14 September, 2015

Sunyata...


“People who do not know how to practice the way therefore want to get rid of afflictions. Afflictions are originally void and null; you are trying to use the way to seek the way beyond.”

Pao-chih

12 September, 2015

With Every Breath - Anonymous


With every breath I take today,
I vow to be awake;

And every step I take,
I vow to take with a grateful heart

So I may see with eyes of love
into the hearts of all I meet,

To ease their burden when I can
And touch them with a smile of peace.


10 September, 2015

Wisdom...


“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”

Aiden Nowlan

09 September, 2015

On clinging...


"Whoever clings to mind sees not the truth of what’s beyond the mind. Whoever strives to practice Dharma finds not the truth of Beyond-practice. One should cut cleanly through the root of mind and stare naked. One should thus break away from all distinctions and remain at ease."

Tilopa 
The Song of Mahamudra

06 September, 2015

Options?


“If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.” 

Lucy Larcom

05 September, 2015

Thoughts like water...


"Develop a meditation that is like water. Doing this, you will find that the thoughts and impressions that possess you will flow away. Just as people wash away their body liquids, their sweat and spittle, pus and blood, and yet the water is not troubled or disgusted: so this water meditation will bring you peace."

Majjhima Nikaya

04 September, 2015

Angels...


“We all see angels; if we never recognize them, 
it's because they come in ways we don't expect.” 

Eileen Elias Freeman,
"The Angels' Little Instruction Book"

03 September, 2015

Vibration and attraction...

 

"You live in a pulsating, vibrating Universe of advanced harmonics. Everything that exists, in your air, in your dirt, in your water, and in your bodies, is vibration in motion—and all of it is managed by the powerful Law of Attraction. There is nothing that exists outside of this vibrational nature, and as you learn to accept your vibrational nature, and begin to consciously utilize your emotional vibrational indicators, you will gain conscious control of your personal creations and of the outcomes of your life experience."

Esther Hicks (Abraham)

(Please visit this brilliant author's site and genuine exponent of the Law of Attraction. These teachings contain and reflect great practical wisdom.)

http://www.abraham-hicks.com

02 September, 2015

Defining wisdom...


"A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness. Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire."

Sutta Nipata 
translated by H Saddhatissa