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All as One
If you wish to cast aside the false Self and other,
Bodhidharma
Single-mindedly
In your daily life, No matter what you do, This is a self-discipline.
Master Sheng-yen
Forgetting themselves
All living creatures have worries They are egocentric and think of themselves as the most important. Only by forgetting themselves
Master Cheng Yen
True miracle
One of his followers urged the Buddha to perform a miracle in order to attract some nonbelievers. "I detest and will not undertake the so-called miracles of magic power and divination.
Digha Nikaya
The Buddha and the devil
Look for Buddha outside your own mind,
Dogen
Look directly!
Look directly! Look in this manner
Bassui
Emptiness
When you don't see emptiness in others, When you do see emptiness in others
Des
Just a little of Zen
The truth of Zen,
D.T. Suzuki
Mindfulness
Attention is living; The attentive never stop;
Dhammapada 21
The Mind
Quivering, wavering, The sage makes it straight
Dhammapada, 3
What happens with anger.
When someone makes you angry, That's what happens with anger.
Tsering Everest,
Compassion and wisdom.
Compassion is the origin of salvation, With wisdom, we can act This is in accord with the Buddhist teaching that
Master Cheng Yen
We are what we think.
We are what we think. We are what we think.
Dhammapada
The nature of conditioning.
This body is not yours, nor does it belong to others. "If this comes into being, that will arise;
Samyutta Nikaya
Remaining calm.
Knowing that the other person is angry,
Samyutta Nikaya I, 162
Meditation and activity.
For penetrating to the depths And for attaining a vitality Nothing can surpass
Hakuin (1686-1769)
It depends on you.
By doing evil, one defiles oneself; Purity and impurity depend upon oneself:
Dhammapada 165
Compassion.
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.
The 14th Dalai Lama
Real peace.
Real peace will arise spontaneously When you know that the objects of the world
Theragatha
"Mine"
At death a person abandons Realizing this, the wise shouldn't incline
Sutta Nipata IV, 6
Enlightening.
Are you concerned with enlightenment, Are you concerned with answers For the answer never fails to kill enlightening
Ji Aoi Isshi
A pot of water.
One should be swift in doing good deeds, It is like boiling a pot of water:
Master Cheng Yen
What is Dharma?
Dharma is not Dharma if it is static, fixed, defined, categorized, Dharma is dynamic and fleeting.
Dharma Teacher
The Mirror of Life.
Everything in our lives reflects where we are in the process of developing integration and balance. We can use everything that happens externally as a mirror to help us see the areas within us that need healing and development. Whenever we have a problem, especially a recurring or chronic problem, it is always an arrow pointing directly to some aspect of our psyche where we need more awareness. If we accept that life is always trying to teach us exactly what we need to learn, we can view everything that happens to us as a gift. Even experiences that are uncomfortable or painful contain within them an important key to our healing, wholeness, and prosperity. We may have difficulty understanding what the mirror of life is trying to show us, but if we sincerely ask for the learning and the gift in every experience, it will be revealed to us one way or another.
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Commitments.
Our lives are not pre-determined But our lives can be determined
Master Cheng Yen
Mind is Buddha.
Few people believe their Most will not take this seriously, They are wrapped up in
illusions, cravings, All because they love
Fenyang
Regret.
As we grow older, it is: "Not the things we did that
Zen Master
Bowing.
Some people cannot bow their heads in modesty,
Master Cheng Yen
Cause and effect.
One day the Buddha was walking along a dusty road with Ananda, when they saw a piece of string lying in front of them. The Buddha said: "Do you smell something, Ananda?" The two continued walking for a little while. After some time they saw a piece of paper on the street. "Ananda, pick it up and see what it is," the Buddha said. "Do you smell anything?" Ananda thanked the Buddha for his advice. But what did Ananda attain?
Parable of the Buddha
Love letters.
Every day priests minutely Before doing that, though,
Ikkyu (1394-1491)
Accepting.
If we can treat others with love and kindness, So, we must be able to accept a little loss at times
Master Cheng Yen
Continuous practice.
In the great Way of the Buddha patriarchs there is a supreme continuous practice which is the Way without beginning or end. Arousing the thought of enlightenment, practice, bodhi, and nirvana have not the slightest break, but are continuous practice which goes on forever. Therefore, it is neither one's own effort nor someone else's effort; it is pure continuous practice which transcends the opposition of self and others.
Dogen (1200-1253)
Present moment.
Just put thoughts to rest When things come up, Just trust what is functional
Lin-chi
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