You will bring yourself the suffering you need to bring yourself so that you may awaken.
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It is the rub that polishes the jewel, Enso Roshi says. Nobody ever gets to nirvana without going through samsara. Nobody ever gets to heaven, without going through hell. The center of all things, the truth, is surrounded by demons.
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Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness. (14)
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Subhuti, someone might fill innumerable worlds with the seven treasures and give all away in gifts of alms, but if any good man or any good woman awakens the thought of Enlightenment and takes even only four lines from this Discourse, reciting, using, receiving, retaining and spreading them abroad and explaining them for the benefit of others, it will be far more meritorious. Now in what manner may he explain them to others? By detachment from appearances-abiding in Real Truth. -So I tell you-Thus shall you think of all this fleeting world: A star at dawn, a bubble in a stream; A flash of lightening in a summer cloud,A flickering lamp, a phantom, and a dream. When Buddha finished this Discourse the venerable Subhuti, together with the bhikshus, bhikshunis, lay-brothers and sisters, and the whole realms of Gods, Men and Titans, were filled with joy by His teaching, and, taking it sincerely to heart they went their ways.
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The way is not clear, and it is when you do not have clarity, when this is allowed, that you will finally have clarity.
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We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation, Buddha's own words must be rejected.
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Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and pain, fame and disripute, these are just the worldly winds of existence.
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Whenever ego suffers from fear of death
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We must accept the reality that the causes of impatience travel a two-way street.
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The art of peaceful living comes down to living compassionately
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Patience is a natural consequence of the cultivation of compassion
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To advance spiritually requires a method of practice
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One of the best ways to support the development of patience is to cultivate happiness with yourself.
Understanding the true nature of things, or seeing things as they really are, is the ground of wisdom.
Peace can be found within, no matter the external circumstances.
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People sometimes imagine that without desire there would be no enjoyment. The opposite is true. When you're caught up in craving, you never really enjoy anything very much because your mind is always pulling you on to the next desire and the next after that. When you let go of desire, then you're free to enjoy whatever is right in front of you.
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A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.
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TreeIt is foolishto let a young redwoodgrow next to a house. Even in this one lifetime, you will have to choose. That great calm being, this clutter of soup pots and books--Already the first branch-tips brush at the window. Softly, calmly, immensity taps at your life.
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Rather than allowing our response to an even affect our breathing, we can learn instead to let our breathing change our relationship to the event.
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When angry, count to Zen.
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You only lose what you cling to.
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We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.
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Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.
It is my conviction that there is no way to peace - peace is the way.
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Purity or impurity depends on oneself, No one can purify another.
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