Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Buddha took some Autumn leaves In his hand and asked Ananda if these were all The red leaves there were. Ananda answered that it Was autumn and leaves Were falling all about them, More than could ever be numbered. So Buddha said, "I have given you A handful of truths. Besides These there are many Thousands of other truths, more Than can ever be numbered." From "The City of the Moon" by Kenneth Rexroth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 B E A T I T U D E S from the Sermon on the Mount Blessed are the pure in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you -- Nobody Too? Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! They'd advertise you know! How dreary to be Somebody! How public like a Frog To tell one's name the livelong June To an admiring Bog! Emily Dickinson c. 1861 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you know despair or can see it in others. I want to know if you are prepared to live in the world with its harsh need to change you. If you can look back with firm eyes saying this is where I stand. I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing. I want to know if you are willing to live, day by day, with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat. I have been told, in *that* fierce embrace, even the gods speak of God. ~ David Whyte, Fire in the Earth 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 Happiness is a superstition but Joy is our birthright. Happiness comes from getting what you want, Joy from being who you really are. The deeper you go the less definable you become and the realer you feel. There is nothing for us to get and everything for us to be. Joy is who we really are when we stop pretending we're not free. - Stephen Levine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2005 Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 this is great stuf...please keep it coming 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2005 "Our goal is to create a beloved community and this will require a qualitative change in our souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives." -- Martin Luther King "I have learned much from my teachers, even more from my colleagues, and most of all from my students." -- The Babylonian Talmud 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhi Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 if you have more buddhist sayings, put those up... they've got some amazing anecdotes and proverbs. and dun even get me started on zen anecdotes... lol... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Zen proverb: If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are. *************************************************** You guard a spiritual thing; it isn't something you could make, and it isn't something you can describe. In this ground of ours, there is no Buddha, no nirvana, and no path to practice; no doctrine to actualize. The way is not within existence or nonexistence; what method would one then practice? This abundant light, wherever you are, in every situation, is itself the great way. - Tan-hsia (739-824) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 Mystic understanding of truth Is not perception or cognition. That is why it is said that you Arrive at the original source By stopping the mind. It is called the enlightened State of being as is, Ultimate freedom. - Nan-ch’uan (748-834) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 spirit grace effortless ease devoid of ego, anxiety and fear there is nothing to cling to nothing to become one just is yet is not --little zen buddha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 The Wise Ones do not depend on Philosophical Theories, The Wise Ones do not bind themselves, They only observe carefully and listen intentily The Wise ones have Personally Varified the Truth in life as well as means to balance the body and the mind. Thru personal observations and experiences, they treat their own body and mind as objects under observation. Therefore they learn to understand the rise and fall of feelings, such as pain and eventually acquire the methods of conquering the body and the mind. Everyone of us can also treat our emotions as objects of observation & thru the experiences personally verify effective means of unifying the body and the mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both. —Zen Buddhist 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 "It's also helpful to realize that this very body that we have, that's sitting right here right now ... with its aches and pleasures ... is exactly what we need to be fully human, fully awake, fully alive." Pema Chodron 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyDudesWassup Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 As fragrance abides in the flower, As the reflection is within the mirror, So doth thy Lord abide within thee, Why search Him without? - Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji The subject on which I meditate is truth. The practice to which I devote myself is the truth. The topic of my conversation is truth. My thoughts are always in truth. For lo! my self has become the truth - Lord Buddha Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was coming, he answered them, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; nor will they say, ‘Lo, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is within you." - Jesus Christ There is one Supreme Ruler, the inmost Self of all beings, who makes His one form manifold. Eternal happiness belongs to the wise, who perceive Him within themselves - not to others. - the Vedas He who knows his own self, knows God. - Prophet Mohammed The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed. - Albert Einstein Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. - Lao Tzu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted February 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2005 I have loved Thee with two loves, a selfish love and a love that is worthy (of Thee). As for the love which is selfish, I occupy myself therein with remembrance of Thee to the exclusion of all others, As for that which is worthy of Thee, therien Thou raisest the veil that I may see Thee. Yet is there no praise to me in this or that, But the praise is to Thee, whether in that or this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted February 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 Why does God let this happen and why did God invent Evil? It's funny you should say that because you yourself are an inseparable part of God. You think that the Universe exists independently of you? The most painful things that has transpired in your life would not have taken place if you were not an active participant in the event. If you were not born to observe the photons in their paths, the photons would have traveled on to infinity. There would not have been a world as you perceive in your human sense. Same goes for all the wonderful things that have taken place in your life. They would not exist without you. So instead of asking God who does not answer in your clouded mind, ask yourself why did I let things be this way and more importantly what can I do to make the world a better place? Take responsibility for yourself and the world. That is sufficient enough in itself. Buddha smiles with you today. Bless you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pheena Posted February 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2005 Come, Come again ! Whatever you are... Whether you are infidel, idolater or fireworshipper. Whether you have broken your vows of repentance a hundred times This is not the gate of despair, This is the gate of hope. Come, come again... Mevlana Jelaluddin RUMI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi baba Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 "Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible." How do you know so much about everything? was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant." "When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi baba Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life? if you forget ur toothbrush use ur finger (very important one) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narsingha Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Chocolate is the answer...doesnt matter what the question is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenge_everything Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 VAH JI VAH... pyario these quotes are beautiful! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi baba Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 Don't speak empty words; burn away your anger with the Divine Name and gather the true wealth of tolerance (sggs 1013). Faith contentment and tolerance are the wealth and provisions of the godly beings. Because of this, they attain the Divine Vision, while those who just talk find no place of Peace (sggs 83). <><><><> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desi baba Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 A LADOO A DAY KEEPS DR DRE AWAY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
challenge_everything Posted February 10, 2005 Report Share Posted February 10, 2005 "My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles, And a monastery for Christian Monks, And a temple for idols, And the pilgrim's Ka'ba, And the tablets of the Torah, And the Book of the Qur'an. I follow the religion of Love: Whatever was Love's camel takes, That is my religion and faith" SHAYKH FADHLALLA HAERI 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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