All of us have a tendency to be guided by impulses which have their source in the external world, since it is always easier to drift along with the tide of our impressions. - Taixu
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Kindness is the epitome of good manners. It also works in your favor, flooding your system with bio-chemicals that promote health and a sense of well-being. - Leslie Turnbull
Mantras are codes used to access and activate aspects of our Buddha Nature.
- Tashi Nyima Part of being a human being is learning to cope with the gross, challenging parts of having a body. Being a person requires that we feel pain, sadness, heartache, tiredness, and a wealth of other emotions in our day-to-day lives. - Alex Kakuyo
The Buddha taught that it is possible to overcome suffering by eliminating its causes. For example, by cultivating present moment awareness and letting go of these attachments such as craving, desire, ignorance, hatred, greed, and delusion, we can gradually find inner peace and contentment of our mental anguish and suffering. - Lama Aria Drolma
Hatred is like a poison which you inject into your veins before injecting it into your enemy. It is like throwing cow dung at another: you dirty your hands first, before you dirty others. - K. Sri Dhammananda
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
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  |
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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