Quotes

[Libby]

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha

Luke 12:57

57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

[Libby]

“An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.”

[Libby]

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

[Libby]

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

[Novato]

“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky”

Dear Libs,

Be absolutely sure of where you are spir***ually. I love Buddhism, I have many, many friends of that "understanding". I have been attracted to it from before I became LDS. As you have probably read in my old posts to CC, I have attended many ceremonies at the invite of friends. I seem to remember that I was attacked for participating in the food ceremony. :)

Having said that, whilst it contains massive "truths" and huge spiritual "inspirations", it is not complete. It is, in my opinion, the best of the "understandings" that emerged and grew after the tower of Babel. It contains so much of "truth" that it stirs the heart. I personally believe many Buddists will attain a lower degree of the CK.

Much love,

Novato

[Libby]

Novato, I am not a Buddhist, but I do understand and appreciate the religion very much. I especially love the Dalai Lama (who is Zen Buddhist). My religious practice, in the Hindu-Christian Church, I attend, is very similar to Buddhism.

Love and blessings,

Libs

[Libby]

"Be kind whenever possible.

It is always possible."

-Dalai Lama

[Libby]

“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

[Libby]

“Silence is sometimes the best answer”

― Dalai Lama XIV

(I need to remember that one, more often)

[Libby]

“Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

[Libby]

“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

[Libby]

“The whole purpose of religion is to facilitate love and compassion, patience, tolerance, humility, and forgiveness.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

(The fruits of the spirit - if your religion is helping you develop those qualities, it is a true religion)

[Libby]

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
-Buddha

[Libby]

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
-Buddha

[Libby]

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you, if you do not act upon them?

-Buddha

[Libby]

"In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves."

-Buddha

(Good one to remember on these boards, eh? :))

[Libby]

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."

-Buddha

[Libby]

"If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater."

-Buddha

[Libby]

The instant you speak about a thing, you miss the mark – Unknown

All of the significant battles are waged within the self – Unknown

The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. – Robert M. Pirsig

[Libby]

Bell Chant. Very beautiful.

http://redux.com/stream/item/1746802/A-Warm-Embrace-The-Great-Bell-Chant-The-End-of-Suffering?fid=75644

[Libby]

“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.” Thích Nhất Hạnh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thich_Nhat_Hanh)

[Libby]

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” -Thích Nhất Hạnh

[Libby]

“Life can be found only in the present moment. The past is gone, the future is not yet here, and if we do not go back to ourselves in the present moment, we cannot be in touch with life.” -Thích Nhất Hạnh

[Libby]

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll277/mjbette/dalailama.jpg

[Libby]

"You are meant to be happy, not because you have attained or achieved something, but because it's possible to experience the ever-present happiness of your true self."

~ Gina Lake ~

Living in the Now:
How to Live as the Spiritual Being That You Are

[Libby]

"Stress cannot exist without time. Time cannot exist without thoughts. Thoughts cannot exist in the stillness of natural awareness. Therefore meditate stress-free in the timeless natural awareness of ultimate Peace."

-Wei Wu Wei

[Apologette]

"You are meant to be happy, not because you have attained or achieved something, but because it's possible to experience the ever-present happiness of your true self."

~ Gina Lake ~

Living in the Now:
How to Live as the Spiritual Being That You Are

If you even had a glimpse of how God views your "true self," you'd know that you need to be cleansed in the Blood of Jesus Christ and regenerated.

[Libby]

The Four Reliances

First, rely on the spirit and meaning of the teachings, not on the words;

Second, rely on the teachings, not on the personality of the teacher;

Third, rely on real wisdom, not superficial interpretation;

And fourth, rely on the essence of your pure Wisdom Mind, not on judgmental perceptions.

The Buddha

[Libby]

“Only your compassion and your loving kindness are invincible, and without limit.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

[Libby]

‎"Meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It's a way of entering into the quiet that's already there buried under the 50,000 thoughts the average person thinks every day."

~Deepak Chopra

[Libby]

“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.”

― Thich Nhat Hanh

[Libby]

We have the seed of anger in our consciousness. We have the seed of despair, of fear. But we also have the seed of understanding, wisdom, compassion, and forgiveness. If we know how to water the seed of wisdom and compassion in us, that seed, these seeds will manifest themselves as powerful sorts of energy helping us to perform an act of forgiveness and compassion. It will be able to bring relief right away to our nation, to our world. That is my conviction.


~Thich Nhat Hanh

[Libby]

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."

Dalai Lama~

[Libby]

"When people speak badly about you, you should respond in this way: Keep a steady heart and do not reply with harsh words. Practice letting go of resentment, and accept that another’s hostility is the spur to your understanding. Be kind, adopt a generous standpoint, treat your enemy as a friend, and suffuse your world with affectionate thoughts, far-reaching and widespread, limitless and free from hate."

~ Buddha

[Libby]

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there;
I went to the temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas,
but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere…
I searced on the mountains and in the valleys
but neither in the heights nor in the depthswas I able to find Him.
I went to the Ka’bah in Mecca, but He was not there either…
I questioned the scholars and philosophers but He was beyond their understanding…
Then I looked into my heart and it was there
where He dwelled that I saw Him,
He was nowhere else to be found.

~Rumi

[MacG]

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha

Luke 12:57

57 “Why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?

This is the way the new american standard has this verse:
"57 “And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right? " The context is steeling with your opponent before you get to court or else you you will be subject the magistrate. And that set of verses is in hte middle of people not being smart enough to anyalize the times of Jeuss appearing.

"50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite."

[Libby]

Thanks, Mac. Interesting.

[Libby]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/s480x480/557722_512193508808346_1233133407_n.jpg

[Libby]

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8035/7911896518_8a98d5095f.jpg

..beyond sorrow and beyond suffering...

[Libby]

http://wisdomhigh.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/5-speak-well-of-others-s2.jpg?w=460

[Libby]

http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/547031_518015921559438_1929889941_n.jpg

[Libby]

http://www.mountainvalleycenter.com/images/Illusion-Thich-Nhat-Hanh-Organic-T-Shirt-(8119).jpg

[Libby]

http://www.dailyinspirationalquotes.in/wp-content/kapson_uploads/daily_quote_images/2012/09-08-2012-04.jpg

[Libby]

This quote is so true....

Attachment to views is the greatest impediment to the spiritual path.

~ Thich Nhat Hanh