The Buddha said that all conditions =
whether they are internal conditions, bodily conditions or external conditions –
are not self, their nature is to change.
Contemplate this truth until you see it clearly
Ajahn Chah, Our Real Home
Change
Sunday Quote: Winds
Just as a rock is not shaken by a storm,
a wise person is not affected by praise or blame
The Dhammapada, 81
Hurry
We are obsessed with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute. But as the poet William Stafford says, ‘The more you hurry, the more you feel like a stranger to your own life.’
The human soul does not want to be advised or fixed or saved. It simply wants to be witnessed – to be seen, heard, and companioned exactly as it is.
Parker Palmer, On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old
Our pain
All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.
If we do not transform our pain,
we will transmit it to those around us.
Richard Rohr
Patience
Patience is a form of wisdom.
It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact
that sometimes things must unfold in their own time,
Jon Kabat Zinn
our only problem
All that we are looking for in life – all the happiness, contentment, and peace of mind – is right here in the present moment.
Our very own awareness is itself fundamentally pure and good.
The only problem is that we get so caught up in the ups and downs of life that we don’t take the time to pause and notice what we already have.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, In Love with the World: A Monk’s Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
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