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A belief in rebirth is not important, but as you develop in meditation, it will become clear to you by your own understanding. Anyway, to me this present life is much more important than a future life. Why worry about a future life? If you do something to better your present life, then your future life will automatically become better. But if you are doing something for a future life and it doesn’t help you in your present life, then to me it is useless. - S. N. Goenka
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Purity is very important because what is going on at meditation retreats is nothing less than surgery on the mind. When you have surgery on your body, you go to the surgery theater, which is kept very pure. No contamination is allowed because a wound is being opened, and if some outside dirt gets in, it will cause infection. It is the same in this surgery of the mind. - S. N. Goenka
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The most beautiful moments in life are moments when
you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
- Sadhguru
you are expressing your joy, not when you are seeking it.
- Sadhguru
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The Chinese character for humanis made up of two characters: ‘human’ and ‘speech’ meaning if one’s speech is not trustworthy, then one is not worthy of being considered human.
That linguistic insight is something worthy of more reflection.
That linguistic insight is something worthy of more reflection.
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The famed vipasanna meditation teacher S. N. Goenka said - “In the West you think that the mind is only in the head. That is a wrong notion. The whole body contains the mind.”
By that he means that intelligence is not merely a brain activity but that every part of the body has it’s own unique intelligence. A fascinating example of body intelligence is related by Deepak Chopra, MD., in his book Ageless Body Timeless Mind. There he tells of transplant patients who report unusual experiences after receiving a donated kidney, liver or heart. Without knowing who their donor has been and without knowing whether the donor is male or female, younger or older, they begin to experience memory associations belonging to the donor after his or her tissues are placed inside them. In one case, a woman woke up after a heart transplant craving beer and Chicken McNuggets. This surprised her as she had never been interested consuming either prior to the transplant.
Additionally, she began to have vivid dreams in which a young man named Timothy came to her. Out of curiosity she tracked down the donor of her new heart and learned it had come from the victim of a fatal accident. When she contacted his family, she discovered her donor was a young man named Timothy and was stunned to be told that he had a fondness for drinking beer and that he had been killed on his way home from McDonalds.
By that he means that intelligence is not merely a brain activity but that every part of the body has it’s own unique intelligence. A fascinating example of body intelligence is related by Deepak Chopra, MD., in his book Ageless Body Timeless Mind. There he tells of transplant patients who report unusual experiences after receiving a donated kidney, liver or heart. Without knowing who their donor has been and without knowing whether the donor is male or female, younger or older, they begin to experience memory associations belonging to the donor after his or her tissues are placed inside them. In one case, a woman woke up after a heart transplant craving beer and Chicken McNuggets. This surprised her as she had never been interested consuming either prior to the transplant.
Additionally, she began to have vivid dreams in which a young man named Timothy came to her. Out of curiosity she tracked down the donor of her new heart and learned it had come from the victim of a fatal accident. When she contacted his family, she discovered her donor was a young man named Timothy and was stunned to be told that he had a fondness for drinking beer and that he had been killed on his way home from McDonalds.
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When you feel diligent and enthusiastic you meditate, and when you feel lazy you meditate. — Ajahn Chah
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Nontheism is the teaching that intervention of ultimate reality, whether called God or by some other name, is not the source of salvation for us beings of the temporal world. Rather, we must make our own salvation, helped perhaps by more realized beings, such as Christ or Buddha or saints or the guru, but basically alone, reliant on our own wit and grit. No God or external Power will intervene for us, or condemn us.
- Rob Lee
- Rob Lee
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In schools we need to teach not only about physical fitness, but about mental fitness too. In general, modern India pays too little attention to this kind of understanding, but I am committed to encouraging a revival of ancient Indian knowledge in this country. I am convinced that India is the only country that can combine modern education with ancient Indian knowledge of the mind and emotions and share it with the wider world. - Dalai Lama
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Remaining in ignorance is harmful for everyone; developing wisdom is good for everyone.
- S. N. Goenka
- S. N. Goenka
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A great friend of mine is a yogi and, therefore compassionate toward all sentient beings, not just humans. She has kitchen mice and found this humane Buddhist inspired mouse trap. It's a catch and release. Wonderful. All three Eastern spiritual traditions: Buddhist, Vedic and Jain, abhor the killing of animals, insects and birds.
It is diabolical to say that all animals are created for men to be killed and used in any way man likes.
- Swami Vivekananda
Whether they be creatures of the land or air, whoever harms here any living being, who has no compassion for all that live, let such a one be known as depraved. - Buddha in the Kshudraka Agama
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and distressing. There is no justification in indulging is such acts of brutality. - Dalai Lama 14th