#buddhism

This body is fragile. It is just flesh. Listen to the heartbeat. Life depends on the pumping of a muscle. ↗

— Stephen Batchelor

#life #living #philosophy #religion #religion

If scientific analysis were conclusively to demonstrate certain claims in Buddhism to be false, then we must accept the findings of science and abandon those claims. ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#science

We long for permanence but everything in the known universe is transient. That’s a fact but one we fight. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #science #self-help #science

Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#cowardice

Usually when we hear or read something new, we just compare it to our own ideas. If it is the same, we accept it and say that it is correct. If it is not, we say it is incorrect. In either case, we learn nothing. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#learning #psychology #psychology

Like a lamp, dispelling the darkness of ignorance ↗

— Dalai Lama XIV

#simile #buddhism

The very first noble truth of the Buddha points out that suffering is inevitable for human beings as long as we believe that things last—that they don’t disintegrate, that they can be counted on to satisfy our hunger for security. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#mindfulness #buddhism

It is only when we begin to relax with ourselves that meditation becomes a transformative process. Only when we relate with ourselves without moralizing, without harshness, without deception, can we let go of harmful patterns. Without maitri (metta), renunciation of old habits becomes abusive. This is an important point. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#buddhism

The point is to be free, not to be crazy. ↗

— Tsoknyi Rinpoche

#psychology #buddhism

Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#humanism #buddhism