Sometimes you experience failed expectations as heartbreak and disappointment, and sometimes you feel rage. But at that time, instead of doing the habitual thing of labeling yourself a ‘failure’ or a ‘loser’ or thinking there is something wrong with you, you could get curious about what is going on. - Pema Chodron
It is alarming how we hold strong opinions about things we do not know, have never experienced, and do not even intend to study. - Tashi Nyima
It’s very clear from the Buddha’s teaching that we should help the poor. This is as meritorious as offering alms to the Buddha himself. - Pomnyun Sunim
“Look at me! Hear my story!” The afflicted consciousness, enjoys centrality and craves attention. - Tashi Nyima
People often assume that they will come back as people. But a human rebirth requires much merit and many aspirations. It doesn’t happen automatically. - Tulku Thondop
This is one of the Buddha’s recommendations for how you deal with unpleasant words. Tell yourself, ‘An unpleasant sound has made contact at the ear. When the sound ends, when the contact ends, that should be it.’ Anything beyond that, any commentary inside, is your own amplification, your own addition to the initial suffering. - Thanissaro Bhikkhu
You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are. - Eckhart Tolle
Life is a means. It is not an end. The true purpose of living is to manifest enlightenment and help others manifest it. - Tashi Nyima
The Buddha says, ideally, you want to make your mind like a broken gong. People can hit it, but there’s no reverberation. It’s not a very pretty image, but it makes an important point. What other people say, what you say, hits your ear, and you want to leave it right there. Don’t add any reverb. - Thanissaro Bhikkhu
If you cannot stop the mind that seeks after fame and profit, you will spend your life without finding peace. - Dōgen
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