Jendhamuni - Buddhism and inspiring quotes

For all my Friends

27 December 5, 2013

Do not forget to smile.
Otherwise, I will not talk to you!
I have been visiting gplus friends
at a speed of one mile per hour 😉

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Tension and Relaxation

11 December 5, 2013

Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb

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We are alive in the present moment

31 December 5, 2013

We can smile, breathe, walk, and eat our meals in a way that allows us to be in touch with the abundance of happiness that is available. We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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Until compassion is born in our heart

165 December 5, 2013

Forgiveness will not be possible until compassion is born in our heart. Even if you want to forgive, you cannot forgive. In order to be compassionate, you have to understand why the other person has done that to you and your people. You have to see that they are victims of their own confusion, their own worldview, their own grieving, their own discrimination, their own lack of understanding and compassion. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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The door of my soul

8 December 4, 2013

Since I learned how to love you,
the door of my soul has been left wide open
to the winds of the four directions.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh

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We experience suffering more often than pleasure

8 December 4, 2013

In daily life we experience suffering more often than pleasure. If we are patient, in the sense of taking suffering voluntarily upon ourselves, even if we are not capable of doing this physically, then we will not lose our capacity for judgement. We should remember that if a situation cannot be changed, there is no point in worrying about it. If it can be changed, then there is no need to worry about it either, we should simply go about changing it. ~Dalai Lama

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The real object of our love

94 December 4, 2013

The real object of our love is not outside of us, the real object of our love is ourselves. We have to know how to love ourselves, know how to return to our true nature, to see the wholesome, the good, the true and the beautiful within us. Then we will be able to see that in others. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

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You And I

22 December 4, 2013

You and I are connected
in a way that goes beyond romance,
beyond friendship,
beyond what we've ever had before.
It has defied time, distance,
and changes in ourselves
and in our lives.
It has defied every explanation.
Except one:
Pure and simply, we're soul mates.

I can't explain, I just feel it.
It's there in the way my spirits lift
whenever we talk.
The sound of your voice brings me home,
in a way I can't explain.
It's in the delight I feel, when we laugh
at exactly the same things.
When I'm with you,
it's like a tiny piece of the universe
shifts into place.
A place it's supposed to be,
and all is right with the world.

These things and so many more,
have made me understand
that this is a once in a lifetime,
forever connection.
A connection that could only exist
between you and me.
And deep in my soul,
I know that our relationship
is a rare gift.
One that brings us
extraordinary happiness
all through our lives.

~Anita Higgins

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Back to my regular schedule

52 December 4, 2013

So happy. Finally I’m back to my regular schedule for at least 3 months. That means, I will start invading your cute posts again! Hopefully, no more sad news for me. +Dominique Keller I’m sure you have many cool videos!

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I would rather make mistakes

95 December 3, 2013

I would rather make mistakes in kindness and compassion than work miracles in unkindness and hardness. ~Mother Teresa

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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.