Krenx Posted June 21 The Buddha: “Mendicants, don’t fear good deeds. For ‘good deeds’ is a term for happiness.” (AN 7.62) AN 7.62: Mettasutta—Bhikkhu Sujato https://share.google/Aq0BxsYBFAtMwKGEP 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigSkyDiamond Posted June 21 (edited) "Geese and ducks have flown away abandoning me. How happy I am that tofu has no wings." ---Zen Master Ryokan Edited June 21 by BigSkyDiamond 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajay0 Posted June 23 As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most people's thinking is not only repetitive and useless, but because of its dysfunctional and often negative nature, much of it is also harmful. Observe your mind and you will find this to be true. It causes a serious leakage of vital energy. ~ Eckhart Tolle “Rather than distinguishing between emotions and thoughts, Buddhism is more concerned with understanding which types of mental activity are conducive to one’s own and others’ well-being, and which are harmful, especially in the long run.” ~ Matthieu Ricard Be extremely careful with your words and actions. It is far better to prevent a problem than to solve one.~ Bhante Sujatha Meditation teaches us to master our thoughts and allows selective thinking to arise naturally. ~ Bhante Sujatha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surya Posted June 26 Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. In this divine glass, they see face to face; and their converse is free as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal. William Penn, Some Fruits Of Solitude Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surya Posted July 12 (edited) The Love which moves the sun and other stars Dante I was a hidden treasure, and I loved to be known, so I created the world that I might be known Hadith Have they not travelled throughout the land so their hearts may reason, and their ears may listen? Indeed, it is not the eyes that are blind, but it is the hearts in the chests that grow blind. Quran 22:46 Edited July 12 by Surya Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lala Nila Posted August 14 (edited) Out beyond the ideas of right and wrong doing, There is a field. I'll meet you there When the soul lies down in the deep grass, The world is too full to talk about. ideas, language, even the phrase "each other" Doesn't make any sense -Rumi **** Dance, Lalla, with nothing on but air: Sing Lalla, wearing the sky Look at this glorious day! What clothes could be so beautiful, or more sacred? -Lal Ded **** Edited August 14 by Lala Nila 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ryder004 Posted September 9 I’m not a huge Lord of the Rings fan but always liked this quote: It’s about adversity and acceptance of unchosen circumstances. Don’t waste energy wishing life were different. Focus on how you can use the time and circumstances you do have. Greatness emerges when people rise to challenges they never wanted. What makes this quote even more powerful is JRR Tolkien fought in WW1. He was at the Battle of the Somme, which was one of the most brutal battles in the war. He experienced the horrors of trench warfare. So this quote was not written from philosophical stance, but from the firsthand experience of a man who survived one of history’s darkest times. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajay0 Posted September 15 "To differentiate the thinking mind and awareness, one must arrive solely in awareness. The thinking mind as the expression of awareness should be abandoned. When awareness is recognized, then the thinking mind is self-abandoned. Mind is changing, and awareness is unchanging. In this way, the two are differentiated. Look at the sky, which is unchanging, and the clouds, which are changeable; clouds are like the thinking mind and the space is like rigpa, awareness. The clouds change again and again, but space never changes. Awareness is both unceasing and unchanging." ~ Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ajay0 Posted September 24 As for the innermost advice, no matter what kind of disturbing emotion you feel, look into the emotion and it tracelessly subsides. The disturbing emotion is thus naturally freed. This is simple to practice. ~Padmasambhava, 8th century AD Self-awareness is increased much more rapidly by observing feelings rather than thoughts. The thoughts associated with even one feeling may literally run into the thousands. The understanding of the underlying emotion and its correct handling is, therefore, more rewarding and less time-consuming than dealing with one’s thoughts. ~ David R. Hawkins Thousands and even millions of thoughts can be replaced by a single emotion. Emotions are more basic and primitive than mental processes. ~ David R. Hawkins Focus on the feeling itself, not on the thoughts. Thoughts are endless and self-reinforcing, and they only breed more thoughts. Thoughts are merely rationalizations of the mind to try and explain the presence of the feeling. The real reason for the feeling is the accumulated pressure behind the feeling that is forcing it to come up in the moment. ~ David R. Hawkins 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
