Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/19/2007

Be awake

Love yourself and be awake -today, tomorrow, always. First establish yourself in the way,then teach others, and so defeat sorrow. To straighten the crooked you must first do a harder thing -straighten yourself. You are the only master. Who else? Subdue yourself, and discover your master.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/18/2007

Fill your mind with compassion.

~Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/17/2007

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 asanger and attachment, fear and suspicion,while love and compassion, a sense of universal responsibilityare the sources of peace and happiness. ~Dalai Lama

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/16/2007

Be a lamp unto Yourself

As the Buddha was dying, Ananda asked who would be their teacher after death. He replied to his disciple ~ "Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn.

"Quoted in Joseph Goldstein, The Experience of Insight

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/15/2007

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.If you want to be happy, practice compassion. ~The Dalai Lama

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/14/2007

Live in JoyLive in Joy, In love, Even among those who hate. Live in joy, In health, Even among the afflicted. Live in joy, In peace, Even among the troubled. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way. There is no fire like greed, No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger of heart, And no joy like the joy of freedom. Health, contentment and trust Are your greatest possessions, And freedom your greatest joy. Look within. Be still. Free from fear and attachment, Know the sweet joy of living in the way.

~from the Dhammapada, Words of the Buddha

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/13/2007

One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?" "No", answered Buddha. "Then are you a healer?" "No", Buddha replied. "Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted. "No, I am not a teacher." "Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated. "I am awake", Buddha replied.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/12/2007

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

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/11/2007

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

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/10/2007

True spiritual practice is not founded on attainment or on the miraculous, but on seeing life itself as a true miracle. In the words of a Zen master,
"My magical power and miraculous gift: Drawing water and chopping wood."

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/9/2007

Consider the trees which allow the birds to perch and fly away without either inviting them to stay or desiring them never to depart. If your heart can be like this, you will be near to the way.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/8/2007

Before enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water. After enlightenment, I chopped wood and carried water.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/7/2007

Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.
~Zen master

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/6/2007

If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/5/2007

Talking about Zen all the time is like looking for fish tracks in a dry riverbed.
Wu-Tzu

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/4/2007

We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.
~Lao Tzu

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/3/2007

Sitting peacefully doing nothing Spring comes and the grass grows all by itself.
~Lao Tzu

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/2/2007

The quieter you become,the more you are able to hear.
~Lao Tzu

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/1/2007

Water which is too pure has no fish.
~Zen Saying

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/31/2007

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
~Zen Saying

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/30/2007

If you try to aim for it, you are turning away from it.
~Zen Saying

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/29/2007

Life is what it is, you cannot change it, But you can change yourself.

~Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/28/2007

Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten You; everything passes away except God; God alone is sufficient.

~~ St. Teresa of Avila

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/27/2007

To every disadvantage there is a Corresponding advantage.

~~ W. Clement Stone

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/26/2007

My religion is very simple - My religion is kindness.

~~ Dalai Lama

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/25/2007

The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk On the water, but to walk on the earth.

~~ Chinese proverb

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/24/2007

Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it you Will land among the stars.

~~ Les Brown

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/23/2007

The secret of happiness is not doing what One likes, but in liking what one has to do.

~~ James Barrie

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/22/2007

There is hunger for ordinary bread, and there is Hunger for love, for kindness, for thoughtfulness, And this is the great poverty that makes People suffer so much.~~ Mother Teresa

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/21/2007

One never loves enough.

~~ Aldous Huxley

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/20/2007

Who looks outside dreams; who Looks inside wakes.

~C.G. Jung

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/19/2007

When one door closes another opens. Expect That the new door to reveal even greater wonders And glories and surprises. Feel yourself grow With every experience. And look for the reason For it.

~~ Eileen Caddy

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/18/2007

With courage you will dare to take risks, have The strength to be compassionate and the Wisdom to be humble. Courage is the foundation Of integrity.

~~ Keshavan Nair

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/17/2007

All birth ends in death. All creation ends in dissolution. All accumulation ends in dispersion. All that appears real is transitory. Come, Drink the elixir of fearlessness!

~~ Nagarjuna

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/16/2007

No one knows whether death may not turn out To be the greatest of blessings for a human Being; and yet people fear it as if they know for Certain that it is greatest of evils.

~~ Socrates

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/15/2007

What doesn't kill me makes me stronger.

~~ Albert Camus

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/14/2007

One in All, All in One -If only this is realized, No more worry about your not being perfect!

~~ Seng - ts'an

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/13/2007

Behold but One in all things; it is the Second that leads you astray.

~~ Kabir

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/12/2007

The words that enlighten the soul are More precious than jewels.

~~ Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/11/2007

Follow your bliss. ~~Joseph Cambell

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/10/2007

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the Universe will be simpler; solitude will not be Solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor Weakness weakness.

~~ Henry David Thoreau

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/9/2007

Life does not consist mainly - or even largely - Of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of The storm of thoughts that are forever blowing Through one's mind.

~~ Mark Twain

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/8/2007

The Japanese master Nan-in gave audience To a professor of philosophy. Serving tea, Nan-in filled his visitor's cup, And kept pouring. The professor watched the overflow until he Could restrain himself no longer:Stop! The cup is overfull, no more will go in. Nan-in said:Like this cup, You are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen Unless you first empty your cup?

~~Zen Story

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/7/2007

I do my thing, and you do your thing, I am not in this world to live up to your Expectations. And you are not in this world to live up to Mine. You are you and I am I, And if by chance we find each other, it's Beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.

~~ Frederick S. Perls

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/6/2007

When an emotional injury takes place, the Body begins a process as natural as the healing Of a physical wound. Let the process happen. Trust that nature will do the healing. Know That the pain will pass and, when it passes, you will be stronger, happier, more sensitive and Aware.

~~ Melba Colgrove

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/5/2007

Help is here. Learn to be quiet in the midst of turmoil, for Quietness is the end of strife and this is the Journey to peace. Through the practice of silence we become Aware of our pain. The pain is always there - in Our minds and in our bodies. Silence allows us To see it, face it, release it.

~~ Gunilla Norris

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/4/2007

Paradise is nearer to you than The thongs of your sandals.

~The Koran

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/3/2007

Every year I live I am more convinced that The waste of life lies in the love we have not Given, the powers we have not used, the Selfish prudence that will miss nothing, and Which, shirking pain, misses happiness as Well.

~~ Mary Cholmondely

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/2/2007

What really frightens and dismays us is not External events themselves, but the way in Which we think about them. It is not things That disturb us, but our interpretation of their Significance.

~~ Epictetus, A Manual For Living

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/1/2007

We either make ourselves miserable, or we Make ourselves strong. The amount of work is The same.

~~ Carlos Castaneda

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