November 2011
1 post
October 2011
2 posts
“As Buddha said: “What you are is what you have been, what you will be is what...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche with thanks to Rigpa Glimpse of the Day. (via crashinglybeautiful)
3 tags
June 2011
1 post
“Nothing is forever except change”
– Buddha (via yearslater)
April 2011
1 post
“We have bigger houses but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time....”
– The Paradox of Our Age by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
March 2011
1 post
“However many holy words you read,
However many you speak,
What good will they...”
– the Buddha
February 2011
2 posts
“If in the land of Buddha, there remains the distinction between the beautiful...”
– Buddha
November 2010
1 post
“When you meditate, breathe naturally, just as you always do.
Focus your...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche, Glimpse of the Day, 30 Oct 2010 (via sharanam)
October 2010
4 posts
“The modern world is such that the interests of a particular country or community...”
– The Dalai Lama
“If you’re determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or...”
– ~ Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
“Sometimes I tease people and ask: “What makes you so adamant that there’s no...”
– Sogyal Rinpoche, from Land of Nowhere & bodymindandsoul. (via crashinglybeautiful)
September 2010
5 posts
“To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the...”
– Buddha (via quote-book)
“Peace, in the sense of the absence of war, is of little value to someone who is...”
– Dalai Lama (via quote-book)
August 2010
1 post
“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via kari-shma)
July 2010
1 post
“Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself...”
– Buddha
June 2010
1 post
“The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no...”
– Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche (via hismuse, crashinglybeautiful)
April 2010
3 posts
“We need to consider how ur actions, in affecting the environment, are likely 2...”
– Dalai Lama
“We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is...”
– Buddha (via quote-book)
January 2010
8 posts
“In the end
these things matter most:
How well did you love?
How fully did you...”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via quote-book)
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via reluctantbuddha)
“Smile, breathe and go slowly.”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via reluctantbuddha)
“Live your daily life in a way that you never lose yourself. When you are carried...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via reluctantbuddha)
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
There are two mistakes one can make along the road...
reluctantbuddha:
Buddha
“The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
December 2009
5 posts
“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge...”
– ~His Holiness, the Dalai Lama
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.”
– Dalai Lama (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
“Under a tree the great sage Buddha was born.
Under a tree he overcame passion...”
– Dalai Lama
“The bells of mindfulness are calling out to us, trying to wake us up, reminding...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh, article ‘The Bells of Mindfulness’ published in book ‘A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency’
November 2009
5 posts
“Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle, yet the...”
– Buddha
“We…often add to our pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting...”
– Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama (via reluctantbuddha)
“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to...”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via quote-book)
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual...”
– Buddha (via constantflux) (via quote-book)
“Inward calm cannot be maintained unless physical strength is constantly and...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha)
October 2009
4 posts
“All that we are is a result of what we have thought. The mind is everything....”
– Buddha (via hismuse)
“Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the...”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.”
– Buddha (via reluctantbuddha) (via quote-book)
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on...”
– Buddha (via kari-shma) (via quote-book)
September 2009
20 posts
“Positive emotions grow at the expense of the negative one…they grow and...”
– Ajahn Brahm
“Make good karma with the bad karma you are experiencing now”
– Ajahn Brahm
Lord Buddha and The Brahmin
Lord Buddha was sitting under a banyan tree. One day, a furious Brahmin came to him and started abusing him. The Brahmin thought that Lord Buddha would reciprocate in the same manner, but to his utter surprise, there was not the slightest change in the expression on his face. Now, the Brahmin became more furious. He hurled more and more abuses at Buddha. However, Lord Buddha was completely...
