Daily Buddhist Verses
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Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
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"What you are is what you have been.
What you will be is what you do now" - Buddha
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Originally posted by sinweiy:
"What you are is what you have been.
What you will be is what you do now" - Buddha
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Keep up the good work.
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'All forms are unreal,' he who knows and sees this becomes passive in pain; this is the way that leads to purity.
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What we are is the result of what we have thought,
is built by our thoughts, is made up of our thoughts.
If one speaks or acts with an impure thought,
suffering follows one,
like the wheel of the cart follows the foot of the ox. -
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Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what hold you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom.
Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.
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“When you seek it, you cannot find it.”
Zen Quotes
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few.
Shunryu Suzuki
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As soon as you see something, you already start to intellectualize it. As soon as you intellectualize something, it is no longer what you saw.
Shunryu Suzuki
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Zen Quote by Buddha
The path of the enlightened one leaves no track- it is like the path of birds in the sky.
Famous Old Zen Saying
Before enlightenment: Chop wood, carry water. After enlightment: Chop wood, carry water
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Zen Proverb
If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are
Japanese Proverb
When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends.3 points
Chinese Proverb
Teachers open the door... You enter by yourself -
Zen Quotes
One moon shows in every pool in every pool the one moon.2 points
Japanese Zen Saying
The world is like a mirror you see? smile and your friends smile back
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“After enlightenment, the laundry.”
“Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life - after that you cannot be deceived”
“Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind”
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What does Maha mean?
Maha means great.
The capacity of the mind
Is broad and great, like space;
It has no boundaries;
It is neither square nor round
Neither great nor small;
Neither blue nor yellow;
Neither long nor short;
Neither anger nor joy;
Neither right nor wrong;
It has neither head nor tail.
All Buddha lands are like space.
The wondrous nature of all is
Fundamentally void and does
Not contain a single thing.
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Garab Dorje said:
If water is not turbid, it is settled,
if mind is not modified, bliss,
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.
Dalai Lama
In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
Dalai Lama -
Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.
Dalai Lama -
We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.
Dalai Lama -
With a wish to free all beings
I shall always go for refuge
to the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha
until I reach full enlightenment.
Enthused by wisdom and compassion,
today in the Buddha’s presence
I generate the Mind for Full Awakening
for the benefit of all sentient beings.
As long as space endures,
as long as sentient being remain,
until then, may I too remain
and dispel the miseries of the world. -
Forgetting the Self
To learn Buddha Dharma is to learn the self.
To learn the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to become one with
endless dimension
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Originally posted by Almond Cookies:
Forgetting the Self
To learn Buddha Dharma is to learn the self.
To learn the self is to forget the self.
To forget the self is to become one with
endless dimension
Very very poor translation.
The accurate translation for this quotation by Dogen is this:
To study the Way is to study the self. To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by all things of the universe. To be enlightened by all things of the universe is to cast off the body and mind of the self as well as those of others. Even the traces of enlightenment are wiped out, and life with traceless enlightenment goes on forever and ever. -
One of his students asked Buddha, "Are you the messiah?"
"No", answered Buddha.
"Then are you a healer?"
"No", Buddha replied.
"Then are you a teacher?" the student persisted.
"No, I am not a teacher."
"Then what are you?" asked the student, exasperated.
"I am awake", Buddha replied.