BigHappyBuddha

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/18/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:04:00 +0000

"For an aspiring bodhisattva, the essential practice is to cultivate maitri, or loving-kindness."

~Pema Chödrön

Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/17/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:52:00 +0000

"In sitting meditation, our practice is to watch our thoughts arise, label them "thinking", and return to the breath. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/16/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 19:47:00 +0000

"Sticking with uncertainty is how we learn to relax in the midst of chaos, how we learn to be cool when the ground beneath us suddenly disappears. We can bring ourselves back to the spiritual path countless times every day simply by exercising our willingness to rest in the uncertainty of the present moment-over and over again. "

~Pema Chodron

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/14/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:17:00 +0000

"Meditation practice is how we discover basic goodness and learn to cultivate bodhichitta. With this view, practice, and activity, even the most mundane situation becomes a vehicle for awakening. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 1013/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 18:13:00 +0000

"Bodhichitta is our heart-our wounded, softened heart. Right down there in the thick of things, we discover the love that will not die. This love is bodhichitta. It is gentle and warm; it is clear and sharp; it is open and spacious. The awakened heart of bodhichitta is the basic goodness of all beings."

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/11/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:59:00 +0000

"We spend all our energy and waste our lives trying to re-create these zones of safety, which are always falling apart. That's the essence of samsara - the cycle of suffering that comes from continuing to seek happiness in all the wrong places. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspirations - 10/10/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sat, 11 Oct 2014 00:09:00 +0000

"I take refuge in the Buddha," that means I take refuge in the courage and the potential of fearlessness, of removing all the armor that covers this awakeness of mine. I am awake; I will spend my life taking this armor off. Nobody else can take it off because nobody else knows where all the little locks are, nobody else knows where it's sewed up tight, where it's going to take a lot of work to get that particular iron thread untied. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/9/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 21:11:00 +0000

"What you do for yourself, any gesture of kindness, any gesture of gentleness, any gesture of honesty and clear seeing toward yourself, will affect how you experience your world. In fact, it will transform how you experience the world. What you do for yourself, you're doing for others, and what you do for others, you're doing for yourself. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/8/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:22:00 +0000

"There are many changes in the weather of a day. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/7/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:18:00 +0000

"Patience is the training in abiding with the restlessness of our energy and letting things evolve at their own speed. "

~Pema Chödrön

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/6/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:48:00 +0000

"We discover that all human beings are just like us, so we are able to relate to them more easily. That generates a spirit of friendship in which there is less need to hide what we feel or what we are doing."

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/5/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 14:43:00 +0000

"The goal is not to be better than the other man, but better than your previous self. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/4/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 14:41:00 +0000

"In order to lead a meaningful life, you need to cherish others, pay attention to human values & try to cultivate inner peace. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/3/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:32:00 +0000

"To remain indifferent to the challenges we face is indefensible. If the goal is noble, whether or not it is realized within our lifetime is largely irrelevant. What we must do therefore is to strive and persevere and never give up. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/2/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:16:00 +0000

"Self satisfaction alone cannot determine if a desire or action is positive or negative. The demarcation between a positive and a negative desire or action is not whether it gives you a immediate feeling of satisfaction, but whether it ultimately results in positive or negative consequences . "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 10/1/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 19:15:00 +0000

"If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/30/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0000

"With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/29/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:22:00 +0000

"The very purpose of our life is to seek happiness. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/27/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000

"A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/26/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 17:57:00 +0000

"Happiness doesn't always come from a pursuit. Sometimes it comes when we least expect it. "

~Dalai Lama XIV

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Early Morning Buddhist Inspiration - 9/25/2014

noreply@blogger.com (BigHappyBuddha) — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:34:00 +0000

"This is my simple religion. No need for temples. No need for complicated philosophy. Your own mind, your own heart is the temple. Your philosophy is simple kindness. "

~Dalai Lama XIV