Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
~The Buddha
October 07, 2009
October 06, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/6/2009
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
~The Buddha
October 05, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/5/2009
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.
~The Buddha
October 04, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/4/2009
Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.
~The Buddha
October 03, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/3/2009
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?
~The Buddha
October 02, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/2/2009
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
October 01, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/1/2009
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
~The Buddha
September 30, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/30/2009
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
~The Buddha
September 29, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/29/2009
Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.
~The Buddha
September 28, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/28/2009
Believe nothing. No Matter where you have read it, or who said it, even if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own common sense.
~The Buddha
September 27, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/27/2009
He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.
~The Buddha
September 26, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/26/2009
We are what we think. All that we are arises from our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.
~The Buddha
September 25, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2009
It is easy to see the faults of others... it is hard to see our own...
~The Dhammapada
September 24, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/24/2009
As a solid rock cannot be moved by the wind, the wise are not shaken by praise or blame.
~The Dhammapada
September 23, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/23/2009
As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.
~The Dhammapada
September 22, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/22/2009
If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature.
~The Dhammapada
September 21, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/21/2009
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
~The Dhammapada
September 20, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/20/2009
Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it...
~The Dhammapada
September 19, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/19/2009
Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.
~The Dhammapada
September 18, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/18/2009
Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Suffering follows an evil thought as the wheels of a cart follow the oxen that draws it. Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think. Joy follows a pure thought like a shadow that never leaves.
~The Dhammapada
September 17, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/17/2009
One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.
~The Dhammapada
September 16, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/16/2009
More than those who hate you, more than all your enemies, an undisciplined mind does greater harm.
~The Dhammapada
September 15, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/15/2009
Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.
~The Dhammapada
September 14, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/14/2009
If anything is worth doing, do it with all your heart.
~The Dhammapada
September 13, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/13/2009
Believe nothing.
No matter where you read it,
Or who said it,
Even if I have said it,
Unless it agrees with your own reason
And your own common sense.
~The Dhammapada
September 12, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/12/2009
As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.
~The Dhammapada
September 11, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/11/2009
"In deep meditation the flow of concentration is continuous like the flow of oil."
~Patanjali
September 10, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/10/2009
"Peace can be reached through meditation on the knowledge which dreams give. Peace can also be reached through concentration upon that which is dearest to the heart."
~Patanjali
September 09, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/9/2009
"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."
~Dalai Lama
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September 08, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/8/2009
"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."
~Buddha
September 07, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/7/2009
"The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world and the world at large."
~Confucius
September 06, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/6/2009
"The flowering of love is meditation."
~Jiddu Krishnamurti
September 05, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/5/2009
"When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place."
~Bhagavad Gita
September 04, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/4/2009
"Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end."
~Swami Sivananda
September 03, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/3/2009
"We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all."
~Kalu Rinpoche
September 02, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/2/2009
"If you have no feelings about worldly things, they are all Buddhism; if you have feelings about Buddhism, it is a worldly thing."
~Zen Proverb
September 01, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/1/2009
"We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment."
~Alan Watts
August 31, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/31/2009
"On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots."
~Buddha
August 30, 2009
August 29, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/29/2009
"The main difference between us, Buddhism and other philosophies, is that we do not accept the notion of a living god, but rather that we are responsible for our future happiness."
~Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama
August 28, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/28/2009
"The essence of Buddhism is if you can, help others. If not, then at least refrain from hurting others."
~Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama
August 27, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/27/2009
"Buddhism has the characteristics of what would be expected in a cosmic religion for the future: It transcends a personal God, avoids dogmas and theology; it covers both the natural and the spiritual, and it is based on a religious sense aspiring from the experience of all things, natural and spiritual, as a meaningful unity."
~Albert Einstein
August 26, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/26/2009
"If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism."
~Albert Einstein
August 25, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/25/2009
"One thing that Buddhism teaches you is that every moment is an opportunity to change."
~Ron Reagan
August 24, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/24/2009
"Beyond our own personal perception of the world existing or not existing - the world does exist."
~Domo Geshe Rinpoche
August 23, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/23/2009
"When I sit for meditation, I am standing for what I believe in."
~Domo Geshe Rinpoche
August 22, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/22/2009
"Everyone is looking for happiness and avoiding suffering. This is the purpose of philosophy, the basis of all religion and the drive to create indoor plumbing."
~Domo Geshe Rinpoche
August 21, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/21/2009
Many of us are not capable of releasing the past, of releasing the suffering of the past. We want to cling to our own suffering. But the Buddha said very clearly, do not cling to the past, the past is already gone. Do not wait for future, the future is not yet there. The wise people establish themselves in the present moment and they practice living deeply in the present moment. That is our practice. By living deeply in the present moment we can understand the past better and we can prepare for a better future.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
August 20, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/20/2009
Myself, I want to be informed about what is going on in the world. I want to be informed, but that does not mean that I have to listen to the news three times a day. I think there is some kind of vacuum in us we want to fill up; that is why we buy so many newspapers and magazines and why we view so much television. We do not need that much information. I think maybe five minutes daily is enough. Sometime we can survive several months without any news bulletins. And you have friends who can tell you what is important that has happened.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
August 19, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/19/2009
If you do not know how to be patient, how to care, how to use loving speech, you cannot help other people to change. But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living. Reproaching them, shouting at them, blaming them, can never help them. Only our love, our patience and our loving speech can help. And if we are in a situation where our own skillfulness, our own compassion, is not strong enough, we could need the support of our Dharma brothers and sisters in order to do the job.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
August 18, 2009
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/18/2009
If you dwell only in your suffering, you will miss paradise. Don't ignore your suffering, but don't forget to enjoy the wonders of life, for your sake and for the benefit of many beings.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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