Tuesday 22 December 2009

The calm that is Buddhism...


The greatest achievement is selflessness.
The greatest worth is self-mastery.
The greatest quality is seeking to serve others.
The greatest precept is continual awareness.
The greatest medicine is the emptiness of everything.
The greatest action is not conforming with the world's ways.
The greatest magic is transmuting the passions.
The greatest generosity is non-attachment.
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind.
The greatest patience is humility.
The greatest effort is not concerned with results.
The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.

Atisha
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make our world.
The mind is everything. What you think you become.

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Pay no attention to the faults of others,
things done or left undone by others.
Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

All know the Way, but few actually walk it. Bodhidharma

The Four Reliances
First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;
Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;
Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;
And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.

You only lose what you cling to.
Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much
as your own unguarded thoughts. - The Buddha

Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world.

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