Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/15/2006

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/14/2006

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/13/2006

Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/12/2006

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/11/2006

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.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/10/2006

He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/9/2006

Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/8/2006

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/7/2006

What we think, we become.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/6/2006

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/5/2006

Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/4/2006

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/3/2006

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/2/2006

The Four Reliances
First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 6/1/2006

Fill your mind with compassion.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/31/2006

Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

~ Buddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/30/2006

The dharma is such that it cannot be attained by groping or searching about. In the realm of seeing, knowledge perishes. At the moment of attaining, mind is surpassed.

- Dogen, "Moon in a Dewdrop"

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/29/2006

"Do not pursue the outer entanglements,
*Nor dwell in the inner void.
*Rest in peace in the oneness of things,
*And all barriers will vanish without a trace."


Seng Ts'an

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/28/2006

"Externally, while distinguishing well all the forms of the various phenomena, internally she stands firm within the First Principle."

Vimalakirti Sutra

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 5/27/2006

Do not think of how big the universe is, it will merely hurt your head.

What you think upon grows...