Kosho Uchiyama says : “Our life is whatever we are encountering right now, and our practice is shikantaza, which is literally ‘just sitting.’ More broadly it means to put our energy into settling everything in our world here and now,…
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche says : “Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought. When you see it as it is, it will dissolve like a cloud in the sky.”
Each time you meet an old emotional pattern with presence, your awakening to truth can deepen. There’s less identification with the self in the story and more ability to rest in the awareness that is witnessing what’s happening. – Tara…
Sharon Salzberg says : “Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; you can use it anywhere, anytime, unobtrusively.”
Lao Tzu says : “Whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. What is soft is strong.”
Lord Buddha says: “Conquer the angry one by not getting angry; conquer the wicked by goodness; conquer the stingy by generosity, and the liar by speaking the truth.”
Paramahansa Yogananda says : “Live each moment completely and the future will take care of itself. Fully enjoy the wonder and beauty of each moment.”
“One who is devoted to the recollection on peace sleeps in happiness and wakes in happiness, his faculties are peaceful and his mind is peaceful, he has shame and fear of blame, he is confident, he is resolved to attain…
“There are two things that burn the conscience. What two? Say a person has done immoral acts of body, speech or mind, or has failed to do virtuous acts of the body, speech or mind. When he thinks of this…
John Daido Loori says : “just sitting does not involve reaching some understanding. It is the subtle activity of allowing all things to be completely at rest just as they are, not poking one’s head into the workings of the…