Escape From Samsara

Kadampa Buddhist practitioner, working their way to Enlightenment.

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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 (via dancingdakini)

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samsara sucks!

“Three-fourths of philosophy and literature is the talk of people trying to convince themselves that they really like the cage they were tricked into entering.”

—Gary Snyder

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It is up to us what we focus on!! It’ll make the difference between a good day and a bad day, a good life and a bad life.

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Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre

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Atisha, Indian Buddhist master and founder of the Old Kadam lineage of Buddhism. He is also referred to as the second Buddha.

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Patient acceptance is often thought to be a weak and passive response to problems we have neither the power nor the courage to solve. In reality, however, being patient is far from being passive. There is nothing strong or courageous in reacting to hardship or insults with anger – all we are doing is being defeated by our delusions. On the other hand, by standing up to our delusions and refusing to fall into our well-worn mental grooves of intolerance and non- acceptance, we are taking a very strong, active stance.

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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The temple at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre, in the Lake District, England. This place feels like home :-) http://nkt-kmc-manjushri.org/ 

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A flat white, courtesy of my good friend Sebastian. He was later heard quipping, 'if only milkjugs came with spellcheck'. 

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"If we practise patiently, gradually our distracting thoughts will subside and we will experience a sense of inner peace and relaxation. Our mind will feel lucid and spacious and we will feel refreshed. When the sea is rough, sediment is churned up and the water becomes murky, but when the wind dies down the mud gradually settles and the water becomes clear. In a similar way, when the otherwise incessant flow of our distracting thoughts is calmed through concentrating on the breath, our mind becomes unusually lucid and clear. We should stay with this state of mental calm for a while." Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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"When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subsides and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within."

Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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