Jendhamuni - Buddhism and inspiring quotes

When you are directly in contact with fear

Comment September 1, 2015

You can observe a cloud or a tree or the movement of a river with a fairly quiet mind because they are not very important to you, but to watch yourself is far more difficult because there the demands are so practical, the reactions so quick. So when you are directly in contact with fear or despair, loneliness or jealousy, or any other ugly state of mind, can you look at it so completely that your mind is quiet enough to see it? ~Krishnamurti
Losing your vigilance even for a moment

Comment September 1, 2015

In the struggle against the emotions, if you lose your vigilance even for a moment you have to revive it at once — in the same way that a swordsman in battle who lets slip his sword must pick it up again immediately. The very instant an emotion arises, the thought of using the antidote should occur to you. What else is the dharma for, if it is not to stop you giving full vent to your negative emotions? ~Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Being in the middle of nowhere

Comment September 1, 2015

The challenge is to stay in the middle rather than to buy into struggle and complaint. The challenge is to let it soften us rather than make us more rigid and afraid. Becoming intimate with the queasy feeling of being in the middle of nowhere only makes our hearts more tender. When we are brave enough to stay in the middle, compassion arises spontaneously. ~Pema Chödron
Unconditioned purity

Comment August 31, 2015

The unconditioned, natural state of Buddhas and its immeasurable phenomena are always equally pure. Therefore, all Buddhas are never in transitional states because they are always abiding in indivisible, vajra-wisdom Buddhafields. Sentient beings have the same unconditioned purity as Buddhas, but through not recognizing the even purity of the reflections of mirrorlike mind, they moved into the uneven, samsaric phenomena of the transitional states. ~Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
Only love

Comment August 31, 2015

Only love can bring the rain that makes you yearn to the sky. Only love can bring the rain that falls like tears from on high. ~The Who
Kitten just wants to play

Comment August 31, 2015

Holding Kittens: The best time to train a cat how to be held is when they are kittens. We easily train all of our kittens to be held upside down (like a baby) by being consistent. Everytime you pick the kitten up, hold it so that the kitten feels secure, so that it can’t fall. Holding kittens must be done the same way, every day so they will learn you won’t drop them. This is critical: you must hold them the same way, every day. Source: liftips
The best time to take a deep breath

Comment August 31, 2015

Realize that not all movement is progress. When stress and tension and chaos surround you, pause for a moment and relax. The best time to take a deep breath is when you don’t have time for it. ~Melchor Lim
Three doors of body, speech, and mind

Comment August 31, 2015

What am I going to do?

From now on, what am I going to do? Instead of cherishing myself I’m going to cherish only other sentient beings and with my three doors of body, speech, and mind I am going to work to bring the greatest benefit to other sentient beings. Decide that this is what you are going to do this year, this month, and especially today. ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Worrying and being depressed

Comment August 31, 2015

Worrying and being depressed won’t take you anywhere far; it simply adds weights on your shoulder. ~Wazim Shaw
Awareness itself

Comment August 31, 2015

Although hundreds or thousands of explanations are given,
There is only one thing to be understood –
Know the one thing that liberates everything –
Awareness itself, your true nature.

~Dudjom Rinpoche

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Shantidevas’ Bodhisattva vows

Should anyone wish to ridicule me and make me an object of jest and scorn why should I possibly care if I have dedicated myself to others?

Let them do as they wish with me so long as it does not harm them. May no one who encounters me ever have an insignificant contact.

Regardless whether those whom I meet respond towards me with anger or faith, may the mere fact of our meeting contribute to the fulfilment of their wishes.

May the slander, harm and all forms of abuse that anyone should direct towards me act as a cause of their enlightenment.