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Our society in many ways has become confused, contentious, and challenging. This greatly affects people’s thoughts, sensations, emotions, and actions, leaving no choice but to take the reins of our own mind and heart even more strongly.
- Sarah C. Beasley
- Sarah C. Beasley
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One need not wait until war is declared and bullets are flying to work for peace, Buddhism teaches. A more constant and equally urgent battle must be waged each day against the forces of one’s own anger, carelessness, and self-absorption.
– Kenneth Kraft
– Kenneth Kraft
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By focusing excessive and repeated attention on a singular phenomenon - being, object, quality, condition, or situation), we magnify it, deprive it of its context, and overestimate its relative importance. We exaggerate it. Withdrawing attention from a phenomenon in our experience minimizes it. We deprecate it. - Tashi Nyima
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Between the mind and the body, there is something that can serve as a bridge. The moment you begin to practice mindful breathing, your body and your mind begin to come together with one another. It takes only ten to twenty seconds to accomplish this miracle called oneness of body and mind. - Thich Nhat Hanh
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The difference between a trained mind and an untrained mind lies in the ability of pausing, looking at that and sensing whether it is necessary or not. An untrained mind doesn't think at all; everything just happens. That is simply called habitual patterns. - Khandro Rinpoche
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Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
- Guillaume Apollinaire
- Guillaume Apollinaire
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When you make a commitment, you must make it with your feet, which means to walk on the right path and stand firmly. Do not make your commitment with your mouth, all talk and no action. - Cheng Yen
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It is an astonishing fact that very few people think, though many think they do.
- Christmas Humphreys
- Christmas Humphreys
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Happiness is as a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. – Henry David Thoreau
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If you do what is unwholesome, do not repeat it or take pleasure in making it a habit. An unwholesome habit will cause nothing but suffering. If you do what is wholesome, keep repeating it and take pleasure in making it a habit. A wholesome habit will cause nothing but joy. - Buddha