{"id":3872,"date":"2009-09-29T17:04:29","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T09:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=3872"},"modified":"2009-09-29T17:04:29","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T09:04:29","slug":"quotable-dharma-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2009\/09\/quotable-dharma-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Quotable Dharma Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From ‘A Heart Full of Peace’ by Joseph Goldstein are many thought-provoking quotes, with elaborations on what their significance. Below are some personal reflections on those which especially resonated with me.<\/em><\/p>\n

The only thing I can rely on
\nis my sincere motivation.<\/strong> – The Dalai Lama<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: All we can be truly sure of is the integrity of our intentions,
\nand to ensure we have the best ones for benefiting one and all.<\/p>\n

Love your crooked neighbour
\nwith all your crooked heart.<\/strong> – W.H. Auden<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: All we can do is to love the imperfect best we can,
\neven if our own love is imperfect, while trying to perfect it by practice.<\/p>\n

Our practice is not to follow the heart;
\nit is to train the heart.<\/strong> – Ajahn Sumedho<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Only the heart well-trained in compassion
\nand well-guided by wisdom is worth following.<\/p>\n

To receive compassion and love,
\none must be willing to open to one’s vulnerability.<\/strong> – Anon<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: If we think we are invulnerable,
\nwe are either very enlightened or very vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Try to be at peace with yourself
\nand help others to share that peace.<\/strong> – The Dalai Lama<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Not making peace with yourself,
\nyou can never make peace with the world.<\/p>\n

Compassion is a verb.<\/strong> – Thich Nhat Hanh<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Compassion only thought and talked about is not genuine enough.
\nIt must be put in action.<\/p>\n

The idea that some lives matter less
\nis the root of all that’s wrong with the world.<\/strong> – Paul Farmer<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: When even an ant’s life becomes dear,
\nwe truly realise the preciousness of every life.<\/p>\n

In the cherry blossom’s shade,
\nthere’s no such thing
\nas a stranger. <\/em><\/strong>– Issa<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Nature embraces all, though it can wreck lives too.
\nBuddha-nature embraces all, and it realised will heal all.<\/p>\n

If my mind doesn’t go out to disturb the noise,
\nthe noise won’t disturb me.<\/strong> – Ajahn Chan<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Comments: We disturb the environment more than it disturbs us…
\ntill it truly disturbs us in the most disturbing ways.<\/p>\n

Our highest motivation enlarges
\nour sense of what we can accomplished.<\/strong> – Anon<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Comments: When we aim high, the possibilities increase,
\nand so does nobility and goals based on them.<\/p>\n

Oh that my monk’s robes were wide enough
\nto gather up all the people
\nin this floating world.<\/strong> – Ryokan<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Comments: Without the genuine wish to embrace all suffering,
\nhow can we even help relieve the suffering of one thoroughly?<\/p>\n

Suffering is nothing
\nbut experience enslaved to ignorance.<\/strong> – The Dalai Lama<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Greed and hate are nothing
\nbut expressions of ignorance.<\/p>\n

Genuine happiness does not come
\nfrom accumulating pleasant feelings.<\/strong> – Anon<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: True Happiness comes from walking and sharing
\nthe path to True Happiness with others.<\/p>\n

Try not to become a person of success.
\nRather become a person of value.<\/strong> – Albert Einstein<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>Comments: A person of true success
\nis a person of true value.<\/p>\n

Wanting great insights without a grounding in moral action
\nis like putting tremendous effort into rowing across a river,
\nwithout untying the boat from the dock.<\/strong> – Anagarika Munindra<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Goodness must come before truth,
\nbecause truth without goodness can become evil.<\/p>\n

There is one thing we always need,
\nand this is the watchman named Mindfulness.<\/strong> – Tulku Urgyen<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Mindfulness, the Buddha declared, is useful everywhere.
\nIn fact, it is essential for every moment we are awake.<\/p>\n

Unnoticed, thoughts have great power.<\/strong> – Anon<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Thoughts shape the karma of our speech and actions,
\nwhich shape our universe and how we perceive it.<\/p>\n

The real voyage of discovery consists
\nnot in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes.<\/strong> – Marcel Proust<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: When we see Samsara as it truly is,
\nNirvana is truly realised.<\/p>\n

Some of the worst things in my life never happened.<\/strong> – Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n

Comments: Sometimes we worry too much,
\nbut sometimes we are not well-prepared for the worst that may happen too.<\/p>\n

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