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~Helen Keller
Not thinking but not dreaming.
Not being set but flexible.
Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement.
It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.”
Bruce Lee
And through the vortex of birth and death,
I searched for the creator of this world.
I never found him.
Now I have found you,
The creator.
Your structure is dismantled.
The mind
Has stopped creating.
The delusion
Is destroyed.
~ The Buddha (Dhammapada 153 - 154)
Arthur C Clarke
“All who joy would win must share it -- Happiness was born a twin.”
George Gordon Byron
~fortune cookie
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Is that an original saying? Much deeper than the mere "You're your own worst enemy," isn't it?
Oscar Wilde
Zen Master
Sekkei Harada Roshi
Jeff: We don't get a different dharmakaya that feels like a brain orgasm. That's not dharmakaya rather the manifestation is just ordinary sitting and walking. (referring to how meditation is just an ordinary thing)
Seneca
the totally enlightened,
the only somewhat enlightened
and the totally unenlightened.
Without a Buddha present,
the first does not exist.
With only the other two present,
this is why we must always question authority,
lest we become blind followers.
– Stonepeace
PS: It is ALWAYS possible".
I believe that was our Buddy Gandhi.....
How's that for an inconsistent quip?
Lin Yutang
Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.”
Kalu Ndukwe Kalu
"I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble"
Rudyard Kipling
Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day - Unknown
Zen. Pah! Stark.
“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.”
Rabindranath Tagore
"To make an omelette, first steal a chicken"
Old Indian saying
The Self is hidden in the hearts of all, as butter lies hidden in cream.
Realize the Self in the depths of meditation;
The Lord of Love, supreme reality, who is the goal of all knowledge.
This is the highest mystical teaching.
“Why did you do all this for me?' he asked. 'I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.' 'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.”
E.B. White, Charlotte's Web
"Every time you take a choice - at home, at work, at play - you are exercising your power in the on-going fashioning of the world. At the same time, this principle allows you to measure yourself in terms that are entirely under your control: your intentional actions in the present moment. In other words, they don't force you to measure yourself in terms of your looks, strength, brains, financial prowess, or any other criteria that depend less on your present karma than they do on karma from the past. Also, they don't play on feelings of guilt or force you to bemoan your past lapses. Instead, they focus your attention on the ever-present possibility of living up to your standards in the here and now." -- Thanissaro Bhikkhu
"We have to learn to live our life as a human being deeply. We need to live every breath deeply, so that we have peace, joy and freedom as we breathe"
Thich Nhat Han
Lonchenpa said: "A Buddha with a thinking mind is an ordinary sentient being (unenlightened) , but a sentient being without a thinking mind (sem) is a Buddha."
I was talking to a loved one yesterday about her fears, and several times made the comment, “Everyone has these fears. Everyone.”
And this is true. The fears and problems you have are not unique to you.
We all have them, usually secretly, oftentimes even hidden from ourselves.
We think we’re alone in our fears, but we’re not. We all share them, a common thread that connects us as humans.
We think we’re worse than others in our failures, but we’re not. Everyone has the same failures, everyone is ashamed of them, no one can avoid them. They are a part of who we as human beings. And not wanting these failures to be a part of us is also human.
Everyone else has the same fears you have: fears of failure, of embarrassment, of uncertainty, of discomfort.
Fear of not being good enough.
Everyone else has the same failures you have: procrastination, selfishness, jealousy, insecurity, not being happy with ourselves, not being disciplined, being afraid and shying away from the difficult and terrifying.
You are not alone.
You are not worse.
You are human. And in your failures and fears and weaknesses, you are connected to me, to everyone else on this planet.
Leo Babauta
Zen Habits
"Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness"
Seneca
"O snail, climb Mt. Fuji, but slowly, slowly"
Issa
“If you know someone who’s depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. Depression isn’t a straightforward response to a bad situation; depression just is, like the weather.
Try to understand the blackness, lethargy, hopelessness, and loneliness they’re going through. Be there for them when they come through the other side. It’s hard to be a friend to someone who’s depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.”
Stephen Fry
Strive to view the moon in the sky
and lose the pearl in your hand.
– Compendium of Five Lamps
Strive to view the pearl in your hand
and lose the moon in the sky.
– Extended Saying
"A blade cuts things but not itself; Eyes see everything but themselves"
Zen Saying
Remember when you point the finger, 3 others are pointing back at you.....
You're not off till you cough.
~Old Stoner Saying
"However priceless, a piece of gold in the eye is nothing but grit".
Buddhist Saying
_“Being lucky is a fool's dream, winning through deceit is a coward's intent, success without caring for others is a complete failure.” _
― Michael Bassey Johnson
"65% of men, when leaving their house, kiss their wife goodbye.
88% of men, when leaving their wife, kiss their house goodbye".
Stephen Fry. QI
“There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.
But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.”
Paulo Coelho, The Fifth Mountain
"The energies of mindfulness, concentration and insight can liberate us from our anxiety and worries. We let go of the past and the future, and come in touch with the wonders of the present"
Thich Nhat Hanh
"I've never actually been at death's door, but I've been on the patio"
Alexei Sayle
“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!”
― Hunter S. Thompson
Jay Michaelson, Evolving Dharma: Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment
Now that quote deserves a Michelin STAR!
NAMASTE!
Love your cushion :clap:
"Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us." -- Rainer Maria Rilke
All the good things in life come from a mind that's well trained - Thanissaro Bikkhu
“When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
Masanobu Fukuoka