My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be.
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment to stillness, and like any strong attachment, it le...
Я написал старинную китайскую пословицу, из дзенской традиции. «Хорошо выкованный меч не теряет золотого блеска». Ты не знаешь этого или думаешь, что не знаешь, но тебя выковали в этом монастыре. Ковк...
What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.
What I must do, is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. I...
The mind which is created quick to love, is responsive to everything that is pleasing, soon as by pleasure it is awakened into activity. Your apprehensive faculty draws an impression from a real objec...
We all have limitations. They are worth befriending. They teach us a lot. They can show us what we most need to pay attention to and honor. They become our cutting edge for learning and growing and ge...
In the ancient Indian Pali language, the words for mind and heart are the same. And the Chinese character for mindfulness is a combination of two characters. One part means now and the other means min...
Am I crazy? she asked. I feel like I am sometimes. Maybe, he said, rubbing her forehead. But don't worry about it. You need to be a little bit crazy. Crazy is the price you pay for having an imaginati...
Dalai Lama: If a scientist confirm nonexistence of something we believe, then we have to accept that.Dan Harris: So if scientists come up with something that contradicts your beliefs, you will change...
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you must look forward, do so prayerfully. However, the wisest thing you can do is be present in the present... gratefully.
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