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Post by dancingwind on Dec 15, 2005 12:34:55 GMT
All the wealth you've acquired from beginningless time until now has failed to fulfill all your desires. Cultivate therefore this wish-granting gem of moderation, O fortunate ones.
-Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream"
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 16, 2005 4:48:08 GMT
Buddhist(Zen) wisdom
Crossing the river The monk Tanzan and a younger monk were travelling, when they saw a beautiful young women unable to cross the river. Tanzan immediately offered and helped the woman by carrying her across the river. Tanzan and the young monk continued on their journey, but after some time the young monk could not stand it anymore. He said "as monks we must abstain from desires of the flesh, yet you were so physically close to that young woman. Why did you do that?" Tanzan replied, "I already put her down at the river. Are you still carrying her?"
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 16, 2005 12:42:21 GMT
A sage does not speak in terms of being equal, lower or higher. Calmed and without selfishness he neither grasps nor rejects.
-Sutta Nipata
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 25, 2005 14:43:02 GMT
Plunge boldly into the Beyond, then be free wherever you are.
-Shoitsu
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 26, 2005 9:56:57 GMT
Take heed that when effort is too strenuous it leads to strain and when too slack to laziness. So make a firm determination that you will adopt the middle way, not allowing yourself to struggle or to slacken, but recognizing that faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, and wisdom are the fruits of a calm and equable way.
-Theragatha
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 28, 2005 9:36:09 GMT
To guard your home by mysterious ceremonies is not enough, you must guard it by good deeds. With good deeds you should turn to your parents in the east, your teachers in the south, your wife and children in the west and your friends in the north. Above you, worship the spirit, and below you, honor all that serve you.
-Majjhima Nikaya From "The Pocket Buddha Reader," edited
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 30, 2005 5:57:23 GMT
"Dzogchen is the primordial state, that state of total awakening that is the heart-essence of all the buddhas and all spiritual paths, and the summit of an individual's spiritual evolution. It is the final, ultimate and heart of the teaching of all the buddhas, and brings precise experiences of the awakened state."
Sogyal Rinpoche
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 30, 2005 14:14:56 GMT
Someone asked T'ou-tzu, "How is it when there is no mistake moment to moment?"
T'ou-tzu said, "Bragging."
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Post by dancingwind on Dec 31, 2005 11:30:19 GMT
Turn away from mischief. Again and again, turn away, Before sorrow befalls you.
Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, And you will be filled with joy.
-Dhammapada 117-118
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 10, 2006 12:59:45 GMT
If false thinking suddenly stops for an instant, and you see through your own mind, the vastness of its original perfect light, the purity of its original state, no thing in it at all, this is called awakening. There is nothing to be awakened or cultivated other than this mind.
-Han-shan
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 10, 2006 14:49:34 GMT
Buddhist wisdom about truth within
Be a light unto yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold to the truth within, as to the only truth.
Buddha
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 11, 2006 16:34:55 GMT
Buddhist wisdom about finding your own light
Doubt everything. Find your own light.
Buddha
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 12, 2006 15:03:55 GMT
Buddhist wisdom about creation
A person creates what they defend against.
Buddha
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 13, 2006 11:30:46 GMT
If you think, “I breathe,” the “I” is extra. There is no you to say “I.” What we call “I” is just a swinging door which moves when we inhale and when we exhale. It just moves; that is all. When your mind is pure and calm enough to follow this movement, there is nothing: no “I,” no world, no mind nor body; just a swinging door.
-Shunryu Suzuki, "Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind"
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Post by dancingwind on Jan 16, 2006 15:17:07 GMT
Buddhist wisdom about health
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationships.
Buddha
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