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Attitude Shakyamuni Buddha said, The phenomena of life can be compared to a dream, a ghost, an air bubble, a shadow, glittering dew, the flash of lightning - and must be contemplated as such. How wonderful! How wonderful! All things are perfect exactly as they are! When one sees that everything exists as an illusion, one can live in a higher sphere than ordinary man. Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful. Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned.
- end of quotes from Shakyamuni Buddha. - This waking life is just a long dream which keeps our attention away from what we really are. If you take the attitude that all the happenings in the world are dream events, your mind becomes tranquil. It is only when you take the dream world to be real that you get agitated. Annamalai Swami I we are very forbearing, then something we would normally consider very painful will not appear so bad after all. But without patient endurance, even the smallest thing becomes unbearable. A lot depends on our attitude. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama Perfect happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness. Chuang Tse A human being is part of the whole, called by us the universe; a part limited by time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something seperated from the rest, a kind of optical illusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task is to free ourselves from this prison. Albert Einstein In the final analysis, earth-life is a joke. Do not regard it as seriously. All your problems stem from seeing life in a solemn manner. One hundret years from now you'll be chuckling at your so-called somberness. Lighten up! Anonymous It seems to me that God has fallen asleep somewhere. I was joking as you might imagine, since we make no allowance for a creator god. But it is true that if God has fallen asleep, then it is our job to wake Him up. One can't blame all our troubles on God. Nor on destiny nor on karma, which is our law of the chain of causes, of deeds and effects. All this comes from a rather cowardly attitude. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama If a serious calamity occurs, your mind should not be upset. Just keep the mind cool and calm. Have presence of mind. Do not cry over spilt milk. Swami Sivananda Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods. Japanese proverb Our intention should not be spoiled by the eight worldly preoccupations: gain or loss, pleasure or pain, praise or criticism, and fame or infamy. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama Ideals are very important in one's life. Without ideals you cannot move - whether you achieve them or not is immaterial. But one must try and approximate them. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama When receiving the teachings, it is important to have the correct attitude. It is not practicing the Dharma properly to listen with the intention of gaining material advantage or reputation. Neither should our goal be higher rebirth in the next life nor should we be wishing only for our own liberation from samsara. These are all attitudes we should reject. Instead let us listen to the teachings with the determined wish to attain the state of omniscience for the sake of all beings. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama If you wish to know the character of a man, confer upon him a little authority. Shantidasa If you
know that someone is speaking badly of you behind your back, and if
you react to that negativity with a feeling of hurt, then you destroy
your own peace of mind. One's pain is one's own creation. One should
treat such things as if they are wind behind one's ear. In other words,
just brush them aside. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama To the contented, even poverty is joy. To the discontented, even wealth is a vexation. Ming Lum Paou Keen He who has known the contentment of being contented will always be content Lao-tzu If you are afraid of water, you cannot cross the river even by boat. If you are afraid of fire, you cannot even cook a meal. For anything to be done, first you must have courage. Nityananda The girl who cannot dance says the band can't play. Yiddish proverb It is said that good cometh out of evil. This is perfectly true. Every circumstance in life, when viewed from the right angle, proves to be for good. We appreciate the true value of life only when we have tasted the bitterness of the experience which beset it. Papa Ramdas Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles, and the water is clear? Can you remain unmoving till the right action arises by itself? Lao-tzu Doubting is truly a component of man's worst nature. It clips the wings of joy; it dampens enthusiasm, it tarnishes hope. Such men cannot attain the goal even at the end of a thousand births. Sathya Sai Baba The one who does not doubt still has doubts. Master Chu-hung You are not here to change the world, the world is here to change you. Shantidasa We must be the change we wish to see in the world. Mohandas Gandhi A blossoming tree becomes bare and stripped in autumn. Beauty changes into ugliness, youth into old age, and fault into virtue. Things do not remain the same and nothing really exists. Thus, appearances and emptiness exist simultanously. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama If you want to change the world, first try to improve and bring about change within yourself. That will help to change your family. From there it just gets bigger and bigger. Everything we do has some effect, some impact. His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama Ten thousand acres of fertile farm land, but how much can one eat in a day? One thousand mansions, but one can only sleep in an eight-foot space. Saying |