28 quotes found
“Religion (Dharma) begins with an obliging nature.”
“If you are unable to find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?”
“Now I know what success is: living your truth, sharing it.”
“In India, we have a saying: 'Always look down, never look up," he said. "When you are trying to determine where you stand in life, don't look upward at the rich people, the people with everything. ...”
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
“Dharma is something that one discovers, because one cannot create something that is already there.”
“Whatever human endeavor we choose, as long as we live our truth, it is success.”
“What is the nature of the Self (Soul)? To see the dharma (function) of everything, to see who is performing what function, and how that function is being performed. To see it, is called the functio...”
“That which frees one from bondage is the right religion.”
“Only one kind of religion cannot give peace to everyone. Whatever degree one is sitting at, that degree of religion he requires.”
“In a Zen retreat we have a format for working with these quicksilver changes: we sit with them, we pay attention to them... Being steady with mindfulness as an anchor for all the changes we go thro...”
“How did I get 'IT'? - By crying, begging, yelping! - Any of this helping?”
“Whole world is not looking for religion, it is looking for its own safe side.”
“That what keeps us supported is dharma (religion).”
“Where there is religion (religious following), there are no worries and where there are worries, there is no religion there.”
“Dharma is found because one cannot create what is already there.”
“Dharma is something that one discovers because one cannot create something that is already there.”
“Never sit under a tree waiting for the apple to fall. Climb the tree, grab that apple!When it comes, never be inert and take your time, TIME TO MOVE!”
“Everyone can only succeed with their own Dharma.”
“The Chinese ideograph for forbearance is a heart with a sword dangling over it, another instance of language's brilliant way of showing us something surprising and important fossilized inside the m...”