‘Because we are not desire, however, desire is something that we can observe and learn from.’
Ajahn Sumedho
‘Because we are not desire, however, desire is something that we can observe and learn from.’
Ajahn Sumedho
‘To glimpse of wishless liberation, we can notice the dissatisfaction — dukkha — that arises in the heart whenever we want something.’
Ayya Khema
‘It is merely as an expedient that the Essence of Mind is so called; it cannot really be named by any name.’
Hui Neng
Don’t give way to heedlessness.
Don’t indulge in sense pleasure.
Only the heedful and aware attain great happiness.
The Dhammapada
‘Tantra is not that difficult.
Idea is by visualising being Buddha we get closer to Awakening.
As we are Buddha — why not act like Buddha?’
Everyday Buddhist
‘You should not misinterpret the text, and come to the conclusion that Buddha-knowledge is something special to Buddha not common to us all.’
Hui Neng
‘Mind doesn’t appear as a monk or a layman, an elder or a novice, a sage or a fool, a Buddha or a mortal.’
Bodhidharma
‘Those wishing to overcome sorrow in their lives and the suffering of others, should never turn their back on bodhicitta.’
Acharya Shantideva