Life is both tragic and beautiful. Most of us will have times in our life when we are in the tragedy of life, while other times we will be in the beauty of life. - Margaret Meloni
Before she passed away in 2005, Rosa Parks became a Buddhist—at age 92. Ms. Parks didn't publicize this nor did she write about it so one can only speculate what her reasons were. If you're curious, do a web search and, if you gather some interesting information, let me know.
Happiness depends on properly cultivating what is wholesome and discarding what is unwholesome. - Geshe Sonam Rinchen
Only by first noticing one’s habitual patterns does it become possible to change them. - Jeremy David Engels
Put a smile on the faces of other people. Gain your happiness and your positive states of mind by making other people happy. - Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
The purpose of Buddhism is to make happiness stronger and suffering less frequent.
- Victor M. Parachin We don’t have to follow all of our habits and all of our desires. - Jack Kornfield
Marriage is a sacred spiritual path. One's spouse is also one's spiritual partner and should be looked upon as a manifestation of divinity. - Pravrajika Vrajaprana
Realize that materialism based on mass production and consumption might be as much of a threat to human existence as nuclear weapons. - Shohaku Okumura
Mantra meditation is not magic, but the results can be magical. - Thomas Ashley-Farrand
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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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