Wisdom Is Full of Humor
Too long I was told that the spiritual path is dry and intellectual. That wisdom is cold. But I have seen with my own eyes that in the hands of great masters, wisdom is warm and full of humor. –…
Too long I was told that the spiritual path is dry and intellectual. That wisdom is cold. But I have seen with my own eyes that in the hands of great masters, wisdom is warm and full of humor. –…
Nature, earth, the world—whatever you call it—is not simply something I am on but something I am. It is not outside of me: it is me, and I am it. – Paul Kingsnorth, “The Witness”
The role of awareness is the gathering of data. . . . When we have enough data for the problem at hand, the solution will always come. – Sayadaw U Tejaniya, “Dissecting Anger in the Dharma Hall”
Beginning again and again is the actual practice, not a problem to be overcome so that one day we can come to the “real” meditation. – Sharon Salzberg, “How to Forgive: A Meditation”
Paramahansa Yogananda says : “Untrained warriors are soon killed on the battlefield; so also persons untrained in the art of preserving their inner peace are quickly riddled by the bullets of worry and restlessness in active life.”
Marcus Aurelius says : “He who lives in harmony with himself, lives in harmony with the universe.”
Ramana Maharishi says : “See who is in the subject. The investigation leads you to pure consciousness beyond the subject.”
Lord Buddha says: “Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned the Dhamma, they do not examine the meaning of those teachings with wisdom. Not examining…
Lord Buddha says: “When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.”
Papaji says : “When you are in meditation you do not need to look after yourself. A power will rise which is moving the earth, which is causing the sun to shine, which is giving the moon its brilliance, and…