Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 11/3/2006

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person will not be found: You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 11/2/2006

Holding fast to the Truth they shall reach the topmost height.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 11/1/2006

Doubt can be a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations, a thorn that irritates and hurts.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/31/2006

Conquer a liar with truth.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/30/2006

Your body is precious. It is our vehicle for awakening. Treat it with care.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/29/2006

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/28/2006

Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he may no more comprehend the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavour of the soup.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/27/2006

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. Make proper use of it.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/26/2006

Avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/25/2006

Lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/24/2006

Fit speech stems from fit thought most often.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/23/2006

One is to cultivate the seven factors of enlightenment: mindfulness, investigation into phenomena, energy, bliss, tranquility, concentration, and equanimity.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/22/2006

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/21/2006

Right focus brings about reality.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/20/2006

In the proper season they give, those with discernment.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/19/2006

By overcoming mental formations in a right way, bliss opens up.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2006

Profound truth, so difficult to perceive, difficult to understand, tranquilizing and sublime, is not to be gained by mere reasoning and is perceived only by the wise.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/17/2006

A man is not to be considered a good man just because he is an able talker.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/16/2006

As the bee collects nectar and fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/15/2006

Whatever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings; believe and cling to that doctrine, and take it as your guide.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/14/2006

The dharma is such that it cannot be attained by groping or searching about. In the realm of seeing, knowledge perishes. At the moment of attaining, mind is surpassed.

~Dogen

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/13/2006

I see all the different religious traditions as paths for the development of inner peace, which is the true foundation of world peace. These ancient traditions come to us as a gift from our common past. Will we continue to cherish it as a gift and hand it over the the future generations as a legacy of our shared desire for peace?

~His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/12/2006

It is precisely because our present life is so inseparably linked with desire that we must make use of desire's tremendous energy if we wish to transform our life into something transcendental.

~Lama Thubten Yeshe

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/11/2006

Fools wait for a lucky day but every day is a luck day for an industrious man.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/10/2006

The secret of happiness lies in the mind's release from worldly ties.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/9/2006

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/8/2006

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/7/2006

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

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/6/2006

As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

~Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/5/2006

Believe nothing on the faith of traditions, even though they have been held in honor for many generations and in diverse places. Do not believe a thing because many people speak of it. Do not believe on the faith of the sages of the past. Do not believe what you yourself have imagined, persuading yourself that a God inspires you. Believe nothing on the sole authority of your masters and priests. After examination, believe what you yourself have tested and found to be reasonable, and conform your conduct thereto.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/4/2006

On life's journey Faith is nourishment, Virtuous deeds are a shelter, Wisdom is the light by day and Right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life nothing can destroy him; If he has conquered greed nothing can limit his freedom.

~Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/3/2006

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

~Elbert Hubbard

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/2/2006

You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.

~Mark Twain

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/1/2006

Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.

~George Herman "Babe" Ruth

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/30/2006

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.

~Leon J. Suenes

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/29/2006

To find what you seek in the road of life, the best proverb of all is that which says: "Leave no stone unturned."

~Edward Bulwer Lytton

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/28/2006

No man is happy who does not think himself so.

~Publilius Syrus

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/27/2006

Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.

~George Santayana

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/26/2006

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.

~Bertrand Russell

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2006

To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.

~Albert Camus

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/24/2006

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

~J. Petit Senn

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/23/2006

The rays of happiness, like those of light, are colorless when unbroken.

~Henry W. Longfellow

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/22/2006

Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life.

~William Ellery Channing

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/21/2006

You're happiest while you're making the greatest contribution.

~Robert F. Kennedy

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/20/2006

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them.

~John Stuart Mills

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/19/2006

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

~Benjamin Franklin

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/18/2006

Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities.

~Aldous Huxley

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/17/2006

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

~Aristotle

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/16/2006

When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

~Helen Keller

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/15/2006

It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/14/2006

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/13/2006

A word to the wise is infuriating.

~Hunter S. Thompson

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/12/2006

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

~Charles Bukowski

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/11/2006

If the things you desire do not come it is due to karma created long ago, therefore keep a happy and relaxed mind.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/10/2006

It is completely meaningless to put effort into activities that have no essence.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/9/2006

If you engage in many meaningless activities your virtuous activities will degenerate, therefore stop activities that are not spiritual.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/8/2006

If you talk too much with little meaning you will make mistakes, therefore speak in moderation, only when necessary.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/7/2006

Always keep a smiling face and a loving mind, and speak truthfully without malice.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/6/2006

See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you were their child.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/5/2006

Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.

What you think upon grows...

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/4/2006

Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood.

What you think upon grows...