#buddhism

The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn’t mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Finally somebody told the truth. Suffering is part of life, and we don’t have to feel it’s happening because we personally made the wrong move. In reality, however, when we feel suffering, we think that something is wrong. As long as we’re addicted to hope, we feel that we can tone our experience down or liven it up or change it somehow, and we continue to suffer a lot. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#mindfulness #change

Your body is like a dew-drop on the morning grass, your life is as brief as a flash of lightning. Momentary and vain, it is lost in a moment. (From 'Fukan zazengi') ↗

— Dogen Zenji

#impermanence #zen #life

The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#mindfulness #psychology #wisdom #art

As human beings, not only do we seek resolution, but we also feel that we deserve resolution. However, not only do we not deserve resolution, we suffer from resolution. We don't deserve resolution; we deserve something better than that. We deserve our birthright, which is the middle way, an open state of mind that can relax with paradox and ambiguity. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#uncertainty #uncertainty

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong. ↗

— Ricky Martin

#buddhism #faith #says #someone #soul

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. ↗

— William Winwood Reade

#buddhism #catholic #could #mankind #masses

I like to read about different religions - Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#buddhism #christianity #different #different religions #hinduism

When angry, count to Zen. ↗

— Leonard Scheff

#buddhism #leonard-scheff #the-cow-in-the-parking-lot #zen #anger

Inner Peace can be seen as the ultimate benefit of practicing patience. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#mindfulness #psychology-spirituality #art

Ultimately humanity is one, and this small planet is our only home. If we're to protect this home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#compassion #the-dalai-lama #tibetian-buddhism #experience