If we cling to a fixed view, however valid it may have been at the time, we turn it into a questionable and inaccurate opinion. Everything flows; everything changes. Nothing remains the same. - Tashi Nyima
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On your path to enlightenment, it is advisable to look to others you admire for guidance. Although the path they have followed is their path, not yours, they may have useful information you can use for your own benefit. - Wu Wei
I really do believe that age is just a number and I never let age stand in my way. I’ve passed eighty, but I have not ‘arrived’ because I will challenge myself to grow, to step out of my comfort zone, to improve my life and to be of service to others.
- Tina Turner A sound bath is a deeply-immersive, full-body listening experience that intentionally uses sound to invite gentle yet powerful therapeutic and restorative processes to nurture the mind and body. - Sara Auster, sound bath practitioner Research indicates that a sound bath can . . . • help reduce pain, • promote neural connectivity, • reduce stress, • lower anxiety and depression, • improve sleep, • promote a deeper sense of connection and compassion, • generate calm and tranquility, • enhance better mood, • create a state of harmony. public domain photo below from www.pixababay.com  Practice is not limited to sitting meditation. It should not happen that as soon as you get off the cushion, life becomes stressful. - Sheng Yen
Your life is a mirror reflecting the state of your inner world. To see clearly you must first polish your mirror to clear it of what distorts the truth. - Khangser Rinpoche
Even if we transport all the bombs to the moon, the roots of war and the roots of bombs are still there, in our hearts and minds, and sooner or later we will make new bombs. To work for peace is to uproot war from ourselves and from the hearts of men and women. — Thich Nhat Hanh
What makes an action positive or negative? Not how it looks, not whether it is big or small, but it is the positive or negative motivation that is behind it. No matter how many teachings that you have heard, to be motivated by ordinary concerns, such as a desire for greatness, fame, or whatever, is not the way of the true Dharma. — Patrul Rinpoche
According to Buddhist principles of cause and effect, good gives rise to good, and an unsatisfactory outcome should be traced back to its problematic beginning.
- Guoying Stacy Zhang To tame ourselves is the only way we can change and improve the world. — Lama Yeshe Losal Rinpoche
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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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