February 2012
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Time to go back to college.
Man this was a long break O_o
“Buddhist psychology has developed a distinct system of classification. Rather...”
– Excerpt from “Mindfulness in Plain English” by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana (via organicmanifestation)
“To study Buddhism is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self....”
– Dogen (via sweatersandsass)
“Our efforts to change ourselves and to change the environment are both necessary...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via lucifelle)
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“The most fundamental harm we can do to ourselves is to remain ignorant by not...”
– Pema Chödrön
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Playing Fallout 3 again.
Man I missed this game ^_^
“…a lot of people feel like they’re being judged by the others sitting with them....”
– Brad Warner, giving meditation advice at Tricycle (via gaiaslastlaugh)
“People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong…Why not try and see...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via whimsicalele)
“There would be nothing to frighten you if you refused to be afraid.”
– Gandhi (via wethinkwedream)
“When you plant seeds in the garden, you dont dig them up every day to see if...”
– Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, “Meditator’s Toolbox” via Tricycle Daily (via wordslessspoken)
Do not be discouraged by wandering thoughts or daydreams. Each time there is awareness of the mind wandering, gently bring it back to the breath or sensations. No matter how many times this happens, if each time the wandering mind is brought back, the hour will be well spent. Be gentle with yourself. Be persevering. Though it may not be apparent to you, there is a great transformation taking...
“We are not here to be Whole. We are already Whole. We are a Whole Being here to...”
– Robert Blond (via alecstory)
Listen
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring...”
– Alan Wilson Watts (via moon-critter)
“Whatever your difficulties—a devastated heart, financial loss, feeling assaulted...”
– Jack Kornfield (via wordslessspoken)
“Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the...”
– Salvador Dali (via elige)
“The third premise is that the essential nature of mind is pure. It is based on...”
– His Holiness the Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness (via takenbythewindandsnow)
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind.”
– Zen Proverb (via stellesque)
“Monk 1: O master, is it proper for a monk to use email?
Monk 2: Sure, as long...”
– (via ashleefrenchyy)
“Every beginning has an ending. Make your peace with that, and all will be well.”
– The Buddha (via erin-leigh)
Four Nobel Truths
1. The truth of suffering (dukkha)
2. The truth of the cause of suffering (samudaya)
3. The truth of the end of suffering (nirhodha)
4. The truth of the path that frees us from suffering (magga)
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“Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.”
– Albert Einstein
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“If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real...”
– Henry Ford
“You can use your life in a very useful and intelligent way. You can very well...”
– Thich Nhat Hanh (via lucifelle)
