From Zhuangzi: Cook Ting was cutting up an ox for Lord Wen-hui. At every touch of his hand, every heave of his shoulder, every move of his feet, every thrust of his knee – zip! zoop! He slithered the knife along with a zing, and all was in perfect rhythm, as though he were performingContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/19/24”
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Quote of the day 07/18/24
From the Dalai Lama: “We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.”
Quote of the day 07/17/24
From the Dalai Lama: “In order to carry a positive action we must develop here a positive vision.”
Quote of the day 07/16/24
From the Dalai Lama: “When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, ‘Oh yes – I already have everything that I really need.’”
Quote of the day 07/15/24
From the Dalai Lama: “This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.”
Quote of the day 07/14/24
From the Dalai Lama: “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”
Quote of the day 07/13/24
From the Dalai Lama: “I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”
Quote of the day 07/12/24
From Nagarjuna: “Entities do not exist In their causes, in their conditions, in aggregations of many things, or in individual things. Therefore, all entities are empty.”
Quote of the day 07/10/24
From Nagarjuna: “The whole world is cause and effect; excluding this, there is no sentient being. From factors which are empty, empty factors originate. Those who impute origination to even very subtle entities are unwise and have not seen the meaning of conditioned origination. There is nothing to be denied and nothing to be affirmed.Continue reading “Quote of the day 07/10/24”
Quote of the day 07/09/24
From Nagarjuna: “Since all is empty, all is possible.”
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