If ‘knowledge’ is a thinking process and ‘wisdom’ is experiential, could we say, one is in the head, and the other is of the heart? - Kris Ladusau
The obstacles we face hold the lessons we must learn to make our dreams come true. - Tina Turner
I’m learning that grief has its own life, that I can’t control it. I can’t predict when a wave is going to come. It really reminds me a lot of birth, of being in labor. When you’re in labor, you’re subject to something beyond your control and you have to submit to it. Grief is a big part of human experience. - Lama Lama Tsultrim Allione
We all take ourselves a little bit too seriously. I always say that a good sense of humor is the seventh perfection. We should learn to laugh about ourselves in a kind way, not in a harsh way. Even if we keep falling down, it doesn’t matter, let’s keep going. - Tenzin Palmo
We are addicted and brainwashed by the absurd belief that producing and consuming more leads to happier lives. We need to stop and reflect deeply on whether such a lifestyle truly leads to happiness. - Pomnyun Sunim
The good things are hard to latch onto; the bad are easy. - Ajahn Lee
When actions arise from an enlightened state of mind, it can be trusted and will be perfectly suited to the situation at hand. - Brenda Shoshanna
The path of meditation sometimes comes to a fork in the road. The left path leads to sloth and torpor while the right path leads to bright awareness. With experience you will recognize this fork. - Ajahn Brahm
Difficulties, opposition, criticism – these things are meant to be overcome, and there is a certain joy in facing them and coming out on top. - Yijaya Lakshmi Pandit
The mind is a sense organ and knowledge is a sense object. Having knowledge is pleasant. As with other pleasant sensations, we can become attached to knowledge. - Tashi Nyima
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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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