#buddhism

Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, not by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, not by the idea: 'this is our teacher'. But, O Kālāmas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up... And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them. ↗

— Gautama Buddha

#confusion #doubt #good-judgment #nonconformity #questioning

Suffering is universal. It's the one thing Buddhists, Christians, and Muslims are all worried about. ↗

— John Green

#christianity #islam #religion #suffering #universal

If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be Buddhism. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#religion #science #religion

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#shambhala #teacher

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

#path

To relinquish the futile effort to control change is one of the strengthening forces of true detachment & thus true love. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #art

If someone comes along and shoots an arrow into your heart, it’s fruitless to stand there and yell at the person. It would be much better to turn your attention to the fact that there’s an arrow in your heart... ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#buddhism #mindfulness #attention

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— Jack Kerouac

#god #math #math

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

#compassion #integrity #religion #love

Instead of engaging in cutthroat competition, we should strive to create value. In economic terms, this means a transition from a consumer economy - the mad rush for ownership and consumption - to a constructive economy where all human beings can participate in the act of creating lasting worth. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#peace #economy