The person you love has all kinds of seeds in her: joy, suffering, and anger. If you water her anger, then in just five minutes you can bring the anger out in her. If you know how to water the seeds of her compassion, joy, and understanding, then these seeds will blossom. If you recognize the good seeds in her, you are watering her self-confidence and she will become the source of her own happiness as well as yours.
Our senses are our windows to the world, and sometimes the wind blows through them and disturbs everything within us. Some of us leave our windows open all the time, allowing the sights and sounds of the world to invade us, penetrate us, and expose our sad, troubled selves.
Mindfulness frees us of forgetfulness and dispersion and makes it possible to live fully each minute of life. Mindfulness enables us to live.
True love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
Eating is not only nourishing for the body, but also for the mind.
Knowledge is the first obstacle of the mind that a meditator should be able to remove. We should not be too sure of anything.
We are all mother’s of the Buddha because we are all pregnant with the potential for awakening.
Words can travel thousands of miles. May my words create mutual understanding and love. May they be as beautiful as gems, as lovely as flowers.3.
I inherit the results of my acts of body, speech, and mind. My actions are my continuation.
Breath remains the vehicle to unite body and mind and to open the gate to wisdom.
When we succeed in surviving strong emotions, we experience a more solid peace of mind.
Don’t chase after your thoughts as a shadow follows its object. Don’t run after your thoughts. Find joy and peace in this very moment .
The wise do not consider the chains and shackles of jail to be the toughest restraints. The chains of attachment are the strongest of the ties that bind.
Fear is based on ignorance. Lack of understanding is also a primary cause of anger.
Your dream can be realized right in the present moment. You live your life in such a way that every step in the right direction and every breath along the way becomes the realization of your dream. Your dream does not take you away from the present; on the contrary, your dream becomes reality in the present moment.
Equanimity means to let go, not to abandon.
If we want to reconcile with our family or with friends who have hurt us, we have to take care of ourselves first. If we’re not capable of listening to ourselves, how can we listen to another person? If we don’t know how to recognise our own suffering, it won’t be possible to bring peace and harmony into our relationships.
If you always sit in expectation, you’re not in the present moment. The present moment contains the whole of life.
If we are aware of our lifestyle, our way of consuming, of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment we are alive.
Our suffering is us, and we need to treat it with kindness and nonviolence.