Courage is the power to let go of the familiar. Raymond Lindquist Successful people start out in life with the same disadvantages as the rest of us. They just...
In a famous parable, the Buddha imagines a group of blind men who are invited to identify an elephant. One takes the tail and says it's a rope; another clasps...
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman As an illness of the mind,...
The subordinate position of the Buddha to the Dhamma is also clearly in evidence in the teaching that there have been many Buddhas in the past and there will...
When we come into this life, we don't really own anything. And we own nothing when we leave. It is only a lease we have during our lifetime - and it is up to...
A clay pot sitting in the sun will always be a clay pot. It has to go through the white heat of the furnace to become porcelain. Mildred W. Struven The more we...
Stripped of its religious context, mindfulness meditation is simply learning to have an open accepting attitude towards whatever arises in one's mind, while...
Before we do anything, we should always ask ourselves whether we will be able to do it properly and compete it. If the answer is no, we should not start....
Don't be humble. You're not that great. Golda Meir BEETLE AND ELEPHANT Pride goeth before a fall Jataka 227: ii One day in the olden time some dwellers in Anga...
When he received his Nobel Prize for Peace, he divided it among different causes: he gave a large sum to Mother Teresa to treat lepers; he sent huge funding to...
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Isaac Rubin According to Buddhism for a man to be...
The trouble with many of us is that we just slide along in life. If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want out of life...
Difficulties and obstacles, if properly understood and used, can turn out to be an unexpected source of strength. Gesar was the great warrior king of Tibet,...
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Unknown Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen...
The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too." Herbert Samuels During retreats Thay* encouraged participants to give...
Sometimes when we see too much truth about ourselves suddenly mirrored in front of us by the teacher or the teachings, it is simply too difficult to face, too...
To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist. Gail Sheehy In my own experience, the most difficult period in one's life is the period of...
Imagine walking along a sidewalk with your arms full of groceries, and someone roughly bumps into you so that you fall and your groceries are strewn over the...
I have heard that on one occasion the Buddha was staying near Savatthi, in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's monastery. Now on that occasion the Buddha was sitting...
If you do not find peace in yourself, you will never find it anywhere else. Paula A. Bendry Looking for peace is like looking for a turtle with a mustache. You...
Our deeds follow us and what we have been makes us what we are. John Dykes In Buddha's time, there was a rich merchant who had 4 wives. He loved the 4th wife...
At one time philosophers declared that virtue was an impossibility unless given by a Creator in the form of commandments: as without fears of their Maker or...
May I be free from enmity and danger. May I be free from mental suffering. May I be free from physical suffering. May I take care of myself happily. May my...
Sariputta ... teaches his nephew: 'They say "Arahantship, Arahantship", friend Sariputta Please tell me what is Arahantship?' 'The destruction of desire, the...
It's hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head. Sally Kempton Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868 - 1912), received a university...
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. Samuel Butler Both the Nirvana Sutra and Pitaka Sutra state that with faith but without...
The Buddha uttered the following sutta (discourse) on His visit to the epidemic-stricken township of Vesali to bless victims to protect them from famine,...
Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist) I remember, in this...
When Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, he tried over 2000 experiments before he got it to work. A young reporter asked him how it felt to fail so many...
The NKF fiasco was a shame for a tightly regulated country like Singapore. Not sufficient checks and balances can create this sort of problem. By the time the...
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