by Author Name Withheld 230

Created on: August 23, 2008

Buddhists teach mindfulness, in speech, thought and actions.
It centers itself around detachment, not allowing "things" or "conditions" to rule your spirit and rob you of your peace.
Buddha became enlightened after a life of struggle,mistakes and searching.
Much like many of us only searching to fill that much needed area of closeness and communication with our higher self's.

I cannot say that these are the "best" quotations,all of them work to guide us on our spiritual journeys.
They are just a sampling of the many filled with wisdom, knowledge, peace, and love.
May we all strive to be Buddhas in our daily lives and live mindfully.

Namaste!

"You only lose what you cling to."

(Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

"All know the way. Few actually walk it."

BODHIDHARMA (sixth century) Buddhist monk, founder of Zen

(Greatness)

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 worlds 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.

(Conquering)

Conquer the angry man by love.
Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness.
Conquer the miser with generosity.
Conquer the liar with truth.

The Dhammapada

(Flow with Love)

Let your love flow outward through the universe,
To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
Then as you stand or walk,
Sit or lie down,
As long as you are awake,
Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
Your life will bring heaven to earth.

Sutta Nipata

(Weeping)

If you haven't wept deeply, you haven't begun to meditate.

Ajhan Chah

(Violence)

Through violence, you may 'solve' one problem, but you sow the seeds for another.

H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

(Tragedy)

There is a saying in Tibetan, "Tragedy should be utilized as a source of strength."
No matter what sort of difficulties, how painful experience is, if we lose our hope, that's our real disaster.

H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama

(Our faults)

What is like a smelly fart, that, although invisible, is obvious?
One's own faults, that are precisely as obvious as the effort made to hide them.

His Holiness the 7th Dalai Lama

(Negativity)

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong.
Why not try and see positive things,
to just touch those things and make them bloom?

Thich Nhat Hanh

(Our thoughts)

What we think, we become.

Buddha

(Anger)

Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.

Buddha

May we all be AWAKENED one day.

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