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“The venerable teachers, philosophers & spiritual practitioners throughout history have concluded that the greatest happiness we can experience comes from the development of an open, loving heart.”
“That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value.”
“We all have issues & we have usually come by them honestly.”
“Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.”
“Meditation is essentially training our attention so that we can be more aware not only of our own inner workings but also of whats happening around us in the here & now.”
“No one should ever despair because the entrance to his or her chosen career path is clogged. There is an ancient saying: "The persistent drip wears through stone.”
“Because the development of inner calm & energy happens completely within & isnt dependent on another person or a particular situation, we begin to feel a resourcefulness and independence that is qu...”
“We train the mind so that we can enjoy greater peace, happiness, wisdom & equanimity.”
“Amida's unimpeded light is the sun of wisdom that destroys the mind of darkness.(Preface in Teaching, Practice, Faith, Enlightenment)”
“The erruption of feelings & emotions that follows a near-death exerience, or any event that causes us to stop & look deeply at the reality of our lives, is ripe with the potential for insight & cla...”
“Taking in anothers criticism, even when its offered out of love, requires courage.”
“All the repetitions in the pattern were superficial; the moment was always new. It had to be lived, and then the next moment embraced as it arrived.”
“Forgive transgressions committed by you or others today.Only then can you have peace tomorrow.”
“From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.”
“Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew.”
“The thought manifests the word;The word manifests the deed;The deed develops into habit;And habit hardens into character;So watch the thought and its ways with care,And let them spring forth from l...”
“The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have...”
“A boddhisattva is someone who is on the way to becoming a buddha. All of us become boddhisattvas as soon as we start to take our Zen work seriously and the work we do contributes to creating a worl...”
“Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes.' Sam held out his hand. "Give me some tobacco and a paper.”
“It is the nature of the Kali Yuga that most human beings are now held back from spiritual liberation due to the gravity of inertia, apathy and laziness, (known in Sankrit as the quality of tapas) t...”
