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Words Of Wisdom {Page Four}
Have no destination, and you will not get lost. ~Thyoar~
A meditative man has insight.
He can see how he himself created his problems. And then, naturally he stops creating them. ~Osho~
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ~Carl Jung~
Nothing is left to you at this moment but to have a good laugh! ~Chinese Zen master~
Real life is insecure, you do not know about tomorrow and you do not care because you know that tomorrow exists not. This moment is all we've got. Squeeze the juice of life now! ~Tishan~
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift. ~Albert Einstein~
Take someone who doesn't keep score, who's not looking to be richer, or afraid of losing, who has not the slightest interest even in his own personality: he's free. ~Rumi~
Do not care for doctrines, do not care for dogmas, or sects, or churches, or temples; they count for the little compared with the essence of existence in each [person], which is spirituality. ~Bhagavad-Gita~
Joshu asked Nansen: "What is the path?"
Nansen said: "Everyday life is the path."
To do nothing is the most difficult thing in the world! To be perfectly happy one must be perfectly stupid. ~Murphy~
Do not look for peace and freedom in the outside world. Real freedom and real happiness are inner states which are yours when you are in harmony with the divine. ~Ramdas~
Like a lotus blossom which comes out of the dirt of the world but is not touched by it, allow your true self to freely unfold on the spiritual journey of detachment and calmness. ~Heart sutra~
Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going. Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed. ~Sosan~
The best way to make your dreams come true is - wake up. Never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ~Nahsti~
Wisdom cannot be studied; nobody can teach it to you. You have to be a light unto yourself. You have to seek and search within your own being, because it is already there at the very core. If you dive deep you will find it. You will have to learn how to dive within yourself - not in the scriptures, but within your own existence. ~Osho~
Of the desires expressed the one which is most right is the desire to be 'master of oneself', because without this nothing else is possible. ~G. I. Gurdjieff~
The things we are afraid of seem to be like high mountains to climb. When we have gone through them they were in fact very small hills. Tricky mind. ~Unknown~
If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve.
~Lao Tzu~
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. ~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. ~the Dhammapada~
The problem with many things is the pre-conceived ideas we have about them! ~Tishan~
And inside you is your real freedom, because your consciousness cannot be touched by anybody else. You are the only master of your being. ~Osho~
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~
There is no here, no there. Infinity is before our eyes. ~Unknown~
"If you take the christian bible and put it out into the wind and rain. Soon the paper which the words are printed will disinergrate and the words will be gone. Our bible is the wind" Statement by an anonymous Native American woman.
A people without history is like winds blowing over the Buffalo grass. ~Unknown~
What is life?�It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little
shadow that run's across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. ~Native American Proverb~
I Am An Eagle The Small World Laughs At My Deeds. But The Great Sky Keeps To Itself My Thoughts Of Immortality. ~Native American Saying~
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. ~James Oppenheimn~
Mind exists in desiring; hence mind can never leave you without desire. If you are without desire, mind dies immediately. That's the whole secret of meditation. ~Mojud~
A finger points at the moon, but the moon is not at the tip of the finger. Words point at the truth, but the truth is not in words. To seek illumination through words is to get lost in the web of words and not see the truth. ~Huineng~
Mistakes are a fact of life.
It is the response to error that counts. ~Nikki Giovanni~
The essence of living is to continually dissolve into the space and time in which we happen to be. Therefore, we should face reality instead of fooling ourselves in daydreams. ~Tsai Chih~
Man is a growing gestalt. Every day new things are to happen. Every day you have to absorb the new and to make a place for the new; the old has to be gone. The old has to be said goodbye to, with all thankfulness. ~Mahendra~
Beautiful flowers are not anxious about tomorrow, they live with ease in the timeless now and are provided for abundantly by Existence. ~unknown~
All things are connected like the blood that unites us. We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. ~Chief Seattle~
The enlightened being is one with everything, with no distinction of self or other. Life then has no past and present and pervades all. ~Yangshan~
Sit silently and watch your breath.
Do not force it or your mind won't be at peace. Do not be concerned if it is long or short, weak or strong, just see it, know it is there and simply let it be. ~Tishan~
Wisdom does not mean knowledge but experiential understanding. Wisdom helps you to change radically your habits and perceptions, as you
discover the constantly changing, interconnected nature of the whole of existence. ~Martine Batchelor~
A questioner asked the Buddha: "Life seems a tangle-- An inner tangle and an outer tangle. This generation is hopelessly tangled up. And so I ask the Buddha this question: Who will succeed in disentangling this tangle?"� The Buddha replied: "When a wise one, thoughtful and good, Develops a greater consciousness, He will understand the tangle. As a truth follower, ardent and wise,� He will succeed in disentangling the tangle." ~Samyutta Nikaya~
He who knows me as his own divine Self breaks through the belief that he is the body and is not reborn as a separate creature. Such a one is united with me. Delivered from selfish attachment, fear, and anger, filled with me, surrendering themselves to me, purified in the fire of my being, many have reached the state of unity in me. ~Bhagavad Gita~
If I am not for myself, who will be?
And if not now, when? ~Rabbi Hillel~
What is virtuous conduct? It is never destroying life, for killing leads to every other sin.� Of all virtues summed by ancient sages, the foremost are to share one's food and to protect all living creatures. ~Tirukkural~
Leave the mind in its natural, undisturbed state. Don't follow thoughts of "This is a problem, that is a problem!" Without labeling difficulties
as problems, leave your mind in its natural state. In this way, you will stop seeing miserable conditions as problems." ~Lama Zopa Rinpoche~
"I do this, I do that." The big black snake of selfishness Has bitten you! "I do nothing." This is the nectar of faith, So drink and be happy! ~Ashtavakra Gita~
Attention is living; inattention is dying. The attentive never stop; the inattentive are dead already. ~Dhammapada~
Do not speak lies nor incite others to do so. Completely avoid falsehood. ~Dao Zu~
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.�~Confucius~
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. ~Albert Einstein~
Death is an organic, integral part of life, and it is very friendly to life. Without it life cannot exist. Life exists because of death; death gives the background. Death is, in fact, a process of renewal. And death happens each moment - if you understand what death is, only then are you able to understand what life is. ~R. Birnham~
The purpose of meditation is to awaken in us the skylife nature of mind, and to introduce us to that which we really are, our unchanging pure awareness that underlies the whole of life and death. ~Sogyal Rinpoche~
Crookedness and truth (straightness) are in their nature opposite and cannot dwell together more than frost and fire; for one who has become
religious, and practices the way of straight behavior, a false and crooked way of speech is not becoming. ~Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King~
The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what's skillful, the cleansing of one's own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened. ~Dhammapada~
He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses his courage loses all. ~Miguel de Cervantes~
I have taught the way without making any distinction between inner and outer teaching. For in respect of the truth there must be no such thing as the "closed fist" of the teacher, who hides some essential knowledge from the pupil. Secrecy is the mark of false doctrine. ~Digha Nikaya~
If the seeker is earnest, the light can be�given. The light is for all and always there, but the seekers are few, and among those few, those
who are ready are very rare. Ripeness of heart and mind is indispensable. ~Nisargadatta Maharaj~
Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight; Empty and be full; Wear out and be new; Have little and gain; Have much and be confused. Therefore the wise embrace the one And set an example to all. Not putting on a display, They shine forth. Not justifying themselves, They are distinguished. Not boasting, They receive recognition. Not bragging, They never falter. They do not quarrel, So no one quarrels with them. Therefore the ancients say, "Yield and overcome." Is that an empty saying? Be really whole, And all things will come to you. ~Tao Teh Ching~
Subhuti asked the Buddha: "The highest, most awakened mind that you have
attained--is that mind the unattainable?"� "Yes, Subhuti. With regard to
that highest and most awakened mind, I have not attained anything. That
mind is everywhere equally. It cannot be attained or grasped, but it can
be realized. It is realized through the practice of all good actions
when they are done in the spirit of no self and no object of self."
~Prajnaparamita~
Honor and cherish the devas as they honor and cherish you; through this honor and love you will attain the supreme good. All human desires are
fulfilled by the devas, who are pleased by selfless service. But anyone who enjoys the things given by the devas without offering selfless acts
in return is a thief. ~Bhagavad Gita~
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one. ~Benjamin Franklin~
In my heart I am one.� What is creation, Or dissolution? What isseeking, And the end of seeking?� Who is the seeker? What has he found? ~Ashtavakra Gita~
Conquer your foe by force, you increase his enmity; conquer by love, and you will reap no after-sorrow. ~Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King~
Meditation is running into reality. It does not insulate you from the pain of life. It allows you to delve so deeply into life and all its
aspects that you pierce the pain barrier and go beyond suffering. ~Bhante Henepola Gunaratana~
An evil deed, when done, doesn't--like ready milk-- come out right away. It follows the fool, smoldering like a fire hidden in ashes. ~Dhammapada~
The individual "I" exists for as long as there is desire for pleasure.�~Maharamayana~
Peace comes within the souls of men,
when they realize their oneness with the Universe, when they realize it is really everywhere... it is within each one of us." ~Black Elk, Lakota Medicine Man~
The mind that is not always caught up in details is your only treasure. Stop chasing details and become still to feel it. The mind that sees details clearly, but is not caught up by them is like a vast borderless mirror.
Journeys on Mind, Where does the whole of samsara, all animals and plants, all concepts, trees, and birds come from? There is only one Source: return to it, merge in it. Know what it is and everything is It itself. There is no difference between you and what you call other! Know this and you will speak to all beings; every rock, tree, and animal at the same time because time does not exist here. ~Papaji~
As a wave, Seething and foaming, Is only water� So all creation, Streaming out of the Self, Is only the Self. Consider a piece of cloth. It is only threads! So all creation, When you look closely, Is only the Self. ~Ashtavakra Gita~
Meditation is running into reality. It does not insulate you from the pain of life. It allows you to delve so deeply into life and all its aspects that you pierce the pain barrier and go beyond suffering. ~Bhante Henepola Gunaratana~
As rain seeps into an ill-thatched hut, so passion, the undeveloped mind.� As rain doesn't seep into a well-thatched hut, so passion does not, the well-developed mind.�~Dhammapada~
Whether you and I and a few others will renew the world some day remains to be seen. But within ourselves we must renew it each day. ~Herman
Hesse~
If you desire destruction, simply ignore the rules and provoke those who, if they desire, can destroy you. For the powerless to wreak harm upon the powerful is to summon Death with a gesturing hand. ~Tirukkural~
Nothing is as liberating as joy. It frees the mind and fills it with tranquility. ~Rebbe Nachman~
There is no sweet companion like pure charity. ~Fo-Sho-Hing~
It is better to perform one's own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief. No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke. ~Bhagavad Gita~
Crush your sense of self-allure like an autumn lily in the hand. Nurture only the path to peace --Unbinding-- as taught by the One Well Gone. ~Dhammapada~
If you think you are free, You are free.� If you think you are bound, You are bound.� For the saying is true: You are what you think. ~Ashtavakra Gita~
A student asked: "For all the different people who have come to listen to your words, please tell us about the way you have found and known." The Buddha answered: "When you take things it is because of a thirst, a clinging, and a grasping. You should lose that and lose it altogether, above, below, around, and within. It makes no difference what it is you are grasping. When you grasp, you are losing your freedom. Realize this and grasp at nothing. Then you will cease being a creature of attachment, tied to the powers of death." ~Sutta Nipata~
As a heavily laden cart creaks as it moves along, the body groans under its burden when a person is about to die. When the body grows weak through old age or illness, the Self separates himself as a mango or fig or banyan fruit frees itself from the stalk, and returns the way he came to begin another life.
~Brihadaranyaka~
If I have seen farther than other men it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.�~Isaac Newton~
When you see a truck bearing down on you, by all means jump out of the way. But spend some time in meditation, too. Learning to deal with discomfort is the only way you'll be ready to handle the truck you didn't see. ~Bhante Henepola Gunaratana~
Hate hidden in a kinsman's heart will cause many miseries, and more--it will kill a man.� When hatred arises, dissension destroys unity, and men
fall inescapably toward ever-ready death. ~Tirukkural~
If we all did the things we are capable of doing we would literally astound ourselves. ~Thomas Edison~
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without
leaving some mark on it forever." ~Francois Muriac~
The sage has no mind of his own.
He is aware of the needs of others.
I am good to people who are good.
I am also good to people who are not good.
Because Virtue is goodness.
I have faith in people who are faithful.
I also have faith in people who are not faithful.
Because Virtue is faithfulness.
The sage is shy and humble, to the world he seems confusing.
Others look to him and listen.
He behaves like a little child.
~Tao Teh-Ching~
Hard to hold down, nimble, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. Its taming is good. The mind well-tamed� brings ease. ~Dhammapada~
The deeper a sand-well is dug the freer is its flow of water. Even so, the deeper a man's learning the greater is his wisdom. ~Tirukkural~
Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian. ~Dennis Wholey~
The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create. ~Leonard I. Sweet~
When the inquiring mind, intellectually creating problems, gradually comes to the understanding that the more problems it creates the more veils it creates between the Self and the understanding, then there is silence. ~Ramesh S. Balsekar~
That the self advances And confirms ten thousand things Is called delusion; That the ten thousand things Advance and confirm the self Is called enlightenment. ~Dogen~
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