#buddhism

Returning to where It used to see blossoms, My mind, changed, Will stay on at Yoshino... Home now, and see anew. ↗

The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately & wisely. ↗

Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote it in meditation to the task of freeing itself from illusion, and we will find that, with time, patience, discipline, and the right training, our mind will begin to unknot itself and know its essential bliss and clarity. ↗

— Sogyal Rinpoche

#meditation #spirituality #slavery

There's a limit to my patience with anything that smacks of metaphysics. I squirm at the mention of "mind expansion" or "warm healing energy." I don't like drum circles, public nudity or strangers touching my feet. ↗

— Koren Zailckas

#hippie #hippies #metaphysics #new-age #yoga

People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further. ↗

— Pema Chödrön

#shambhala #life

With attachment all that seems to exist is just me & that object I desire. ↗

— Sharon Salzberg

#meditation #metta #mindfulness #art

Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#compassion #pyschology #self-help #wisdom #art

Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task. ↗

— Allan Lokos

#education #inspiration #psychology #work #art

People in the midst of losing their patience are certainly experiencing as aspect of dukkha. ↗