Be with the Breath
A sense of ease and wellbeing with the breath can do a lot more for you than any amount of status, material gain, praise, outside pleasures—any of the ways of the world. – Thanissaro Bhikkhu, “Less is More”
Category Buddhism
Ramana Maharishi says : “The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts”
Ramana Maharishi says : “The degree of freedom from unwanted thoughts and the degree of concentration on a single thought are the measures to gauge the progress.”
Muhammad says : “One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship.”
Muhammad says : “One hour of contemplation surpasses sixty years of worship.”
Lord Buddha says: “All wrong-doing arises because of mind.”
Lord Buddha says: “All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?”
Every experience in life can make you either bitter or better
Swami Chinmayananda says : “Every experience in life can make you either bitter or better. You have to make the choice.”
Shirdi Sai baba says : “If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.”
Shirdi Sai baba says : “If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.”
Wisdom and spiritual growth through honest and sincere teachings
“I tell you this: let an intelligent person who is sincere, honest and straightforward come to me, and I will instruct him, I will teach him Dhamma. If he practises as he is taught, then in seven years he will…
Taizan Maezumi says : “Just live that life. It doesn’t matter whether it is life or hell”
Taizan Maezumi says : “Just live that life. It doesn’t matter whether it is life or hell, life of the hungry ghost, life of the animal, it’s okay; just live that life, see. And as a matter of fact no…
No Needle, No Haystack
Everybody is looking for something that isn’t available. It’s worse than looking for a needle in a haystack; at least the needle is there, even though it is hard to find. But satisfaction and self are both delusions, so how…
Live in the Here and Now
To practice the way of Buddha means to completely live out this present moment—which is our whole life—here and now. – Kodo Sawaki Roshi, “To You”