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Words Of Wisdom {Page Twenty Eight}
It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment. What creates despair is the imagination, which pretends there is a future, and insists on predicting millions of moments, thousands of days, and so drains you that you cannot live the moment at hand. ~Andre Dubus~
For a spiritual practitioner, one's enemies play a crucial role. As I see it, compassion is the essence of a spiritual life. And in order for you to become successful in practicing love and compassion, the practice of patience and tolerance is indispensable. There is no fortitude similar to patience, just as there is no affliction worse than hatred. ~The Dalai Lama~
The Flower Ornament Scripture says: "I now see all sentient beings everywhere fully possess the wisdom and virtues of the enlightened ones, but because of false conceptions and attachments they do not realize it." ~Buddha~
You should find freedom by means of both examination and investigation. Don't brag. Don't be comsumed by jealousy. Don't act capriciously. Don't expect thanks. ~Atisha~
Utter emptiness has no image, Upright independence does not rely on anything. Just expand and illuminate the original truth Unconcerned by external conditions.
~Hongzhi Zhengjue
Wherever and whenever The mind is found Attached to anything, Make haste to detach Yourself from it.When you tarry for Any length of time It will turn again into Your old home town. ~Daito Kokushi
The gift of Truth conquers all gifts. The taste of Truth conquers all sweetness. The Joy of Truth conquers all pleasures. The loss of desires conquers all sorrows. ~The Dhammapada~
Instead of seeing things as imagined, learn to see them as they are. When you can see everything as it is, you will also see yourself as you are. ~Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj~
Millions long for immortality and they do not know what to do with themselves on a lonely Sunday afternoon. ~Murphy~
Just look away from all that happens in your mind and bring it to the feeling "I am". The "I am" is not a direction. It is the negation of all direction. Ultimately even the "I am" will have to go, for you need not keep on asserting what is obvious. ~Nisargadatta Maharaj~
In meditation you simply watch the mind and in watching you come out of it.�And slowly, mind with all its problems disappears; otherwise the mind is going to create strange problems... Mind is your only problem - all other problems are just offshoots of the mind. ~Osho~
I find that it is not the circumstances in which we are placed, but the spirit in which we face them, that constitutes our comfort. ~Elizabeth T. King~
The true creativity comes out of sitting silently. When you are so totally quiet that there is no thought, no wave in the ocean of your being, out of this silence comes a different kind of creativity. ~Mohan~
This is work that is alive, Effervescent, free, liberated, Gloriously enlightened, true, And great. Do you think it can be attained By people who shut the door And sit quietly with blank minds? ~Liu I-Ming~
We gossip about others because we are not sufficiently interested in the process of our own thinking and our own action. ~J. Krishnamurti~
Passions grow from the will The will grows from thought and imagination: When both are calmed, There is neither sensualism nor transmigration. ~Sutra of Forty Two Chapters~
There are two dimensions to life, and we should be able to touch both. One is like a wave, and we call it the historical dimension. The other is like the water, and we call it the ultimate dimension, or nirvana. We usually touch just the wave, but when we discover how to touch the water, we receive the highest fruit that meditation can offer. ~Thich Nhat Hanh~
If you desire to attain enlightenment, you should steadily walk the Way with a resolute heart, with courage, and be fearless in whatever environment you many happen to be. Destroy every evil influence that you may come across; for thus you shall reach the goal. ~Sutra of Forty Two Chapters~
The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with Nature. ~J. Campbell~
When the inward and the outward are illumined, and all is clear, you are one with the light of the sun and moon. When developed to its ultimate state, this is a round luminosity which nothing can deceive, the subtle body of a unified spirit, pervading the whole universe. Then you have the same function as the sun and moon. ~Liu I-Ming~
The profession of magician, is one of the most perilous and arduous specializations of the imagination. On the one hand there is the hostility of God and the police to be guarded against; on the other it is as difficult as music, as deep as poetry, as ingenious as stage-craft, as nervous as the manufacture of high explosives, and as delicate as the trade in narcotics. ~William Bolitho~
And when That is seen in its Immanence and transcendence Then the ties that have bound the Heart are loosened, the doubts Of the mind vanish, and the law Of karma works no more. ~Mundaka Upanishad~
When the mind is properly adjusted And quietly applied The Way is attainable; But when you are too fervently bent On it, your body grows tired; When your body is tired, your spirit Becomes weary. When you spirit is weary, your discipline Will relax, and with relaxation of
Discipline, there follows many distractions ~Sutra of Forty Two Chapters~
Gurus, gurus everywhere The ones outside inform and entertain, thrill and disappoint The One inside liberates ~David Holmes~
Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life. ~Eckhart Tolle~
Calming the Mind Too much knowledge Leads to overactivity; Better to calm the mind. The more you consider, The greater the loss; Better to unify the mind. ~Shih Wang Ming~
Let this moment be there, and you in it, and suddenly you have everything - because life is there. Suddenly everything starts showering on you, and then this moment becomes eternal and then there is no time. It is always the now. It never ends, never begins. Then you are in it, not an outsider. You have entered the whole, you have recognized who you are. ~Osho~
After realizing the Dharma body, There is not a thing; Original self-nature is the innate Buddha The five skandhas-the empty comings And goings of floating clouds; The three poisons- the vacant appearing And disappearing of water bubbles. ~Yung Chia Hsuan Chueh~
There is variation in everything. Therefore there is no 'fixed standard' in the world; it varies with a person's circumstances. ~Chizang~
I watch a teacher lecture on the sutras His eloquence flows like running water. Expounding on the five stages And the eight categories, He explains them with unequaled cleverness. They proclaim themselves masters And others believe it. However, question them about the essence of Zen And they have no useful answer. ~Ryokan~
The ancient philosophers divided the world into four realms, each realm transcendental in a way beyond those that precede it: The "silent" realm--earth, rocks, water, air, etc., do not transcend their bounds in any way. Plants transcend their bounds by growing. Animals transcend their bounds by traversing space. And Man, how does he transcend his bounds? Man reaches outside of himself with words. With dialogue. Man alone is capable of hearing his own self through the ears of another. Man alone is capable of transcending the very bounds of self. ~Tzvi Freeman~
When you look, it is formless; When you call, it echoes. It is the great Dharma commander, Transmitting the sutras Through precepts of mind. As saltiness in water, Transparency in color, Surely it is there, But its form is invisible; The Mind King is also thus, Residing in the body. ~Master Fu~
Peace does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. ~Marcel Morin~
Excessive thinking Weakens the will. The more you know, The more your mind Is confused. A confused mind gives Rise to vexation. The weakened will obstructs the Tao. ~Shih Wang Ming~
Indubitably, Magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics. ~Aleister Crowley~
Sound when stretched is music. Movement when stretched is dance. Mind when stretched is meditation. Life when stretched is celebration. ~Shri Shri Ravishankar Jee~
Do not permit the events of your daily lives to bind you, but never withdraw yourselves from them. Only by acting thus can you earn the title of a Liberated One. ~Huang Po~
If you put down one thought, That will be one instance of Buddha mind. If you put down all thoughts, Then you will have continuous Buddha mind. ~Sutra of Contemplation on the Buddha of Unlimited Lives~
It doesn't matter what one reveals or what one keeps to oneself. Everything we do, everything we are, rests on our personal power. If we don't have enough personal power the most magnificent piece of wisdom can be revealed to us and it won't make a damn bit of difference. ~Don Juan (Carlos Castaneda)~
Don't sacrifice your own welfare for that of another, no matter how great. Realizing your own true welfare, be intent on just that. ~Dhammapada~
The essential message of Buddha's life is that each of us (irrespective of sex or creed) is capable and deserving of Nirvana, having a potential Buddha hidden in us. Buddha was born an ordinary mortal. His path to fulfillment was not smooth and uneventful. Rather it was a journey full of exciting experiences and mistakes made. He learned from each of his mistakes, making it a springboard for all future, and finally the ultimate success. The day we realize and awaken the Buddha within, that would be our own Nirvana, which though personal, would bind us to all humanity like never before. ~Nitin~
Every thought is Buddha mind; Buddha mind dwells on Buddha. If you wish to accomplish this soon, Be vigilant and disciplined If you wish to seek Buddhahood, Don't stain a single thing. Though the nature of mind is empty, Greed and hatred are real. ~Master Fu~
To know yourself is to realize your no-self Realizing your no-self is to truly know yourself. ~Chobaji~
Life is within your hands. Dont listen to others only listen to yourself and you will surely be contented. ~Tishan~
Have you not seed the idle person of Tao Who has nothing to learn and nothing to do, Who neither discards wandering thoughts Nor seeks the truth? The real nature of ignorance is Buddha-nature; The illusory empty body Is the Dharma body. ~Yung Chia Hsuan Chueh~
You possess only that which you have given; you never possess that which you have hoarded - you become a master of something which you share. Share! unconditionally - because everything is going to be taken from you anyway; death is going to take everything from you. ~Osho~
It is rewarding to find someone whom you like, but it is essential to like yourself. It is quickening to recognize that someone is a good and decent human being, but it is indispensable to view yourself as acceptable. It is a delight to discover people who are worthy of respect and admiration and love, but it is vital to believe yourself deserving of these things. For you cannot live in someone else. You cannot find yourself in someone else. You cannot be given a life by someone else. Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave nor lose. To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution. ~J. Coudert~
That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. ~Charles de Lint~
Transformation is possible in the very nature of things. We see a seed transforming itself into a tree but scarcely think of the miracle, What we call life is based on the power of transforming, in a universe that is, itself, based on transformation-that is, of lower and higher, and so of endless qualitative differences. ~Maurice Nicoll~
All the delightful things of the world... sweet sounds, lovely forms, all the pleasant tastes and touches and thoughts.... these are all agreed to bring happiness if they are not grasped and possessed. But if you regard them merely as pleasures for your own use and satisfaction and do not see them as passing wonders, they will bring suffering. ~Sutta Nipata~
To seek freedom is the only driving force i know. Freedom to fly off into that infinity out there. Freedom to dissolve; to lift off; to be like the flame of a candle, which, in spite of being up against the light of a billion stars, remains intact, because it never pretended to be more than what it is: a mere candle. Don Juan (Carlos Castaneda)
If we can reach the understanding of what we actually are, there is no better remedy for eliminating all suffering. This is the heart of all spiritual practices. ~Kalu Rinpoche~
If your ears see, And eyes hear, Not a doubt you'll cherish How naturally the rain drips From the eaves! ~Daito Kokushi~
One of his followers urged the Buddha to perform a miracle in order to attract some nonbelievers. The Buddha replied: "I detest and will not undertake the so-called miracles of magic power and divination. I and my followers attract non-believers only by the miracle of truth." ~Digha Nikaya~
Inside the sacred fence Before which I bow There must be a pond Filled with clear water; As my mind-moon becomes bright I see its shadow reflected in the water. ~Daito Kokushi~
Faith is the basis of the path, the mother of virtue; it nourishes all roots of goodness. ~Wu-chien~
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
What you have to do, you have to do with play. Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. ~J. Campbell~
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward. ~Patricia Sampson~
I understand that the whole manifestation and life is nothing but a dream, a play. I am playing the whole game. I am simply enjoying life. ~Kiran~
The whole world we travel with our thoughts, Finding nowhere anyone as precious as one's own self. Since each and every person is so precious to themselves Let the self-respecting harm no other being. ~Samyutta Nikaya~
Whenever you seek Zen, your mind ground must be even and straight, and your mind and speech must be in accord. Since your mind and speech are straightforward, your states are thus consistent from start to finish, without any petty details. ~Foyan~
Knowledge of a mistake comes to you in the present, and in that present moment you are out of the mistake already, you are innocent. Instead of brooding over the past, just wake up and acknowledge, "Oh that mistake has happened. Ok, move forward." Otherwise you get stuck blaming yourself. ~Sri Sri Ravi Shankar~
The true principle is one suchness: Unobstrusive practice of inner application, Unknown to anyone, Is called nonleaking knowledge. Nonleaking, inconceivable, is equivalent To the immutability of space, Not the current of birth and death. The Way is the Highway, Unimpeded nirvana full of wondrous capacities. Only thus do you attain freedom in all activities. ~Nanquan
The world is a spell, an enchantement, an amazement, an arabesque of such stunning rhythm and a plot so intriguing that we are drawn by its web into a state of involvement where we forget that it is a game. ~Alan Watts~
Human life is limited, but knowledge is limitless. To drive the limited in pursuit of the limitless is fatal; and to presume that one really knows is fatal indeed! ~Chuang Tzu~
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness. ~Andre Malraux~
Right at the moment of dropping off, Deliberation and discussion Are one thousand or ten thousand miles away. ~Hongzhi~
One cannot deliberately seek to be in accord with the laws of Nature. Just be natural without effort, that is all. ~Yao~
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. ~Jean-Paul Sartre~
The unborn Dharma disappeared in both Japan and China, and it has long since been forgotten. But now it has appeared in the world again. Once you come to know without any doubt that the marvelous illuminative wisdom of the Unborn is the Buddha-mind, and that the Buddha-mind puts all things in perfect order by means of the Unborn, then you can no longer be deluded or led astray by others. ~Bankei~
It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. ~A. de Saint Exupery~
When two people meet and fall in love, there's a sudden rush of magic. Magic is just naturally present then. We tend to feed on that gratuitous magic without striving to make any more. One day we wake up and find that the magic is gone. We hustle to get it back, but by then it's usually too late, we've used it up. What we have to do is work like hell at making additional magic right from the start. It's hard work, but if we can remember to do it, we greatly improve our chances of making love stay. ~Tom Robbins~
The greater part of our happiness depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances. ~Martha Washington~
The only place where you can experience the flow of life is the Now. ~Eckhart Tolle~
Think not of the faults of others, of what they have done or not done. Think of your own faults, of the things you have done or not done. ~Dhammapada~
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