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Everybody wants to be free and happy but they are not. This is not because it is impossible to be free and happy, but because they are going in the wrong direction. - Pomnyun Sunim
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Whenever you feel prolonged anger toward someone over an unfortunate encounter, remember that Buddhism defines that emotion an unwholesome state. Here’s a Buddhist mind experiment to work with which can soften and even remove the anger. It involves right thinking or better thinking about the circumstance. There are four actions to shift the thought.
First, and the most difficult is to reject the angry thinking. If that doesn’t work, try the second which is non-hatred. Then, move to the third – non-violence or non cruelty. Finally, and again, difficult, shift toward compassion and understanding. Work with this Buddhist mind experiment to discover that it may work for you. - Victor M. Parachin
First, and the most difficult is to reject the angry thinking. If that doesn’t work, try the second which is non-hatred. Then, move to the third – non-violence or non cruelty. Finally, and again, difficult, shift toward compassion and understanding. Work with this Buddhist mind experiment to discover that it may work for you. - Victor M. Parachin
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Do not try to create your own path. Walk on the path that has been trod by the great beings,and then you will reach your destination. - Swami Muktananda
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“Jesus said: ‘If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles; If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them,’ and ‘If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also.’ Have a willing mind like this. If you are forced to do something, you are a slave but if you take the lead, you are a master.” - Pomnyun Sunim
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Your path should be one which is open to everyone. If there is any path or religion which excludes certain people, then it cannot be a true path or a true religion. God belongs to everyone and is within everyone. - Swami Muktananda
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Why should I be pleased when people praise me? Others there will be who scorn and criticize. And why despondent when I'm blamed, since there'll be others who think well of me. - Shantideva
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Come what may, I’ll never harm my cheerful happiness of mind. Depression never brings me what I want. - Shantideva
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Right mindfulness works as a garbage collector, picking up useless thoughts and foul elements along the way, and discarding and eliminating them so that they cannot mess up our mind or leave a dirty trail behind. - David Dale Holmes
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There are three types of people in this world. First, there are people who are better off not being in this world. And then there are people who don’t make a difference in the world. Lastly, there are people who are essential to the world. So at least, don’t be somebody who shouldn’t be in this world. You can strive to become a person who is essential to the world. - Venerable Pomnyun Sunim
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The mind is the sole generator of good and bad. So always examine your mind, if your thoughts are positive, be glad and do more good. - Chatral Rinpoche.