#buddhism

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

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

When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way. You have removed enough; soon the pure water will flow," said Buddha. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#buddhism #deepak-chopra #enlightenment #enlightenment

Vulnerability in the face of constant change is what we share, whatever our present condition. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #change

Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart. ↗

— Donna Quesada

#consciousness-raising #spirituality #yoga #zen #courage

Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#destiny #happiness #humanism #inspirational #karma

As I explore the wilderness of my own body, I see that I am made of blood and bones, sunlight and water, pesticide residues and redwood humus, the fears and dreams of generations of ancestors, particles of exploded stars. ↗

— Anne Cushman

#meditation #yoga #dreams

When happiness is liked by me and others equally, what is so special about me that I should strive after happiness only for myself? ↗

— Śāntideva

#philosophy #equality

We use mindfulness to observe the way we cling to pleasant experiences & push away unpleasant ones. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#compassion #meditation #mindfulness #experience

Our greatest happiness comes from the experience of love & compassion. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#happiness #experience