Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/7/2006

All major religious traditions carry basically the same message, that is love, compassion and forgiveness - the important thing is they should be part of our daily lives.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/6/2006

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, compassion, and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/5/2006

Basically we are all the same human beings with the same potential to be a good human being or a bad human being. The important thing is to realize the positive side and try to increase that; realize the negative side and try to reduce. That's the way.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/4/2006

Be kind whenever possible - It is always possible.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/3/2006

I believe that the very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. That is clear. Whether one believes in religion or not, whether one believes in this religion or that religion, we all are seeking something better in life. So, I think, the very motion of our life is towards happiness.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/2/2006

Each of us in our own way can try to spread compassion into people's hearts. Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human "brain" with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human "heart" with compassion. This is what the real role of religion is.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/1/2006

I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/30/2006

From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasantness for both sides. If we can realize and meditate on ultimate truth, it will cleanse our impurities of mind and thus eradicate the sense of discrimination. This will help to create true love for one another. The search for ultimate truth is, therefore, vitally important.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/29/2006

Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/28/2006

Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration 4/27/2006

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/26/2006

I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion, and elimination of ignorance, selfishness, and greed.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/25/2006

I am open to the guidance of synchronicity, and do not let expectations hinder my path.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

4/24/2006

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 & 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

4/24/2006

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 & 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

EMBI - 4/24/2006

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 & 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

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/24/2006

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 & 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

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/23/2006

Wisdom is often times nearer when we stoop, than when we soar.

-William Wordsworth

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/22/2006

If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking.

-Fo-Yan

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 4/21/2006

Let us dig our gardens and not be elsewhere:
Let us take long walks in the open air...
Let us bathe in the rivers and lakes...
Let us indulge in games...
Let us be more simple: simple and true in our minds above all.
Let us be ourselves.

-Robert Linssen