Hard times build determination and inner strength. Through them we can also come to appreciate the uselessness of anger.
The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart.
Having compassion starts and ends with having compassion for all those unwanted parts of ourselves. The healing comes from letting there be room for all of this to happen: room for grief, for relief, for misery, for joy.
The more we witness our emotional reactions and understand how they work, the easier it is to refrain.
Determination means to use every challenge you meet as an opportunity to open your heart and soften, determined to not withdraw.
The mind is the source of all experience, and by changing the direction of the mind, we can change the quality of everything we experience.
Imagine the wisdom to be passed down from the classical Buddhist texts.
When we change, the world changes. The key to all change is in our inner transformation- a change of our hearts and minds. This is human revolution. We all have the power to change. When we realize this truth, we can bring forth that power anywhere, anytime, and in any situation.
Everything that has a beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that and all will be well.
To let go does not mean to get rid of. To let go means to let be. When we let be with compassion, things come and go on their own.
Be mindful of intention. Intention is the seed that creates our future.
I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I’m a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.
The beginner’s mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless.
Letting go a little brings a little peace. Letting go a lot brings a lot of peace. Letting go completely brings complete peace.
When sitting in meditation, say, “That’s not my business!” with every thought that comes by.
But when I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.
Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is the greatest joy for all humankind.
Suffer what there is to suffer, enjoy what there is to enjoy. Regard both suffering and joy as facts of life, and continue chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, no matter what happens. How could this be anything other than the boundless joy of the Law?
My religion is to live and die without regret.