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Words Of Wisdom {Page Seven}
The supreme Reality stands revealed in the consciousness of those who have conquered themselves. They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame.
~Bhagavad Gita~
Enlightenment is a way of saying that all things are seen in their intrinsic empty nature, their Suchness, their ungraspable wonder. Names or words are merely incidental, but that state which sees no division, no duality, is enlightenment.
~Prajnaparamita~
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ~Sir Francis Bacon~
The highest truth cannot be put into words. Therefore the greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.
~Hua Hu Ching~
As a goldsmith fashions an old ornament into a new and more beautiful one, so the Self, having reached the end of the last life and dispelled all ignorance, makes for himself a new, more beautiful shape, like that of the devas or other celestial beings.
~Brihadaranyaka~
'I have sons, I have wealth'-- the fool torments himself. When even he himself doesn't belong to himself,� how then sons? How wealth?� A fool with a sense of his foolishness is--at least to that extent--wise. But a fool who thinks himself wise really deserves to be called a fool. ~Dhammapada~
Everything has to be the way it is and could not possibly be any other way. ~Maharamayana~
If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen~
Character is doing the right thing when nobody's looking.�~J.C. Watts~
The knowledge of the Self is not time-bound. The Self, itself, neither comes nor goes, and its realization, therefore, can never be quick or slow, for time does not exist in the Self.�
~Adi Sankara~
Walking the spiritual path is a very subtle process; it is not something to jump into naively. There are numerous sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of spirituality; we can deceive ourselves into thinking we are developing spiritually when instead we are strengthening our egocentricity through spiritual techniques.
~Chogyam Trungpa~
While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about. ~Angela Schwindt~
Never upset your mind With yes and no. Be quiet. You are awareness itself. Live in the happiness Of your own nature, Which is happiness itself.
~Ashtavakra Gita~
Everything is as it is. It has no name other than the name we give it. It is we who call it something; we give it a value. We say this thing is good or it's bad, but in itself, the thing is only as it is. It's not absolute; it's just as it is. People are just as they are. ~Ajahn Sumedho~
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
~Jimi Hendrix~
If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down. ~Ray Bradbury~
It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears. ~Rod Serling~
The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance... logic can be happily tossed out the window. ~Stephen King~
There is nothing too difficult for a man who, before he acts, Deliberates with chosen friends and reflects privately. ~Tirukkural~
I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation. Fear of getting failing grades, fear of not staying with your class, etc. Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker. ~Stanley Kubrick~
The greatest achievement is selflessness. The greatest worth is self-mastery. The greatest quality is seeking to serve others. The greatest precept is continual awareness. The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything. The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways. The greatest magic is transmuting the passions. The greatest generosity is non-attachment. The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. The greatest patience is humility. The greatest effort is not concerned with results. The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go. The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances. ~Atisha~
Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. ~H. G. Wells~
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone. ~Orson Welles~
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. ~George Orwell~
All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain? ~Buddha~
In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself. ~Jiddu Krishnamurti~
Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the Earth is our Mother. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves. This we know: the Earth does not belong to us, we belong to the Earth. This we know: all things are connected like the blood that unites one family. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons and daughters of the Earth. 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~
Develop the mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect the poise of the mind: follow the calmness, the absence of pride. ~Sutta Nipata~
What is the value of a prolonged life if one has wasted it, not having benefited from years of experience in this world? Better a moment full of consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching after his supreme interest. ~Srimad Bhagavatam~
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.�The other is as if everything is. ~Albert Einstein~
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things only hoped for. ~Epicurus~
Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.
~The Dhammapada~
Brother, you say there is but one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book? ~Sogoyewapha, "Red Jacket"~
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning. ~Albert Einstein~
When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them. ~Chief Seattle~
Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Buddha~
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it. ~Bill Cosby~
No physician can cure a prejudice, which is a blindness in the mind. ~Jewish folk saying~
Grown men can learn from very little children for the hearts of the little children are pure. Therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss. ~Black Elk~
There are Hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading in the same direction, so it doesn't matter which path you take. The only one wasting time is the one who runs around and around the mountain, telling everyone else that his or her path is wrong. ~Hindu Philosophy~
Indeed, the world is burning up with its many and various fires. There are fires of greed, fires of anger, fires of foolishness, fires of infatuation and egoism, fires of decrepitude, sickness and death, fires of sorrow, lamentation, suffering and agony. Everywhere these fires are raging. They not only burn the self, but also cause others to suffer and lead them into wrong acts of body, speech and mind. From the wounds that are caused by these fires there are issues a deadly pus that infects and poisons those who approach it, and leads them, into evil paths. ~Itivuttaka~
Find a friend to be with and stay in that relationship, avoiding the dangers of hurting others. Stay with your friend and become mindful and joyful. If you can find no friend, then go on by yourself. Better to carry on alone than live with the foolish. Journey on alone, unconcerned, working no evil, like the bull elephant in the jungle. ~Sunnata Vagga~
They're addicted to heedlessness, dullards, fools� while one who is wise cherishes heedfulness as his highest wealth. ~Dhammapada~
Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight
very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday. ~unknown~
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~
There is no such thing as a problem without a gift for you in its hands. You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach~
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ~Lucille Ball~
The Shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shephard as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as a destroyer of liberty. ~Abraham Lincoln~
Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk everything, you risk even more. ~Erica Jong~
See the truth, and you will see me. Let your love flow outward through the universe,To its height, its depth, its broad extent, A limitless love, without hatred or enmity. Then as you stand or walk, Sit or lie down, As long as you are awake, Strive for this with a one-pointed mind; Your life will bring heaven to earth. ~Sutta Nipata~
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. ~Theodore Roosevelt~
A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures-and that is the basis of all human morality. ~John F. Kennedy~
Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of
the soul. ~St. Augustine~
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.�
~Denis Waitley~
We are not compelled to meditate by some outside agent, by other people, or by God. Rather, just as we are responsible for our own suffering, so are we solely responsible for our own cure. We have created the situation in which we find ourselves, and it is up to us to create the circumstances for our release. ~Lama Yeshe~
Honesty is the most profound happening that one could ever experience. It finally takes us from the discouraging path to Truth, directly onto the road of Truth. ~John de Ruiter~
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some
poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.� ~Gilda Radner~
We humans have existed in our present form for about a hundred thousand years. I believe that if during this time the human mind had been primarily controlled by anger and hatred, our overall population would have decreased. But today, despite all our wars, we find that the human population is greater than ever. This clearly indicates to me that love and compassion predominate in the world. And this is why unpleasant events are "news"; compassionate activities are so much a part of daily life that they are taken for granted and , therefore, largely ignored. ~H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama~
Fear comes into being when I desire to be in a particular pattern. To live without fear means to live without a particular pattern. When I demand a particular way of living that in itself is a source of fear. ~J. Krishnamurti~
Everything exists according to its own nature - our individual perceptions of worth, correctness, beauty, size and value exist inside our heads, not outside them. ~unknown~
Mindfulness is the aware, balanced acceptance of the present experience. It isn't more complicated that that. It is opening to or recieving the present moment, pleasant or unpleasant, just as it is, without either clinging to it or rejecting it. ~Sylvia Boorstein~
Faith is spiritualized imagination. ~Henry Ward Beecher~
When I was young I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ~Abraham Joshua Heschel~
You cannot protect anyone from themselves; you cannot protect anyone from life. You cannot spare a loved one the confrontation with their own mortality, their own stupidity or their own emptiness. Indeed, to take on the burden of sentry, guarding another person's borders, is to interfere with that person's life lesson. If we are the sum of everything that happens to us, to limit a person's experience is to limit their growth. ~Dr. David Viscott~
The demonic do things they should avoid and avoid the things that they should do. They have no sense of uprightness, purity, or truth. "There is no God," they say, "no truth, no spiritual law, no moral order. The basis of life is sex; what else can it be?" Holding such distorted views, possessing scant discrimination, they become enemies of the world, causing suffering and destruction. ~Bhagavad Gita~
Wise men think out their thoughts; fools proclaim them. ~Heine~
To be yourself gives you all that you need to feel fulfilled, all that can make your life meaningful, significant. Just being yourself and growing according to your nature will bring the fulfillment of your destiny. ~Osho~
If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself.
Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you. ~Lao Tzu~
All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost. The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by
the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king. ~J. R. R. Tolkien~
As soon as we realize the disparity between how we perceive things and how things and events actually exist, it prompts us to see through the deception, illusions, and misconceptions of this fundamental ignorance.This allows us, eventually, to release our minds from the influence of ignorance, and from the grip of conceptual thought processes. And this in turn makes it possible for the nature of mind to be released from the influence of negative emotions and delusions, and so attain true cessation of suffering. ~Dzogchen~
If you really want your life to mean something and to be worthwhile beyond the merely personal sphere, then you want to push the boundaries of the possible. And the moment for this is always NOW. ~Andrew Cohen~
Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown.
None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and wearness will overtake you, and you will denied the joy that comes from labour's end.
Speak quietly and kindly and be not forward with either opinions or advice. If you talk much, this will make you deaf to what others say, and you should know that there are few so wise that they cannot learn from others.
Be near when help is needed, but far when praise and thanks are being offered.
Take small account of might, wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. Instead, nurture love within you and and strive to be a friend to all. Truly, compassion is a balm for many wounds.
Treasure silence when you find it, and while being mindful of your duties, set time aside, to be alone with yourself.
Cast off pretense and self-deception and see yourself as you really are.
Despite all appearances, no one is really evil. They are led astray by ignorance. If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light, rather then blame and condemnation.
You, no less than all beings have Buddha Nature within. Your essential Mind is pure. Therefore, when defilements cause you to stumble and fall, let not remose nor dark foreboding cast you down. Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on.
If the eye never sleeps, All dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations,The ten thousand things Are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One-essence Is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally The timeless Self-essence is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible In this causeless, relationless state. ~Seng Ts'an~
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