1. As beautiful as a flower garden…

    Comment November 11, 2015

    A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

    The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. ~Buddha

    Jendhamuni with pink lotus

  2. Watch the thought and its ways with care

    Comment November 11, 2015

    The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. ~Buddha

    Buddha

  3. A disciplined mind

    Comment November 11, 2015

    There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind. ~Buddha

    water-and-trees

  4. Choose the path that leads to wisdom

    Comment November 11, 2015

    Meditation brings wisdom; lack of mediation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom. ~Buddha

    Ven. Munindathero Maha Nhor Tepmony

    Ven. Munindathero Maha Nhor Tepmony

  6. Through meditation

    Comment November 10, 2015

    As gold purified in a furnace loses its impurities and achieves its own true nature, the mind gets rid of the impurities of the attributes of delusion, attachment and purity through meditation and attains Reality. ~Adi Shankara

    little boy meditating

  7. Anxiety of life

    Comment November 10, 2015

    If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. ~Amit Ray

    meditating

  8. Sometimes it’s letting go…

    Comment November 2, 2015

    Some people think that it’s holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it’s letting go. A break up is like a broken mirror. It is better to leave it broken than hurt yourself trying to fix it. ~Unknown

    Jendhamuni

    At the Parlee Farms.

  9. May no living creature suffer

    Comment November 1, 2015

    May no living creature suffer,
    Commit evil or ever fall ill.
    May no one be afraid or belittled,
    With a mind weighed down by depression.

    ~Shantideva’s prayer

    lotus-in-water

  10. Relax at ease

    Comment November 1, 2015

    This fresh present knowing,
    Unbound by the intellect that clings to meditation,
    Is naked unobstructed non-meditation.
    Relax at ease
    And settle in the state of naturalness.
    This is the meaning of realization of meditation.
    When thoughts move, let them.
    Movement arises and is liberated without a trace.
    When there is no movement, don’t search for it.
    This is empty luminosity, naked empty awareness.
    Tantric practice without suppression or cultivation of thoughts
    Brings the accomplishment of the destruction of hope and fear.
    There is nothing more to add to this.

    Dudjom Rinpoche
    From the book “Wisdom Nectar: Dudjom Rinpoche’s Heart Advice”

    Buddha meditating

     

     

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