From the Story of Virudhaka: “Those who search after truth should have a heart full of sympathy.”
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Quote of the day 06/21/25
From the Prasnottara Ratna Malika: “What is a true gift? One for which nothing is expected in return.”
Quote of the day 06/20/25
From Sir Edwin Arnold: “Ofttimes while he mused—as motionless As the fixed rock his seat—the squirrel leaped Upon his knee, the timid quail led forth Her brood between his feet, and blue doves pecked The rice-grains from the bowl beside his hand.”
Quote of the day 06/19/25
From the Sabbasava-sutta: “So soon as there springs up within him an angry, malicious thought, some sinful, wrong disposition, … he puts it away, removes it, destroys it, he makes it not to be.”
Quote of the day 06/17/25
From the Sutra of Forty-Two Sections: “What is goodness? First and foremost the agreement of the will with the conscience.”
Quote of the day 06/15/25
From the Udanavarga: “Though a man conquer a thousand thousand men in battle, a greater conqueror still is he who conquers himself.”
Quote of the day 06/13/25
From the Fo-pen-hing-tsih-king: “All men should cultivate a fixed and firm determination, and vow that what they once undertake they will never give up.”
Quote of the day 06/12/25
From Katha Sarit Sagara: “Why should we cling to this perishable body? In the eye of the wise, the only thing it is good for is to benefit one’s fellow-creatures.”
Quote of the day 05/17/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The important but usually overlooked part of Christ’s short sermon, is the words ‘how they grow.’ The point is not the beauty of the flower, not the beauty of a Bach fugue but, how it grows. How does it grow? Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Bach attempted the task of explaining howContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/17/25”
Quote of the day 04/14/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Flow like the river, be firm as the rocks, pliant as the willow, eternal as the sky, transitory as the dew-drops, for man is all these, and more.”
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