The motivation of a genuine transforming practitioner
“The motivation of a genuine transforming practitioner: You practice to transform your physical wrongdoing. You practice to transform your verbal …
You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
“You have power over your mind, not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” Marcus Aurelius
We must be able to serve as small lamps in that darkness.
“However much fighting there is in the world, however much darkness there is, we must be able to serve as …
Treat every moment as your last.
“Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.” – Shunryu Suzuki from the book “Zen …
We have become the awareness, not the thoughts.
“Awareness itself allows us to stand at the river’s edge without getting sucked into the current. We are liberated from …
We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future.
“We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as …
Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now.
“Let go of what has passed. Let go of what may come. Let go of what is happening now. Don’t …
Do meaningful work in one’s own life with a positive motivation that sees all people and all traditions as equal.
“The way to accomplish happiness in the world is to do meaningful work in one’s own life with a positive …
It is not our task to create an ideal. It’s our task to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is.
“Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it …
When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.
“When one does not understand death, life can be very confusing.” Ajahn Chah