#buddhist

Cause and effect, in the Buddhist sense, though. Any action you undertake creates a seed that will sprout when the conditions are right, creating a good or bad result." "Do you believe in it?" He doesn’t allow even a pause. “Very much so. ↗

— Jacquie Underdown

#buddhist #life #life-lessons #life

I recently read in the book My Stroke of Insight by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor that the natural life span of an emotion—the average time it takes for it to move through the nervous system and body—is only a minute and a half. After that we need thoughts to keep the emotion rolling. So if we wonder why we lock into painful emotional states like anxiety, depression, or rage, we need look no further than our own endless stream of inner dialogue. ↗

— Tara Brach

#emotions #spirituality #life

If you're determined to think of yourself as limited, fearful, vulnerable, or scarred by past experience, know only that you have chosen to do so. ↗

— Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

#change

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass. ↗

— Aishwarya Rai

#buddhist #following #hurled #i #now

Though you recite much scripture, If you are unaware and do not act according You are like a cowherd counting others' cattle, Not a sharer in the wanderer's life. ↗

— Anonymous

#buddhist #scripture #v- #life

I'm a lapsed Buddhist like I'm a lapsed Catholic. I take it to a point. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#catholic #i #lapsed #like #point

I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer. ↗

— Henri Matisse

#buddhist #close #essential #essential thing #frame

I used a lot of pancake makeup and a prayer, and a Buddhist chant. ↗

— Steven Cojocaru

#chant #i #lot #makeup #pancake

Even if lifelong A fool attends upon a wise man, He no more knows dhammas Than a spoon knows the flavours of soup. Even if for a moment An intelligent man attends upon a wise man, He quickly knows dhammas As the tongue knows the flavours of soup. ↗

— Anonymous

#fools #intelligence #vv- #intelligence

Though you might conquer in battle A thousand times a thousand men, You're the greatest battle-winner If you conquer just one - yourself. ↗

— Anonymous

#buddhist #self-awareness #v- #men