#buddhism

Rise to the challenges that life presents you. You can't develop genuine character and ability by sidestepping adversity and struggle. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#humanism #life

People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist. ↗

— Daisaku Ikeda

#humanism #life

Buddha wrote a code which he said would be useful to guide men in darkness, but he never claimed to be the Light of the world. Buddhism was born with a disgust for the world, when a prince's son deserted his wife and child, turning from the pleasures of existence to the problems of existence. Burnt by the fires of the world, and already weary with it, Buddha turned to ethics. ↗

— Fulton J. Sheen

#buddhism #ethics #morals #life

Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure. Life is like that. We don't know anything. We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#healing #new-beginnings #spirituality #unknown #life

With the practice of meditation we can develop this ability to more fully love ourselves and to more consistently love others. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #love

You cannot control the results, only your actions. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #insight #karma #meditation #mindfulness

We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#education #history #change

Remind yourself that your mental & emotional health are important. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#mindfulness #psychology #art

If you’re reading these words, perhaps it’s because something has kicked open the door for you, and you’re ready to embrace change. It isn’t enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#change #inspiration #meditation #mindfulness #wisdom

Metta sees truly that our integrity is inviolate, no matter what our life situation may be. We do not need to fear anything. We are whole: our deepest happiness is intrinsic to the nature of our minds, and it is not damaged through uncertainty and change. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#love #meditation #mindfulness #art