Tag: balance

From innumerable and mysterious causes and conditions, benevolent influences have come into my life just as they have guided the lives of others;

So awareness must be extended beyond me and time and incident into the domain of love and integrity and self-surrender that is the source of our lived-in truth.

We are fragile, we are resilient; we are separated, we’re connected. In the language of the heart these are not contradictions. The sense is of embracing the entirety of our humanity.

Ajahn Sucitto

There is a Tibetan saying: ‘When things are difficult, then let yourself be happy.’

Otherwise, if happiness is relying on others or the environment or your surroundings, it’s not possible.

Like an ocean, the waves always go like that but underneath, it always remains calm. So we have that ability as well.

On an intellectual level, we may see things as desperate, difficult. But underneath, at the emotional level, you can keep calm.

The Dalai Lama

Yesterday morning I awoke to snow. Most of the day it rained. Then in the evening I walked in sunshine in the park.

It reminded me of this poem

Flowers everywhere in spring,
The autumn moon clear and full,
Summer winds refreshing,
Winter snow serene.

If the mind is free of useless concerns,
Every moment is the best moment.

Zen master Wumen Huikai 1183–1260

Usually we think that if we have a lot of things, we will be happy.

But actually, when we do not want anything, we are truly happy.

Shunyru Suzuki Roshi, Not Always So