodhichitta. It is gentle and warm; it is clear and sharp; it is open and spacious. The awakened heart of bodhichitta is the basic goodness of all beings."
~Pema Chödrön
October 11, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/11/2014
"We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling apart. That's the essence of samsara - the cycle of suffering that comes from continuing to seek happiness in all the wrong places. "
~Pema Chödrön
October 10, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspirations - 10/10/2014
"I take refuge in the Buddha," that means I take refuge in the courage and the potential of fearlessness, of removing all the armor that covers this awakeness of mine. I am awake; I will spend my life taking this armor off. Nobody else can take it off because nobody else knows where all the little locks are, nobody else knows where it's sewed up tight, where it's going to take a lot of work to get that particular iron thread untied. "
~Pema Chödrön
October 09, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/9/2014
"What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of
gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect
how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the
world. What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for
others, you're doing for yourself. "
~Pema
Chödrön
October 08, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/8/2014
"There are many changes in the weather of a day. "
~Pema
Chödrön
October 07, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/7/2014
"Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our
energy and letting things evolve at their own speed. "
~Pema
Chödrön
October 06, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/6/2014
"We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing."
~Dalai Lama XIV
October 05, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/5/2014
"The goal is not to be better than the other man, but better than your previous self. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/4/2014
"In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values & try to cultivate inner peace. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
October 03, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/3/2014
"To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
October 02, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/2/2014
"Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences . "
~Dalai Lama XIV
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/1/2014
"If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
September 30, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/30/2014
"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
September 29, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/29/2014
September 27, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/27/2014
"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/26/2014
"Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
September 25, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2014
"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
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2014
"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
September 23, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/23/2014
September 22, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/22/2014
"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. "
~Dalai Lama XIV
September 20, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/20/2014
September 19, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/19/2014
"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 18, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/18/2014
"More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 16, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/16/2014
September 13, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/13/2014
"The past is already gone, the future is not yet here. There's only one moment for you to live, and that is the present moment. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 12, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/12/2014
"As rain falls equally on the just and the unjust, do not burden your heart with judgements but rain your kindness equally on all. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 11, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/11/2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/2/2012
September 10, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/10/2014
September 09, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/9/2014
"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. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 04, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/4/2014
"Resolutely train yourself to attain peace. "
~Gautama Buddha
September 03, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspirations - 9/3/2014
"The teaching is simple. Do what is right. Be Pure. "
~Gautama Buddha
August 31, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/31/2014
August 18, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/18/2014
"The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to release
the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the clingings and
disappointments of the past that bind our spirit."
~Jack
Kornfield
August 17, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/17/2014
"True emptiness is not empty, but contains all things. The
mysterious and pregnant void creates and reflects all possibilities. From it
arises our individuality, which can be discovered and developed, although never
possessed or fixed."
~Jack
Kornfield
August 16, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/16/2014
"As we encounter new experiences with a mindful and wise attention,
we discover that one of three things will happen to our new experience: it will
go away, it will stay the same, or it will get more intense. whatever happens
does not really matter."
~Jack
Kornfield
August 15, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/15/2014
"Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace
with that and all will be well."
~Jack
Kornfield
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/14/2014
"When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose
connection with one another - and ourselves."
~Jack
Kornfield
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/13/2014
"You hold in your hand an invitation: to remember the transforming
power of forgiveness and loving kindness. To remember that no matter where you
are and what you face, within your heart peace is possible."
~Jack
Kornfield
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/12/2014
"Peace requires us to surrender our illusions of control. We can
love and care for others but we cannot possess our children, lovers, family, or
friends. We can assist them, pray for them, and wish them well, yet in the end
their happiness and suffering depend on their thoughts and actions, not on our
wishes."
~Jack
Kornfield
August 11, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/11/2014
"We come to understand the law of causality - that is, we see that
all beings are experiencing what they're experiencing based on their own actions
and not by what we wish for them - and therefore we relax in a deep
understanding and acceptance of the way things are."
~Noah
Levine
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/10/2014
"Everything is unfolding based on causes and conditions. Our
happiness or suffering is dependent on how we relate to the present moment. If
we cling now, we suffer later. If we let go and respond with compassion or
friendliness, we create happiness and well-being for the future."
~Noah
Levine
August 09, 2014
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/9/2014
"Our future experiences will be colored by the choices we make in
the present."
~Noah
Levine
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