Cultivating virtuous and wholesome deeds can change the process of causes and conditions coming to fruition. Hence it is possible to change one’s karma. - Sheng Yen
Hindu philosophy is free from the missionary compulsion to bring the whole
world into its fold in a kind of spiritual colonialism and cultural invasion. - Sivaya Subramuniyaswami Our karmic acts not only shape the world for others, but also shape our personal fortune. Good deeds work to our own benefit as well as to the benefit of others. Bad deeds work against our own benefit as well as against the benefit of others. - Bhikkhu Cintita
If I intentionally harm someone, it will be to my own detriment, and if I give generously to the benefit of another, it will be to my own well-being. This seems a bold generalization, but one that can be verified in our own experience and found to hold up quite well. - Bikkhu Cintita
As a species we’re still struggling to find a middle way, to steer a wise course through the extremes of fanaticism, greed, nihilism, rage, and despair. - Sister True Dedication
For many of us, the journey from negative self-talk to an experience of full-blown self-hate is short. Step back from the workings of the inner critic and its cycles of negative self-talk, - Caverly Morgan
When you give yourself so fully to life—when you pour yourself into everything you do unreservedly—then there’s no room for regret. - Taylor Plimpton
When people turn away from pursuing excitement, comfort, wealth, status, or other such goals, it is common to discover a deeper valuing of simplicity. Without some degree of both outer and inner simplicity, we cannot see the more subtle patterns of grasping in our mind. - Kim Allen
Is not connection with others one of the surest ways to loosen the bonds of self-concern and to find one’s best way to act in the world? - Andrew Cooper
Dispositions define our character. Our angry or greedy disposition gives rise to loneliness, because people tend also not to like those of angry or greedy disposition and therefore distance themselves from them. Soon we view the world as determined to torment us. - Bhikkhu Cintita
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