#buddhist quote

[tibetanthangkapaintings]

In the garbage, I see a rose. In the rose, I see the garbage. Everything is in transformation. Even permanence is impermanent. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

[gnngoodquotes]

If you let cloudy water settle, it will become clear. If you let your upset mind settle, your course will also become clear. The Buddha

[hereiblur]

Things falling apart is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think that the point is to pass the test or to overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen; room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.

Pema Chödrön

[ailovemyself]

Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

Buddha

[joeyboy1970]

[petitjeanofficial]

Imagine an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Chinese and an Indonesian all looking at a cup. The Englishman says, ‘That is a cup.’ The French-man answers, ‘No it’s not. It’s a tasse.’ Then the Chinese comments, ‘You are both wrong. It’s a pei.’ Finally the Indonesian man laughs at the others and says ‘What fools you are. It’s a cawan.’ Then the Englishman get a dictionary and shows it to the others saying, ‘I can prove that it is a cup. My dictionary says so.’ ‘Then your dictionary is wrong,’ says the Frenchman, ‘because my dictionary clearly says it is a tasse.’ The Chinese scoffs; ‘My dictionary says it’s a pei and my dictionary is thousands of years older than yours so it must be right. And besides, more people speak Chinese than any other language, so it must be a pei.’ While they are squabbling and arguing with each other, another man comes up, drinks from the cup and then says to the others, ‘Whether you call it a cup, a tasse, a pei or a cawan, the purpose of the cup is to hold water so that it can be drunk. Stop arguing and drink, stop squabbling and refresh your thirst.’ This is the Buddhist attitude to other religions.

Shravasti Dhammika (Good Question Good Answer)

[coffeeandmeditation]

Love is indispensable to life, and if in the past you have suffered because of love, you can learn how to love again.

Thich Nhat Hanh

[abiding-in-peace]

Here we just sit quietly opening our heart so that the old story we carry, the old habit of grasping at who and what we are, can be seen, accepted and finally released harmlessly into the universe. Now we are no longer a victim to those old voices and conditioning and so, whatever we meet in the mind, whatever thought mood feeling emotion, whatever idea, mental projection into the future or memory of past deeds, is absolutely perfect in this moment. We don't have to get rid of anything, or create something different, something spiritual, to experience. In this place, life is just life in the most beautiful way. The complaining mind falls quiet and things are seen to be only what they are, not good or bad, right or wrong, but events happening in time and space. We can interact or not. We can choose our response to each moment knowing that whatever we do will resonate with the pure hearted beings or not. Do not think that you are not seen by the pure in heart. You are known by the thoughts you empower, love or fear, compassion or greed, generosity or selfishness. The moment we free ourselves from the narrow limitations of the mind that is always chasing the next moment of happiness, we are free, and in that freedom we will see that whatever this old voice says, everything is perfect. May all beings live in peace, may all beings be happy.

The perfection in Pure Dhamma practice. - Michael Kewley