Daily Buddhist Verses

• cycle

  21 Jan 08, 14:01

  Develop the quiet, even state of mind,
  When praised by some, condemned by others,
  Free the mind from hate and pride
  And gently go your way in peace.
  
  ~ The Buddha
• cycle

  21 Jan 08, 14:04

  Just as water cools
  both good and bad
  And washes away
  all impurity and dust,
  
  In the same way
  you should develop thoughts
  of love to friend
  and foe alike,
  And having reached
  perfection in love,
  You will attain enlightenment.
  
  ~The Buddha
• cycle

  22 Jan 08, 14:41

  The pleasant and unpleasant events and experiences of this life are not permanent - they last only a short time and then disappear. So it is unwise to cling to what is pleasant, wishing it to last forever, or to be upset by what is unpleasant, since it would soon vanish. Furthermore, our very life is impermanent: we are going to die one day and when we do, everything in this life - relationships, possessions, pleasant and unpleasant memories, reputation, and so on - will fade and disappear like last night's dream.
  
  ~Ven. Sangye Khadro, Awakening a Kind Heart
• cycle

  24 Jan 08, 13:41

  Mindfulness also enables us to be aware if we are about to act destructively as we go through the day. Mindfulness says: "Uh oh! I'm getting angry," or "I'm being greedy," or "I'm feeling jealous." Then we can apply the various antidotes the Buddha taught to help us calm our minds. For example, if we discovered we are annoyed and anger is arising, we can stop and look at the situation from the other person's point of view. When we do this, we recognise they want to be happy, and because they aren't happy, they are doing that action we find objectionable. Then instead of harming them out of anger, we will be more compassionate and understanding, and will work with them to negociate an agreement.
  
  ~Ven Thubten Chodnom, Transforming Our Daily Activities
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:37

  Develop the mind of equilibrium.
  You will always be getting praise and blame,
  but do not let either affect the poise of the mind:
  follow the calmness, the absence of pride.
  
  Sutta Nipata
  
  
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:38

  One day Ananda, who had been thinking deeply about things for a while, turned to the Buddha and exclaimed:
  
  "Lord, I've been thinking- spiritual friendship is at least half of the spiritual life!"
  
  The Buddha replied: "Say not so, Ananda, say not so. Spiritual friendship is the whole of the spiritual life!"
  
  Samyutta Nikaya, Verse 2
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:41

  Let your love flow outward through the universe,
  To its height, its depth, its broad extent,
  A limitless love, without hatred or enmity.
  Then as you stand or walk,
  Sit or lie down,
  As long as you are awake,
  Strive for this with a one-pointed mind;
  Your life will bring heaven to earth.
  
  Sutta Nipata
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:41

  Do not pursue the past.
  Do not lose yourself in the future.
  The past no longer is.
  The future has not yet come.
  Looking deeply at life as it is.
  In the very here and now, the practitioner dwells in stability and freedom.
  We must be diligent today.
  To wait until tomorrow is too late.
  Death comes unexpectedly.
  How can we bargain with it?
  The sage calls a person who knows how to dwell in mindfulness night and day,
  'one who knows the better way to live alone.'
  
  Bhaddekaratta Sutta
  
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:43

  Our inability to stand someone results from our lack of cultivation.
  
  Having a wider heart and mind is more important than having a larger house.
  
  Happiness does not come from having much, but from being attached to little.
  
  Venerable Cheng Yen
  
• Isis

  25 Jan 08, 01:44

  The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done,
  we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change.
  So that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger,
  but in wisdom, understanding and love.
  
  Jennifer Edwards
• cycle

  1 Feb 08, 12:21

  In a cycle of cause and effect, a first cause is inconceivable as the cause ever becomes the effect, and the effect in turn becomes the cause. Everything that exisits is interdependent.

   

  ~ Ven. Dr k sri Dhammananda

• cycle

  1 Feb 08, 12:25

  ...death is not the end of life. A living being is just a bundle of energies holding the elements together. The physical death of a being is just an interlude in the repeated cycle of birth and death. Therefore, a being who is 'not the same and yet not different' continues to live, life after life, until the aim of life is finally attained.

   

  ~ Ven. Dr K Sri Dhammananda 

• cycle

  3 Feb 08, 15:19

  ��等到生命结�的时候，

  还�知�人生是怎么一回事。

   

  ~ 圣严法师

• cycle

  4 Feb 08, 15:17

  If something can be changed, work to change it.

  If cannot, why worry, be upset, and complain?

   

  ~ Shantideva, Guide to Bodhisattva's Way of Life

• cycle

  4 Feb 08, 15:46

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  - 白云禅师，解惑篇

• cycle

  5 Feb 08, 22:14

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  ~白云禅师，解惑篇

• cycle

  5 Feb 08, 22:16

  The more evil that comes to me,

  the more good will radiate from me.

  ~ The Buddha

• cycle

  6 Feb 08, 11:14

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  ~ ç¦�é¾™èˆ�利比丘 ，使者之真言   

• cycle

  6 Feb 08, 11:22

  If you can understand the nature of the weakness that are within man's mind, then there is no reason for you to grumble over your sufferings and miseries. You will have the courage to face and to tolerate all miseries, worries and sufferings that come to you.

  Nothing happens to man that is not contained within man.

  - C.Jung

   

  ~ Ven Drk Sri Dhammananda

• An Eternal Now

  7 Feb 08, 14:00

   

  

   

  To see a World in a grain of sand

   and Heaven in a wildflower,

  hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

  and Eternity in an hour.

   

  ~ William Blake

• cycle

  12 Feb 08, 12:07

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• cycle

  14 Feb 08, 15:41

  佛法大海，信为能入，智为能度。

  ~ 龙树大智度论

• cycle

  15 Feb 08, 08:50

  Mind is the forerunner of all actions.

  All deeds are led by mind, created by mind.

  If one speaks or acts with a pure mind,

  Happiness follows, as surely as one's shadow.

   

  ~The Buddha

• cycle

  15 Feb 08, 08:55

  In all actions I will examine my mind

  And the moment a disturbing attitude arises,

  Endangerig myself and others,

  I will firmly confront and avert it.

   

  ~The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Langri Tangpa

• cycle

  15 Feb 08, 09:06

  当你望�镜�时，��醒自己，镜中人�是由四大元素组�而已。

   

  ~�龙�利比丘