"The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis."
~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
August 19, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/19/2010
August 18, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/18/2010
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned."
~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
August 17, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/17/2010
"The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it."
~His Holiness the Dalai Lama
August 16, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/16/2010
"Some people live closely guarded lives, fearful of encountering someone or something that might shatter their insecure spiritual foundation. This attitude, however, is not the fault of religion but of their own limited understanding. True Dharma leads in exactly the opposite direction. It enables one to integrate all the many diverse experiences of life into a meaningful and coherent whole, thereby banishing fear and insecurity completely."
~Lama Yeshe
August 15, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/15/2010
"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 Yeshe
August 14, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/14/2010
"People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further."
~Pema Chödrön
August 13, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/13/2010
"The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves."
~Pema Chödrön
August 12, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/12/2010
"Fear is a natural reaction to moving closer to the truth."
~Pema Chödrön
August 11, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/11/2010
"We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart."
~Pema Chödrön
August 10, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/10/2010
"If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher."
~Pema Chödrön
August 09, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/9/2010
"The only reason we don't open our hearts and minds to other people is that they trigger confusion in us that we don't feel brave enough or sane enough to deal with. To the degree that we look clearly and compassionately at ourselves, we feel confident and fearless about looking into someone else's eyes. "
~Pema Chödrön
August 08, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/8/2010
"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 07, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/7/2010
"Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 06, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/6/2010
"We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 05, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/5/2010
"Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
August 04, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/4/2010
"We either make ourselves happy or miserable.
The amount of work is the same."
~Carlos Casteneda
August 03, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/3/2010
"Fall seven times. Stand up eight."
~Japanese Proverb
August 02, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/2/2010
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
~The Buddha
August 01, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 8/1/2010
"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."
~The Buddha
July 31, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/31/2010
"Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide."
~The Buddha
July 30, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/30/2010
"A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering."
~The Buddha
July 29, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/29/2010
"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
July 28, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/28/2010
"Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill."
~The Buddha
July 27, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/27/2010
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance."
~The Buddha
July 26, 2010
Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 7/26/2010
"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."
~The Buddha
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