Rage — whether in reaction to social injustice, or to our leaders’ insanity, or to those who threaten or harm us — is a powerful energy that, with diligent practice, can be transformed into fierce compassion.
Bonnie Myotai TreaceTags: buddhism compassion energy harm injustice insanity power practice rage
Where there are humans,
You'll find flies,
And Buddhas.
These... things, householder, are welcome, agreeable, pleasant,
Gautama BuddhaTags: happiness buddhism beauty wishes ittha-sutta long-life pleasant status sutta
Buddhism holds that everything is in constant flux. Thus the question is whether we are to accept change passively and be swept away by it or whether we are to take the lead and create positive changes on our own initiative. While conservatism and self-protection might be likened to winter, night, and death, the spirit of pioneering and attempting to realize ideals evokes images of spring, morning, and birth.
Daisaku IkedaYou only lose what you cling to.
Guatama BuddhaTags: buddhism attachment
The thought manifests the word;
The word manifests the deed;
The deed develops into habit;
And habit hardens into character;
So watch the thought and its ways with care,
And let them spring forth from love
Born out of compassion for all beings.
As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become.
Tags: buddhism compassion integrity religion
You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.
Alan W. WattsTags: buddhism philosophy metaphysical
Purity or impurity depends on oneself,
No one can purify another.
Tags: buddhism buddha tipitaka
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible. We all wish for world peace, but world peace will never be acheived unless we first establish peace within our own minds. We can send so-called 'peacekeeping forces' into areas of conflict, but peace cannot be oppossed from the outside with guns. Only by creating peace within our own mind and helping others to do the same can we hope to achieve peace in this world.
Kelsang GyatsoHere's an example: someone says, "Master, please hand me the knife," and he hands them the knife, blade first. "Please give me the other end," he says. And the master replies, "What would you do with the other end?" This is answering an everyday matter in terms of the metaphysical.
When the question is, "Master, what is the fundamental principle of Buddhism?" Then he replies, "There is enough breeze in this fan to keep me cool." That is answering the metaphysical in terms of the everyday, and that is, more or less, the principle zen works on. The mundane and the sacred are one and the same.
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