If you put Jesus, Buddha and Muhammad in the same room, they will embrace each other. If you put their followers together, they may kill each other. - Swami Prabhavananda
One is acknowledged as superior or inferior not by family background, profession, or wealth, but by deeds and spiritual practice. - Dipen Barua
As much as possible, avoid associating with people who do not control their tempers, even if they are close relatives. - Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Yoga can take years off your face and years from your body – and add years to your life. - Desmond Dunne
When conditions are sufficient, things manifest. When conditions are no longer sufficient, things withdraw. They wait until the moment is right for them to manifest again. ―Thich Nhat Hanh
You can move reality into the direction of your thoughts. What you believe shapes your destiny. The fact is that when we truly, deeply believe something about ourselves, it will often manifest into reality. Never underestimate your thought power. How you think can make you life go well or it can make your life difficult.
Keep this strongly in mind when your life takes a turn toward the negative. Avoid believing there is only one way of interpreting the event. Life is seldom solidly black and white, positive and negative. Remember you have room for negotiating how you think about the situation. - VMP Sentient beings are equal in wanting happiness and not wanting suffering. They are equal in having a right to happiness and freedom from suffering. - Jampa Tegchok
I pick up trash almost every day. While I’ve been told repeatedly that it is a “losing battle,” I beg to differ. Whatever trash I remove is no longer there to soil the area or harm children and animals. - Tashi Nyima
Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
- Bodhidharma How often do we succumb to illness, weariness and especially the creeping symptoms of old age, largely because that is the pattern we have been taught to envisage? - Desmond Dunne
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Victor M. Parachin ...is aVedic educator, yoga instructor, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of a dozen books. Buy his books at amazon or your local bookstore. Archives
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