All healing involves replacing fear with love.
~~ A Course in Miracles
June 24, 2007
June 23, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/23/2007
Forgiveness is the exercise of compassionAnd is both a process and an attitude. In theProcess of forgiveness, we convert the sufferingCreated by our own mistakes or as a result of being hurt by others into psychologicalAnd spiritual growth. Though the attitude ofForgiveness we attain happiness and serenityBy letting go of the ego's incessant need toJudge ourselves and others.
~~ Joan Borysenko
June 22, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/22/2007
Love is all we have, the only wayThat each can help the other.
~~ Euripides, Orestes
June 21, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/21/2007
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves.~~ Swami Vivekananda
June 20, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/20/2007
"We constantly judge ourselves. Our minds Decide what our experience should or shouldNot be - relentlessly labeling things good orBad - and demand that our lives conform toOur labels. Then, when pain comes into ourLives - and it does to every life - we not onlySuffer it, but we suffer our suffering as well.We add the mind's harsh judgement of painTo our actual experience of it. By practicingSilence, we may discover the ways in whichWe intensify our pain by judging it. Then weHave a chance to become lass harsh, moreForgiving."~~Gunilla Norris
June 19, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/19/2007
"This is the advice that the holy being Venerable Atisha gave to Venerable Jangchub Ö."
June 18, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/18/2007
"I who am ignorant request you to take this advice to heart."
June 17, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/17/2007
"If you practice like this you will delight me, and you will bring happiness to yourself and others."
June 16, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/16/2007
"You should consider this well because it is not just words from the mouth, but sincere advice from the heart."
June 15, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/15/2007
"Meditate according to the advice of your Spiritual Guide and dry up the river of samsaric suffering."
June 14, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/14/2007
"Friends, there is no happiness in this swamp of samsara, so move to the firm ground of liberation."
June 13, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/13/2007
"Being under the influence of wrong views you do not realize the ultimate nature of things, therefore investigate correct meanings."
June 12, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/12/2007
"Since this human life is wasted by indulging in distractions, now is the time to practice concentration."
June 11, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/11/2007
"You remain in samsara through the power of laziness, therefore ignite the fire of the effort of application."
June 10, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/10/2007
"Since hatred is rife in these impure times, don the armour of patience, free from anger."
June 09, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/9/2007
"Always keep pure moral discipline for it leads to beauty in this life and happiness hereafter."
June 08, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/8/2007
"Distracting enjoyments have no essence, therefore sincerely practice giving."
June 07, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/7/2007
"Since you will definitely have to depart without the wealth you have accumulated, do not accumulate negativity for the sake of wealth."
June 06, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/6/2007
"Since you cannot tame the minds of others until you have tamed your own, begin by taming your own mind."
June 05, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/5/2007
"All happiness comes from the blessings of your Spiritual Guide, therefore always repay his kindness."
June 04, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/4/2007
"Since all the happiness and suffering of this life arise from previous actions, do not blame others."
June 03, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/3/2007
"Beware, offending a holy being is worse than dying, therefore be honest and straightforward."
June 02, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/2/2007
"If the things you desire do not come it is due to karma created long ago, therefore keep a happy and relaxed mind."
June 01, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/1/2007
"It is completely meaningless to put effort into activities that have no essence."
May 31, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/31/2007
"If you engage in many meaningless activities your virtuous activities will degenerate, therefore stop activities that are not spiritual."
May 30, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/30/2007
"If you talk too much with little meaning you will make mistakes, therefore speak in moderation, only when necessary."
May 29, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/29/2007
"Always keep a smiling face and a loving mind, and speak truthfully without malice."
May 28, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/28/2007
"See all living beings as your father or mother, and love them as if you were their child."
May 27, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/27/2007
"Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would."
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May 26, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/26/2007
"Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood."
May 25, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/25/2007
"Do not be jealous of others' good qualities, but out of admiration adopt them yourself."
May 24, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/24/2007
"Have no hatred for enemies, and no attachment for friends."
May 23, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/23/2007
"Generate compassion for lowly beings, and especially avoid despising or humiliating them."
May 22, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/22/2007
"You will have to depart leaving everything behind, so do not be attached to anything."
May 21, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/21/2007
"Since future lives last for a very long time, gather up riches to provide for the future."
May 20, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/20/2007
"Since the happiness, pleasure, and friends you gather in this life last only for a moment, put them all behind you."
May 19, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/19/2007
"Words of praise and fame serve only to beguile us, therefore blow them away as you would blow your nose."
May 18, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/18/2007
"Profit and respect are nooses of the maras, so brush them aside like stones on the path."
May 17, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/17/2007
"Avoid activities that are said to be meritorious, but which in fact are obstacles to Dharma."
May 16, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/16/2007
"Avoid all haughty, conceited, proud, and arrogant minds, and remain peaceful and subdued."
May 15, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/15/2007
"Friends, the things you desire give no more satisfaction than drinking sea water, therefore practice contentment."
May 14, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/14/2007
"If from your heart you practice in accordance with Dharma, both food and resources will come naturally to hand."
May 13, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/13/2007
"If you practice with great devotion, results will arise immediately, without your having to wait for a long time."
May 12, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/12/2007
"Because you have received advice, whenever you are not meditating always practice in accordance with what your Spiritual Guide says."
May 11, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/11/2007
"Dedicate your virtues throughout the day and the night, and always watch your mind."
May 10, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/10/2007
"Since there is never a time when worldly activities come to an end, limit your activities."
~Venerable Atisha
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~Venerable Atisha
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May 09, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/9/2007
"Avoid friends who cause you to increase delusions, and rely upon those who increase your virtue. This you should take to heart."
~Venerable Atisha
~Venerable Atisha
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May 08, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/8/2007
"Until you attain stable realizations, worldly amusements are harmful, therefore abide in a place where there are no such distractions."
~Venerable Atisha
~Venerable Atisha
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May 07, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/7/2007
"Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your virtues increase."
~Venerable Atisha
~Venerable Atisha
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May 06, 2007
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/6/2007
"Since you cannot become a Buddha merely by understanding Dharma, practice earnestly with understanding."
~Venerable Atisha
~Venerable Atisha
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