#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

1. Accept everything just the way it is. 2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. 3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling. 4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world. 5. Be detached from desire your whole life long. 6. Do not regret what you have done. 7. Never be jealous. 8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation. 9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others. 10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love. 11. In all things have no preferences. 12. Be indifferent to where you live. 13. Do not pursue the taste of good food. 14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need. 15. Do not act following customary beliefs. 16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful. 17. Do not fear death. 18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age. 19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help. 20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honour. 21. Never stray from the Way. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#buddhism #taoism #age

Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else. ↗

— Shunryu Suzuki

#zen

Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#mindfulness #buddhism

Do not ask for less responsibility to be free and relaxed--Ask for more strenght! ↗

— Shengyan

#buddhism

Restore your attention or bring it to a new level by dramatically slowing down whatever you're doing. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#healing #health #meditation #mindfulness #buddhism

There is one advantage to realizing that you're never going to get it right: you do begin to stop expecting everyone else to get it right too, which makes for less frustration when other people turn out to be just as human as you are. ↗

— Jeff Wilson

#humanity #kindness #perfection #buddhism

The Three Kinds of Pride are: (1) thinking I am better than the other(s); (2) thinking I am worse than the other(s); and (3) thinking I am just as good as the other(s). ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#pride #buddhism

Where would I find enough leather To cover the entire surface of the earth? But with leather soles beneath my feet, It’s as if the whole world has been covered. ↗

— Śāntideva

#buddhism

Let all listen, and be willing to listen to the doctrines professed by others. ↗

— Emperor Ashoka of India

#buddhism #religion #respect #tolerance #religion