Buddha Forever

are you trying to find your inner peace??

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Hatred is not a natural state -- goodnight everyone.

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The complaining mind, the critical mind, the always wanting something you don't have, or not being content with what you do have, is...

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To develop patience, you need someone who willfully hurts you. Such people give us real opportunities to practice tolerance.

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When a problem first arises, try to remain humble and maintain a sincere attitude, and be concerned that the outcome is fair.

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Buddhist meditation: The mind does not reside in the mind -- its nature is pure light. Perfect Wisdom, Prajnaparamita

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Concentration can get disrupted, but mindfulness, if you trust it, opens to life as an experience with its pleasure and pain. Ajahn Sumedho

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Overall I have found much that is impressive about Western society. In particular, I admire its energy, creativity and hunger for knowledge.

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Awareness is always useful -- goodnight everyone, sleep tight.

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So the real suffering is not the sound of the cement mixer, but the stuff you create in your own mind--that is what dukkha is. Ajahn Sumedho

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If we examine human nature carefully it is good, well disposed, helpful. It seems to me that nowadays the spirit of harmony is increasing.

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'When the moon reaches the summit, Shadows disappear from the wall.' T'ang poet Ya Tang (quoted by Hakuin in 'Idle Talk on a Night Boat')

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When we talk of the six perfections--generosity, ethical discipline, patience, perseverance, concentration, and wisdom...

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However, what is very clear is that when we begin to search, they disintegrate and disappear, and they are unfindable.

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The true test of honoring Buddhas or God is the love one extends to fellow humans.

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May all those drowning in delusion reach the further shore.

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It is wrong to expect some final satisfaction to come from money or a computer.

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Time never waits but keeps flowing. Not only does it flow unhindered, but correspondingly our lives too keep moving onward all the time.

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Everyday Buddhist: To know everything is difficult. To know everything is interrelated is easy -- This is how we save all beings. Dalai Lama

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Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It is the ultimate source of success in life.

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From F Scott Fitzgerald: And that taught me you can't have anything, you can't have anything at all. Because desire just cheats you.