#buddhism

Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote it in meditation to the task of freeing itself from illusion, and we will find that, with time, patience, discipline, and the right training, our mind will begin to unknot itself and know its essential bliss and clarity. ↗

— Sogyal Rinpoche

#meditation #spirituality #slavery

Whether you call it Buddhism or another religion, self-discipline, that's important. Self-discipline with awareness of consequences. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt. ↗

— Dalai Lama

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

— Wesley Snipes

#buddhism #christianity #different #different religions #hinduism

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat. ↗

— Jet Li

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Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#common-sense #life #zen #life

Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet. ↗

— Thích Nhất Hạnh

#gratitude #joy #mindfulness #zen #life

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free. ↗

— Thich Nhat Hanh

#buddhism #freedom #happiness #peace #anger

Buddha first taught metta meditation as an antidote: as a way of surmounting terrible fear when it arises. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #mindfulness #art

Life is painful. It has thorns, like the stem of a rose. Culture and art are the roses that bloom on the stem. The flower is yourself, your humanity. Art is the liberation of the humanity inside yourself. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#destiny #happiness #humanism #inspirational #karma