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By cultivating skillful attitudes of mind, we will respond to more and more of life with awareness and wisdom. - Steve Armstrong
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When you begin to meditate you may notice changes right away. Or nothing much may seem to change. Don’t count on anything dramatic. Most changes happen slowly. - Ram Dass
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Overcoming - delusion, our fundamental ignorance, is a lifetime's task.  If we expect realization to happen immediately, or if we expect to gain instant control of our thought and emotions, then we will only be disappointed. - Dalai Lama 14th
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The Buddha said that his teaching are like medicine because they are able to cure us of our chronic misuse of the mind.  - Hsing Yun
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Be cautious about getting what you want if it means losing what you have. 
- Victor M. Parachin


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If you fall into poverty, live that way without grumbling – then your  poverty will not burden you. Likewise, if you are rich, live with your   riches. All this is the functioning of Buddha-nature. In short,  Buddha-nature has the quality of infinite adaptability.   - Philip Kapleau
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To be a spiritual warrior, one must have a broken heart; without a broken heart and the sense of tenderness and vulnerability, your warriorship is untrustworthy.
- Chogyam Trungpa

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You can't always get what you want and it may not be what you want anyway. - Ken McLeod
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In my native land waves of attachment to friends and kin surge; hatred for enemies rages like fire; the darkness of indifference, not caring what to adopt or avoid, thickens.  To abandon my native land is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
- Tokme Zangpo

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 It could be this simple intention to listen that heals someone who has had a rough week, and the one gesture that says, “I see you.” - Grace Song

Victor M. Parachin ... 

a Vedic educator, yoga instructor, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of a dozen books. Buy his books at amazon or your local bookstore. Sadly, Victor passed away in August 2025, but his blog continues. Janet Parachin, his partner of 45 years, shares quotes from his books and articles each week. 

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