I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their happiness or satisfaction. Yet true happiness comes from a sense of inner peace and contentment, which in turn must be achieved through the cultivation of altruism, of love and compassion and elimination of ignorance, selfishness and greed. – The Dalai Lama Read More
Purity brings happiness, Passion commotion, and Ignorance, which obscures wisdom, leads to a life of failure. (XIV, 9) – The Bhagavad Gita Read More
Always view the body as empty and tranquil. Inside and outside of yourself are transparent to each other. Your body enters into the centre of Ultimate Reality. There never have been any obstacles.- Tao-shin Read More
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good.- Calvin Coolidge Read More
Whatever anyone else may do or say, whatever happens, leave things as they are. Don’t worry yourself over them and don’t side with yourself. Just stay as you are, right in the Buddha-mind, and don’t change it into anything else. If you do that, illusions don’t occur and you live constantly in the unborn mind… Don’t you see? You have an incalculable treasure right at hand. – Bankei Read More
Using the tweezers of the knowledge of the truth I have managed to extract the painful thorn of endless opinions from the recesses of my heart. 19.1 – Ashtavakra Gita Read More
In every veil you see, the Divine Beauty is concealed, making every heart a slave to him. In love to him the heart finds its life; in desire for him the soul finds its happiness. The heart which loves a fair one here, though it knows it not, is really his lover. – Abd ar-Rahman Jami Read More
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. – 1 John 4:18 Read More
