You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Quotations
Gautama Buddha
A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.
The Eightfold Path: Right view, right aim, right speech, right action, right living, right effort, right mindfulness, right contemplation.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.
I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me - deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realised only by the wise.
Faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is light by day and right mindfulness is protection by night.
There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth...not going all the way, and not starting.
