#buddhism

"True patience is grounded in wisdom & compassion."

"Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free."

"Many people think excitement is happiness.... But when you are excited you are not peaceful. True happiness is based on peace."

"While meditating we are simply seeing what the mind has been doing all along."

"Observe & accept what ever arises & know that everything is as it needs to be."

"Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew."

"The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself."

"My experience with forgiveness is that it sort of comes spontaneously at a certain point and to try to force it it's not really forgiveness. It's Buddhist philosophy or something spiritual jargon that you're trying to live up to but you're just using it against yourself as a reason why you're not okay."

"Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it."

"What each of us believes in is up to us, but life is impossible without believing in something."

"Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

"Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of their being, a voice which conveys the vibrant compassion and wisdom of the cosmic life. For different cultures to engage in interaction is to catalyze each other's souls and foster mutual understanding."

"If the whole universe can be found in our own body and mind, this is where we need to make our inquires. We all have the answers within ourselves, we just have not got in touch with them yet. The potential of finding the truth within requires faith in ourselves."

"Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected."

"No one should ever despair because the entrance to his or her chosen career path is clogged. There is an ancient saying: "The persistent drip wears through stone."

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are."

"When the mind is exhausted of images, it invents its own."

"We all have issues & we have usually come by them honestly."

"This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle."

"Reality is harsh. It can be cruel and ugly. Yet no matter how much we grieve over our environment and circumstances nothing will change. What is important is not to be defeated, to forge ahead bravely. If we do this, a path will open before us."