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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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/5/2011

"Fill your mind with compassion."


~The Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/4/2011

"The Four Reliances:
First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/3/2011

"Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/2/2011

"He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/1/2011

"Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/30/2011

"Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/29/2011

"The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage! Like the apparent distances in a picture, things have no reality in themselves, but they are like heat haze."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/28/2011

"Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine."


~The Buddha


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/27/2011

"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


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/26/2011

"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize."


~Thich Nhat Hanh


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/25/2011

"I promise myself that I will enjoy every minute of the day that is given me to live."


~Thich Nhat Hanh


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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/24/2011

"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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