Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

My name is Kenji and this is the path I walk.

[kenjispath-blog]

HEY YOU - YES YOU!

I'll be deleting this blog by the end of the day. I WILL NOT BE USING THIS BLOG ANYMORE. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. If you want to follow the new one, message me off anon and I'll send you the URL.

[kenjispath-blog]

I've been busy so I've been neglecting this blog.

I haven't forgot about it and I'll be adding more stuff soon. Sorry for the dead feed friend.

[lucidnirvana]

Buddha

Lingshan (Ling Mountain), Jiangsu Province, China

江苏灵山大佛

[kenjispath-blog]

Great Smoky Mountains

[purplebuddhaproject]

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.

Dalai Lama XIV (via purplebuddhaproject)

[pakse]

[orchid-ink]

OMG this is like my favorite photo of all time right now wow

this photo is everything

[thegatelessbarrier]

eh heh hue heu

[purplebuddhaproject]

Emotions are but one category of the many different mental formations we can have. They come, they stay for a while, and then they go. Why should we have to die for an emotion?

Thích Nhất Hạnh (via purplebuddhaproject)

[shaktilover]

I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to these teachers.

Khalil Gibran (via shaktilover)

[panatmansam]

A short three minute Japanese animation called “Furiko” originally made by Takefumi Kurashina. Just watch it.

Thank you, inutileune this brought a tear to my eye with its beauty. Sam.

[kenjispath-blog]

Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart out to others; to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all beings. I am going to have kind thoughts towards others, I am not going to get angry or think badly about others. I am going to benefit others as much as I can. - Dalai Lama XIV

[kenjispath-blog]

Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

Dalai Lama XIV

[kenjispath-blog]

The past exists only in our memories, the future only in our plans. The present is our only reality.

Robert Pirsig

[inutile-une-blog]

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Dalai Lama XIV (via inutileune)

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[lazyyogi]

The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.

The Dalai Lama (via lazyyogi)

[crownedcollisions]

Waking up this morning, I smile. Twenty four brand new hours are before me. I vow to live fully in each moment and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via crownedcollisions)

[ben2d]

We want to appear more truthful and knowledgeable, so we look for things to study or unusual experiences that will bring us prestige. We adorn ourselves with titles and awards. We are all deceiving each other. Deep down we feel there is nothing good, beautiful, and true in us, and at the same time we are desperate to show other people how good, beautiful, and truthful we are. And so we deceive ourselves from generation to generation.

Thich Nhat Hanh (via ben2d)