You can arrange your schedule so you have enough time to eat. The place and teh food should be appropriate. Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are. Tell me where you eat, and I will tell you who you are.
We know that if we eat a certain food, it will upset our digestion, but we still eat it. The way out is to beware of the superficial appearance. From outside, something may look very pleasant. But we have to look deeper and use that deep understanding to see the superficial aspects of the object of our desire. Our understanding can overcome our cravings.
There are four kinds of food that every person consumes every day. In Buddhism, we call these kinds of food the Four Nutriments. They are edible food; sense impressions; volition; and consciousness, both individual and collective.
I am determined not to spread news that I do not know to be certain and not to utter words that can cause division or discord.
True love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. In Sanskrit, these are, maitri, karuna, mudita, and upeksha.
May we find ways to live more simply in order to have more time and energy to change the system of injustice that exists in the world.
To practice nonviolence, first of all we must learn to deal peacefully with ourselves.
He saw that living beings suffer because they do not understand that they share one common ground with all beings.
Peace is based on respect for life, the spirit of reverence for life.
In everyone there’s a continuous desire and expectation; deep inside, you still expect something better to happen. That is why you check your email many times a day!
The way to suffer well and be happy is to stay in touch with what is actually going on; in doing so, you will gain liberating insights into the true nature of suffering and of joy. NO.
Sometimes our parents are full of love and sometimes they are full of anger. This love and anger comes not only from them, but from all previous generations. When we can see this, we no longer blame our parents for our suffering.
The only way to ease our fear and be truly happy is to acknowledge our fear and look deeply at its source.
For true love to be there, you need to feel complete in yourself, not needing something from outside.
We fall back into the past, we jump ahead into the future, and in this we lose our entire lives.
True love is like the sun, shining with its own light, and offering that light to everyone.
The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves “inside the skin” of the other.
Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that right now we are okay.
What are you ruminating on? Old suffering?
As the Buddha said, “The past no longer is, the future is not yet here; there is only one moment in which life is available, and that is the present moment.” To meditate with mindful breathing is to bring body and mind back to the present moment so that you do not miss your appointment with life.