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“The life-tree of practice is single-minded application.”
“Inaction in a deed of mercy becomes an action in a deadly sin.”
“Omo explains Buddhism to Robbie:Some human dudes believe in reincarnation. Being born more than once? As if once wasnt bad enough. Like, suppose the universe is a hologram, and the human dudes are ...”
“While most streams of Buddhism take a contemplative stance on passion, pleasure, and pain, Sufism encourages us to be open to our passions - to dive into the sea, to become at one with the beauty a...”
“[Buddhism] takes us beyond a kind of self-centered narcissism because instead of identifying with the content of our experience, we identify with awareness itself.”
“Buddhism is more a philosophy for living rather than a religion or dogma - it's about being awake, free from illusions and fear, so that compassion and loving kindness permeates all of our relation...”
“I am not a Buddhist. Yet there is a Buddhist story that I hold dear. A monk walks in a forest, and chances upon a tiger. The tiger chases him, and the monk runs until he comes to a cliff. With the ...”
“We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.”
“A more common explanation for the feeling of being Old in Soul is tied up in Buddhist and Hindu ideas of reincarnation, or metempsychosis. Interestingly, this is most likely where the origin of the...”
“If he makes himself as good as he tells others to be, then he in truth can teach others. Difficult indeed is self-control.”
“All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.”
“When we stop distancing ourselves from the pain in the world, our own or others, we create the possibility of a new experience, one that often surprises because of how much joy, connection, or reli...”
“He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.”
“Enlightenment does not mean getting rid of anything. It means changing one's frame of reference so that all things become enlightening.”
“First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretat...”
“Words!The Way is beyond language,for in it there is no yesterday no tomorrow no today.”
“The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is simply to release any images and emotions.”
“Buddhism does not deny the existence of godsthey are described as powerful beings who can bring rains and victoriesbut they have no influence on the law that suffering arises from craving. If the m...”
“After all, people desire immortality and do not wish to embrace the inescapable reality of death; they long for happiness and shy away from the contemplation of pain; they want to preserve their se...”
“A maggot is just another life form.”
