28 February, 2015

Polishing...

“The gem cannot be polished without friction, 
nor man perfected without trials.” 

Chinese Proverb

26 February, 2015

Sky...


You are the sky. Everything else: it’s just the weather.

Pema Chödrön

25 February, 2015

Letting go...


Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect any praise or reward. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom. Your struggles with the world will have come to an end...

 Ajahn Chah

24 February, 2015

Ultimate goal...


The supreme goal of the teachings is the 
emptiness whose nature is compassion.

Atisha

20 February, 2015

The Universe experiencing itself...


“Each person's life - each life-form, in fact 
represents a world, a unique way in which 
the universe experiences itself.”

Eckhart Tolle

19 February, 2015

Impermanence...


"What is non-self? It means impermanence. If things are impermanent, they don't remain the same things forever. We should learn how to look at life as streams of being, and not as separate entities.You of this moment are no longer you of a minute ago. There is no permanent entity within us, there is only a stream of being."

Thich Nhat Hanh

Love and faith...


“Love is an act of faith, and whoever 
is of little faith is also of little love.” 

Erich Fromm

18 February, 2015

On Dreams...


“If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One essence is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached.

No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state. ”

Seng-tsan
"Verses on the Faith Mind"








































17 February, 2015

Good friends...


Do not choose bad friends.
Do not choose persons of low habits. 
Select good friends. Be discriminating.
Choose the best.” 

Dhammapada 

16 February, 2015

Radiance of mind...


“The mind is something more radiant than anything else can be, but because counterfeits, passing defilements come and obscure it, it loses its radiance, like the sun when obscured by clouds. Don't go thinking that the sun goes after the clouds. Instead, the clouds come drifting along and obscure the sun.”

Ajarn Mun
"Heart Released"

15 February, 2015

Arising of joy...

“In the unthinkable, inscrutable, ordinary nature of reality there is no difference between freedom and bondage. No matter what arises, when you perceive your original nature, the joy arises automatically--and what joy!” 

Shabkar
 "The Flight Of The Garuda"

13 February, 2015

On contemplation...


Learn to contemplate.
Contemplate Glory,
there will be a Light.
Contemplate Truth until it
burns your eyes out.

Robert Frost

12 February, 2015

Happiness...


“Happiness lies in the joy of achievement 
and the thrill of creative effort.” 

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Stillness...


“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. 
Just look and just listen. 
No more is needed. 
Being still, looking, and listening activates the 
non-conceptual intelligence within you. 
Let stillness direct your words and actions.”

Eckhart Tolle 


11 February, 2015

Equanimity...


“If the eye never sleeps, all dreams will naturally cease. If the mind makes no discriminations, the ten thousand things are as they are, of single essence. To understand the mystery of this One essence is to be released from all entanglements. When all things are seen equally the timeless Self-essence is reached. No comparisons or analogies are possible in this causeless, relationless state. ”

Seng-tsan, 
"Verses on the Faith Mind"

09 February, 2015

No time...


“Time isn't precious at all, 
because it is an illusion.”

Eckhart Tolle

08 February, 2015

The magical space beyond...


“There is a sphere where there is neither earth nor water nor heat nor air, for it is beyond the field of matter; nor is it the sphere of infinite space, or consciousness, for it is beyond the field of mind. There is not the condition of nothingness, neither is there the state of this world or another world, nor sun nor moon. This is the uncreated. This condition I call neither arising nor passing away, neither dying nor being born. It is without form and without change. It is the eternal, which never originates and never passes away. To find it is the end of sorrow.”

Udana Sutta

06 February, 2015

Storms and rainbows.


"In the eye of the storm, never stop looking for rainbows."

Gigi Galluzzo

Stability...


“Even as a great rock is not shaken by the wind, 
the wise man is not shaken by praise or blame. ” 

Buddha

05 February, 2015

Luminous Essence...


Beyond the beauty of external forms, there is more here: something that cannot be named, something ineffable, some deep, inner, holy essence. Whenever and wherever there is beauty, this inner essence shines through somehow. It only reveals itself to you when you are present.

Eckhart Tolle

04 February, 2015

Gary Zukov....


“An Angel might be thought of as a force of consciousness that has evolved into an appropriate teaching modality for the planetary village called Earth, but may also have been a part of the evolution of other galaxies and Life Forms there.”

Gary Zukov,
"The Seat of the Soul"

03 February, 2015

Eliot...


For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.

 T.S. Eliot

02 February, 2015

Suffering choices...


“There are two kinds of suffering: the suffering that leads to more suffering and the suffering that leads to the end of suffering. If you are not willing to face the second kind of suffering, you will surely continue to experience the first. ”

Ajahn Chah 
"Still Forest Pool"