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The body breaks, things change, life ends. Only when impermanence is fully apprehended do we really have the chance to serve, to give without bargaining.
Bonnie Myotai Treace, Sensei, “The Sword Disappears in the Water”Posted on May 28, 2012 with 4 notes
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The ebb and flow of life is not unlike the sea. Sure, sometimes it’s calm and serene, but at other times the waves can be so big that they threaten to overwhelm us. These fluctuations are an inevitable part of life. But when you forget this simple fact, it’s easy to get swept away by strong waves of difficult emotions.
Andy Puddicombe, “10 Tips for Living More Mindfully”Posted on May 28, 2012 with 12 notes
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Aimlessness means that you don’t need to aim for anything; you are what you are searching for.
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Something appears sometimes to be good or bad or right or wrong or long or short or big or small—but what is it overall? The same thing with our life. We must see what it is beyond duality. Our life literally comes down to right now. Now! Here! What is it?
Maezumi Roshi, “Appreciate Your Life”Posted on April 23, 2012 with 1 note
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Everything has Buddha nature. - The Buddha
Everything IS Buddha nature. - Dogen -
We have to move from the illusion of certainty to the certainty of illusion.
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When challenges or obstacles arise for us, we don’t have to get so intimidated; we can say, ‘Yes, it’s an obstacle, but it is not intrinsically bad; it’s not going to destroy me.’ To create a relationship with the obstacle, learn about it, and finally overcome it is going to be a helpful thing to do. It gives us a chance to cultivate wisdom and skillful means. It gives us confidence. We cannot eliminate all of the challenges or obstacles in life—our own or anyone else’s. We can only learn to rise to the occasion and face them.
Dzigar Kongtrul, “Old Relationships, New Possibilities”Posted on March 26, 2012 with 9 notes
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The only means of strengthening one’s intellect is to make up one’s mind about nothing - to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts.
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The crucial point is to maintain constant vigilance over and awareness of our mental state so that, at the moment that afflictive emotions rise up, they will not trigger a chain of deluded thoughts. Thus, we neither let desire overwhelm our mind, nor do we repress it while leaving it intact in a hidden corner of the mind. We simply become free from its alienating power.
Matthieu Ricard, “Working with Desire”Posted on March 23, 2012 with 2 notes
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Unwilling to fully live the life that is arriving in our bodies moment by moment, we find ourselves left with no real life at all. In our state of disembodied dissatisfaction we may think, ‘I feel like I’m disconnected. Maybe I need to change my job, or change my relationship, maybe, maybe, maybe.’ But the fact is that the fullness of our human existence is already happening all the time.
Reggie Ray, “Touching Enlightenment”Posted on March 21, 2012 with 3 notes
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Mindfulness is a beautiful path, regardless of your religion or belief system. I've been studying mindfulness and the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh for a couple years and am currently taking a Graduate course in Buddhist Traditions.
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