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...
...the remark said to have been made by that great twentieth-century scientist Albert Einstein, that although he was not a religious man, if he had been one,...
[D]on't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. Satchel Paige (1906?-1982, American Baseball Player) [A] Buddhist goes before an image and...
It is important to realize that the Buddha was the first religious thinker in history to emphasis the equality of humanity. He firmly stated this by insisting...
Feb 10, 2006 http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/forum/story/0,5562,370141,00.html? Birth dates never clash negatively with those of 'Buddhist gods' IN THE...
Do Buddhists Worship the Buddha? With regards to the article "Understanding the Muslim Reaction" as featured in "Today" on 9 February 2006, it was written...
In Tibet we say: "Negative action has one good quality: it can be purified." So there is always hope. Even murderers and the most hardened criminals can change...
At least we must find for a little while Solitude and Rest. At least we must have for all that live a little place of love in our chest. At least we must learn...
I am responsible for my own well-being, my own happiness. The choices and decisions I make regarding my life directly influences the quality of my days. ...
Individualism, the bedrock virtue of modern societies, begins to shade over from the proud self-sufficiency of free people into a kind of closed selfishness,...
One technique for arousing compassion for a person who is suffering is to imagine one of your dearest friends, or someone you really love, in that person's...
It will not be possible even today in regard to Buddhism that it is worn out because it is rooted upon certain fixed principles that can never be altered. ...
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...
The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too. Herbert Samuels Inner peace, which is the principal characteristic of...
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. K.S.M. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen...
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." Charles Caleb Colton A real friend is one who walks in when the rest...
What the world needs more than anything is bodhisattvas, active servants of peace, "clothed," as Longchenpa said, "in the armor of perseverance," dedicated to...
Devadatta was an elephant hunter in one of his previous existences. At that time, in a certain forest, there lived a large number of elephants. One day, the...
You can do very little with faith, but you can do nothing without it. Samuel Butler One strong in faith but weak in wisdom has uncritical and groundless...
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