Stephen Levine says : “Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives”
Stephen Levine says : “Meditation allows us to directly participate in our lives instead of living life as an afterthought.”
Category Buddhism
Lord Buddha says: “Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men”
Lord Buddha says: “Greater in battle than the man who would conquer a thousand-thousand men, is he who would conquer just one — himself. Better to conquer yourself than others. When you’ve trained yourself, living in constant self-control, neither a deva nor gandhabba, nor a Mara banded with Brahmas, could turn…
Lord Buddha says: “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path”
Lord Buddha says: “There is no path to happiness: happiness is the path”
Lord Buddha says: “Every morning we are born again”
Lord Buddha says: “Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
Lord Buddha says: “Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture”
Lord Buddha says: “Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you…
Lord Buddha says: “When the Aggregates arise, decay and die”
Lord Buddha says: “When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die.”
Lord Buddha says: “All phenomena do not inherently exist”
Lord Buddha says: “All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependent-arisings. All phenomena do not inherently exist because of being dependently imputed.”
The enlightened person
“The enlightened person serves as a guide to the blind, showing them the right path. He gives the deaf signals by hand gestures, and in that way benefits them with good. He does the same with the dumb. To cripples…
Conquer anger with love
“Conquer anger with love, Evil with good, Meanness with generosity, And lies with truth.” -Dhammapada 223
Gross impurities of body, speech and mind,
“There are these gross impurities of gold: dust, sand, gravel and grit. The dirt washer or his apprentice heaps the gold into a trough and washes it up, washes it down and runs the dirt out. When this process is…