Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2015

Wisdom Quotes from the Lotus Tree







"It may be important to great thinkers to examine the world, to explain and despise it. But I think it is only important to love the world, not to despise it, not for us to hate each other, but to be able to regard the world and ourselves and all beings with love, admiration and respect.”

― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha



   
"Flowers in my hands"


First publication of Karuna Arts 2016:


Flowers in my Hands: Wisdom from the Lotus Tree



A collection of quotes from The Buddha, different meditation masters, authors and philosopher from the East and West. 

In pocket book format 10 x 15 cm for 5,90 Euro.

Find so quotes from the book here...

  


LXVIII
III. 102.हम से रहा न जाय ham se rahā na jāy
I hear the melody of His flute, and I cannot contain myself: The flower blooms, though it is not spring; and already the bee has received its invitation. The sky roars and the lightning flashes, the waves arise in my heart, The rain falls; and my heart longs for my Lord. Where the rhythm of the world rises and falls, thither my heart has reached: There the hidden banners are fluttering in the air. Kabîr says: "My heart is dying, though it lives."

~Kabīr



VI
I. 83. चन्दा झल्कै यहि घट माहीन् 
candā jhalkai yahi ghaṭ māhīn

The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it: The moon is within me, and so is the sun. The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it.
So long as man clamours for the and the Mine, his works are as naught: When all love of the and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done. For work has no other aim than the getting of knowledge: When that comes, then work is put away.

The flower blooms for the fruit: when the fruit comes, the flower withers. The musk is in the deer, but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.
~Kabīr
XII
II. 24. हंसा कहो पुरातन् वात् Haṃsā, kaho purātan vāt
Tell me , Oh Swan, your ancient tale.
From what land do you come, Oh Swan?
To what shore will you fly?
Where would you take your rest, Oh Swan, and what do you seek?
Even this morning, Oh Swan, awake, arise, follow me!
There is a land where no doubt nor sorrow have rule: where the terror of Death is no more,
There the woods of spring are a-bloom, and the fragrant scent ”He is I” is borne on the wind:
There the bee of the heart is deeply immersed, and desires no other joy.

-Songs of Kabir
“The knowledge of the past stays with us. To let go is to
release the images and emotions, the grudges and fears, the
clingings and disappointments of the past that bind our
spirit.”


― Jack Kornfield
 “Learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
― Herman Hesse


The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.
―Rabindranath Tagore
 “The longest journey begins with a single step.” 
―Patañjali
 "Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation."
―Rabindranath Tagore 

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” 
― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
 ―Rabindranath Tagore 

“The trouble is, you think you have time.”
Jack Kornfield

If you desire ease, forsake learning.
― Nāgārjuna

The form of water

Behind desires and worldly passions that the mind entertains, there abides, clear and undefiled, the fundamental and true essence of mind.
Water is around in a round receptacle and square in a square one, but water itself has no particular shape.
People often forget that.
People see this good and that bad, they like this and dislike that and they discriminate existence from non-existence, and then, being caught in these entanglements and becoming attached to them, they suffer.
If people would only give up their attachments to these imaginary and false discriminations, and restore the purity of their original minds, then both their minds and their body would be free from defilement and suffering; they would know the peacefulness that comes with that freedom.
Śūraṃgama-sūtra  

ཐེག་མཆོག་བྱང་སེམས་ལ་དགའ་བ།
བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དང་ལྡན་ལ་དགའ།
བསུང་ཞིམ་ལ་དགའ་ཙ་ནྡན་གྱི
།ལྗོན་པ་མཆོག་ལ་རབ་ཏུ་དགའ།།་༡༣༨
138
To like the bodhicitta of the supreme vehicle
is to like being in possession of bodhicitta.
To like fragrant smells is to delight
in the supreme sandalwood tree.

~Khunu Rinpoche: 
Vast as the Heavens, Deep as the Sea:Verses in Praise of Bodhicitta



Not everything that counts can be counted,
And not everything that´s counted truly counts.
~Albert Einstein

Use it well
Conceiving of your body as a servant or a thing to ferry you about,
Don’t allow it to rest in idleness for even just a single moment;
Use it well, spurring on your entire body, speech and mind to virtue.
― Chatral Rinpoche
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay. Right now, today, we are still alive, and our bodies are working marvellously. Our eyes can still see the beautiful sky. Our ears can still hear the voices of our loved ones.
―Thich Nhat Hanh

There is nothing insignificant in the world. It all depends on the point of view.
―Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
―Pablo Picasso

I can't think of anything worse, really, than to try to live up to someone else's expectations of what you should be. You don't make art by consensus.
―Tracy Chapman

My mother is my root, my foundation.
She planted the seed, that I base my life on,
And that is the belief that the ability
To achieve starts in your mind.

­-Michael Jordan



If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us. 
—Hermann Hesse



One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
—Hermann Hesse



दूरङ्गमं एकचरं [एकचारं (क॰)], असरीरं गुहासयं।
ये चित्तं संयमेस्सन्ति, मोक्खन्ति मारबन्धना॥
धम्मपदपाळि,३७.
Verse 37: The mind wanders far and moves about alone: it is non-material; it lies in the cave (chamber) of the heart. Those who control their mind will be free from the bonds of Mara.
Dhammapada Verse 37


But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

-Khalil Gibran
 


The miracle is not that we do this work, but that we are happy to do it.

―Mother Teresa

You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky.

The way is in the heart. See how you love.
 Buddha Shakyamuni



In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Khalil Gibran



Wherever you are / is the entry point.  
— Kabir




Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life. 
 — A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Have you not noticed that love is silence? It may be while holding the hand of another, or looking lovingly at a child, or taking in the beauty of an evening. Love has no past or future, and so it is with this extraordinary state of silence. 


Jiddu Krishnamurti


The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.
―Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  
“When the eagle takes flight into the vast sky, it never thinks, 'My wings won't be able to carry me; I won't be able to fly that far.' Likewise, when dying, remember your guru and his instructions, and adhere to them with complete confidence.”

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche – 


It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love. 
Mother Theresa

Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.  
— Buddha Shakyamuni




 To be in harmony with the wholeness of things is not to have anxiety over imperfections. 
—Japanese Zen Buddhist teacher Dogen Zenji

     

“Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”
~14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso 
The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the worlds ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.
Atisha Dipamkara (982-1054)


“True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.”
―Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.
Swami Sivananda



Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

Hermann Hesse


Always keep a smiling face and a loving mind, and speak truthfully without malice.
Atisha


Since all the happiness and suffering of this life arise from previous actions, do not blame others.
Atisha 


The road to greatness goes through the silence.
― Friedrich Nietzsche

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. 
―Albert Einstein


Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it. 
Jalaluddin Rumi


You're beautiful, but you're empty...One couldn't die for you. Of course, an ordinary passerby would think my rose looked just like you. But my rose, all on her own, is more important than all of you together, since she's the one I've watered. Since she's the one I put under glass, since she's the one I sheltered behind the screen. Since she's the one for whom I killed the caterpillars (except the two or three butterflies). Since she's the one I listened to when she complained, or when she boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing at all. Since she's my rose.” 

― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry


Smile, breathe and go slowly. 
Thich Nhat Hanh



The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word, one action, one thought can reduce another person’s suffering and bring that person joy. 
Thich Nhat Hanh




In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go.
― Jack Kornfield

 


Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
 ―Mahatma Gandhi



Time in your life is short and sweet
Do not waste it in endless success seeking
Go to the very root of success
So that time can not hinder
All your efforts in achieving things.
―Guruji Viswanath





Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.

Rabindranath Tagore



Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help?

Shantideva


Be as careful as you can. Our minds are funny. Sometimes we are skeptical of things that are really worthwhile and completely accepting of things that we should avoid. Try to avoid extremes and follow the middle way, checking with wisdom wherever you go.
 ~Lama Zopa Rinpoche


What could I say to you that would be of value, except that perhaps you seek too much, that as a result of your seeking you cannot find.
-Hermann Hesse  

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth that lies at the heart of creation.
Rabindranath Tagore 





Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. 
―Mahatma Gandhi



Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.


― Thich Nhat Hanh, Teachings on Love




Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help?

Shantideva



  
Conceiving of your body as a servant or a thing to ferry you about, Don’t allow it to rest in idleness for even just a single moment; Use it well, spurring on your entire body, speech and mind to virtue.
Chatral Rinpoche 


To expect happiness without giving up negative action is like holding your hand in a fire and hoping not to be burned. Of course, no one actually wants to suffer, to be sick, to be cold or hungry – but as long as we continue to indulge in wrong doing we will never put an end to suffering. Likewise, we will never achieve happiness, except through positive deeds, words, and thoughts. Positive action is something we have to cultivate ourselves; it can be neither bought nor stolen, and no one ever stumbles on it just by chance. 

~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche



When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick; every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. But if, instead, you look at where your thoughts are coming from, you will see that each thought arises and dissolves within the space of that awareness, without engendering other thoughts. Be like a lion, who rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower. One only throws a stick at a lion once.”
~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche



Be as careful as you can. Our minds are funny. Sometimes we are skeptical of things that are really worthwhile and completely accepting of things that we should avoid. Try to avoid extremes and follow the middle way, checking with wisdom wherever you go.

―Lama Zopa Rinpoche



When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings.
―Sogyal Rinpoche



So auch, wenn ihr ihnen sagt: Der Beweis dafür, daß es den kleinen Prinzen wirklich gegeben hat, besteht darin, daß er entzückend war, daß er lachte und daß er ein Schaf haben wollte; denn wenn man sich ein Schaf wünscht, ist es doch ein Beweis dafür, daß man lebt, – dann werden sie die Achseln zucken und euch als Kinder behandeln. Aber wenn ihr ihnen sagt: der Planet, von dem er kam, ist der Planet B 612, dann werden sie überzeugt sein und euch mit ihren Fragen in Ruhe lassen. So sind sie. Man darf ihnen das auch nicht übelnehmen. Kinder müssen mit großen Leuten viel Nachsicht haben.
― Der kleine Prinz , Antoine de Saint Exupery

Just so, you might say to them: "The proof that the little prince existed is that he was charming, that he laughed, and that he was looking for a sheep. If anybody wants a sheep, that is a proof that he exists." And what good would it do to tell them that? They would shrug their shoulders, and treat you like a child. But if you said to them: "The planet he came from is Asteroid B-612," then they would be convinced, and leave you in peace from their questions.

― The Little Prince, 
Antoine de Saint Exupery






रात्रिदिवमविश्राममायुषो वर्धते व्ययः।
आयस्य चागमो नास्ति न मरिष्यामि किं न्वहम् ।। ४०।।


39. Never halting, day or night,
My life is always slipping by.
Having gone, life cannot be extended,
So how could the likes of me not die?
39.Tag und Nacht ohne Stillstand
Nimmt die Spanne dieses Lebens ständig ab.
Und da sie nicht länger wird,
warum sollte der Tod nicht jemanden wie mich ereilen?
― Śāntideva
Bodhicaryāvatāra 2.39, Sanskrit 2.40




हिताशंसनमात्रेण बुद्धपूजा विशिष्यते।
किं पुनः सर्वसत्त्वानां सर्वसौख्यार्थमुद्यमात्।।२७।।

27.For if the simple wish to benefit others
Surpasses offerings made before the Buddhas,
What need is there to mention striving
For the welfare of all without exception?
27. Wenn der bloße Gedanke, anderen von Nutzen zu sein,
den Buddhas zu opfern an Wert übersteigt,
dann braucht das tatsächliche Wirken für das Glück
ausnahmslos aller Wesen nicht erwähnt zu werden.

दुःखमेवाभिधावन्ति दुःखनिःसरणाशया।
सुखेच्छयैव सम्मोहात् स्वसुखं घ्नयन्ति शत्रुवत्।।२८।।

28. Although seeking to avoid pain,
They run headlong into suffering.
They long for happiness, but foolishly
Destroy it, as if it were their enemy.
28.
Obwohl man wünscht, Leid loszuwerden,
verrennt man sich offensichtlich in das Leid selbst.
Obwohl man Glück wünscht, vernichtet man aus Dummheit das eigen Glück wie einen Feind.
Bodhicharyāvatāra,1.27,28




To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. 

 Buddha Shakyamuni


Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees. Rumi



We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
― Buddha Śakyamuni



Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find it out.

― Frank A. Clark


A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. 
― Albert Einstein




Even your pity is like a blast of wind and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms.

― Tulsidas



Live quietly in the moment and see the beauty of all before you. The future will take care of itself... .
― Paramahaṃsa Yogananda



 Correction does much, but encouragement does more.
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe





     The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don’t wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.
Thich Nhat Hanh  


Watch your thoughts, they become words;
watch your words, they become actions;
watch your actions, they become habits;
watch your habits, they become character;
watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
―  Buddha Shakyamuni




You are far from the end of your journey.
The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.
See how you love.
― Buddha 

  
   

Because you are alive, everything is 
possible.
―Thich Nhat Hanh




Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
― Buddha 



If you desire ease, forsake learning.
― Nāgārjuna





Don’t burden others with your expectations. Understanding their limitations can inspire compassion instead of disappointment, ensuring beneficial and workable relationships. Remember that you have only a short time together. Be grateful for each day you share.
― Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche




Master your words.
Master your thoughts.
Never allow your body to do harm.
Follow these three roads with purity
And you will find yourself upon the one way,
The way of wisdom.
― Buddha 
  
  

If people criticize you, don't lose heart. If they praise you, don't get excited about it.
Just be like a madman who doesn't care the least whether people say good or bad things. Don't let anything affect your determination.
~ H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche




Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth… This is the real message of love.
―Thich Nhat Hanh





Why do what you will regret?
Why bring tears upon yourself?
Do only what you do not regret,
And fill yourself with joy.
― Buddha



Better than a thousand hollow words
Is one word that brings peace.
Better than a thousand hollow verses
Is one verse that brings peace.
― Buddha 


Breathing in, I calm body and mind. Breathing out, I smile. Dwelling in the present moment I know this is the only moment.
―Thich Nhat Hanh


Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.
― Antoine de Saint-Exupery



Happiness
by Gendun Rinpoche

Happiness cannot be found
through great effort and willpower,
but is already here, right now,
in relaxation and letting go.
Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do.
Whatever arises in the mind
has no importance at all,
because it has no reality whatsoever.
Don't become attached to it. Don't pass judgement.
Let the game happen on its own,
emerging and falling back - without changing anything -
and all will vanish and begin anew, without end.
Only our searching for happiness prevents us from seeing it.
It is like a rainbow which you run after without ever catching it.
Although it does not exist, it has always been there
and accompanies you every instant.
Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences;
they are like rainbows.
Wanting to grasp the ungraspable you exhaust yourself in vain.
As soon as you relax this grasping,
there is space - open, inviting and comfortable.
So make use of it. Everything is already yours.
Search no more,
Don't go into the inextricable jungle
looking for the elephant who is already quietly at home.
Nothing to do,
nothing to force,
nothing to want
and everything happens by itself.
  

One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
― Malala Yousafzai


― Malala Yousafzai

If you are going, remember bodhicitta
If you are sitting, remember bodhicitta
If you are lying down, remember bodhicitta
If you are standing, remember bodhicitta.
– Khunu Rinpoche

 Bodhicitta: "enlightenment-mind", is the mind that strives toward awakening, empathy and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings



Happy is he who has lofty and noble aspirations.
Happy is he who enriches the lives of others.
Happy is he who allows others to live in peace.
Happy is he who makes this world a better place to live in.
Happy is he whose work, chores and daily tasks are labours of love.
Happy is he who loves love.

~ Bhante Dr. K. Sri Dhammananda



Overcome space, and all we have left is Here. Overcome time, and all we have left is Now. 
― Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

A beautiful country is a dream-like illusion. It is senseless to cling to it. Unless the inner forces of negative emotions are conquered, strife with outer enemies will never end.
~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
 

Even if a Bodhisattva investigates the highest wisdom, one is not a proper Bodhisattva unless one applies skillful means for the benefit of other sentient beings.
― Je Tsongkhapa
   


Swim out of your little pond.
― Rumi



Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short: Act so that you have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves and hold fast to this rule.
― Milarepa



You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not like water and oil repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.
 ― Buddha 


Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action. Dreams are not those which come while we are sleeping but dreams are those when you don´t sleep before fulfilling them.
―Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam


When you are inspired by some great purpose, all your thoughts break their bounds. Your mind transcend limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents come alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamt yourself to be.
 ―Maharishi Patanjali

 

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
― Swami Vivekananda


When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens , and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love. 
―Thich Nhat Hanh



We are formed and molded by our thoughts. Those whose minds are shaped by selfless thoughts give joy when they speak or act. Joy follows them like a shadow that never leaves them. 
― Buddha 




Lower your standards and relax as it is.
― Pema Chödron



Everyone is gifted - but some people never open their package.

― Buddha 


If you want to be happy, be. 

 Leo Tolstoy





Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, be fortified by it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.

― Hermann Hesse




No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.

― Tilopa





Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.
― Paramahaṃsa Yogānanda




Avoid places that disturb your mind, and always remain where your virtues increase.

― Atiśa




Once you overcome the hatred within your mind, you will discover that in the world outside, there is no longer any such thing as even a single enemy.
― Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche





Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

― Rabindranath Tagore



In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go.
― Jack Kornfield




Wherever we go, wherever we remain, the results of our actions follow us.
― Buddha Śakyamuni





You have to try the impossible to achieve the possible

― Hermann Hesse

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
― Mother Teresa





If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

― Antoine de Saint-Exupery





The only people who attain power are those who crave it.
―Erich Kästner

Do not look for faults in others, but look for faults in yourself, and purge them like bad blood. Do not contemplate your own good qualities, but contemplate the good qualities of others, and respect everyone as a servant would.
― Atiśa  


  

Without peace, all other dreams vanish and are reduced to ashes.

― Jawaharlal Nehru







A pinch of salt can give its salty taste
To a little water, but not to the Ganges stream.
So know that, likewise, minor evil deeds
Can never change a mighty source of good.

― Nāgārjuna ,
Letter to a friend (I 43)




What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe



Praying is not about asking; it's about listening...
It is just opening your eyes to see what was there all along.
― Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche




 
To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
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Buddha


If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
H.H. 14th Dalai Lama


It may be doubtful, at first, whether a person is an enemy or friend. Meat, if not properly digested, becomes poison; But poison, if used rightly, may turn medicinal.
― Sakya Paṇḍita
 


True change is within,
leave the outside as it is.
Dalai Lama



Fashion your life as a garland of beautiful deeds.
Buddha



Man surprised me most about humanity. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money.Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso



 
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?
Buddha




Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn´t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn´t learn a little, at least we didn´t get sick, and if we got sick at least we didn´t die, so, let us all be thankful.

Buddha


No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Buddha




Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not , we say it is incorrect. In neither case, we learn nothing. 


Thich Nhat Hanh

 
We know from daily life that we exist for other people first of all, for whose smiles and well-being our own happiness depends.

Albert Einstein 



 


Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time and always start with the person nearest you.

― Mother Teresa


 


If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
Hermann Hesse

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

In the end, just three things matter:
How well we have lived              
How well we have loved
How well we have learned to let go

― Jack Kornfield



Happiness by Gendun Rinpoche


Happiness cannot be found

through great effort and willpower,

but is already here, right now,

in relaxation and letting go.

Don't strain yourself, there is nothing to do.

Whatever arises in the mind

has no importance at all,

because it has no reality whatsoever.

Don't become attached to it. Don't pass judgement.

Let the game happen on its own,

emerging and falling back - without changing anything -

and all will vanish and begin anew, without end.

Only our searching for happiness prevents us from seeing it.

It is like a rainbow which you run after without ever catching it.

Although it does not exist, it has always been there

and accompanies you every instant.

Don't believe in the reality of good and bad experiences;

they are like rainbows.

Wanting to grasp the ungraspable you exhaust yourself in vain.

As soon as you relax this grasping,

there is space - open, inviting and comfortable.

So make use of it. Everything is already yours.

Search no more,

Don't go into the inextricable jungle

looking for the elephant who is already quietly at home.

Nothing to do,

nothing to force,

nothing to want

and everything happens by itself.




On the day that you were born, you began to die. Do not waste a single moment more!
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche



Health is the greatest gift, 
contentment the greatest wealth, 
faithfulness the best relationship.
Buddha




Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Buddha


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