Anyway, last year I had one of those calendars where you get a quote every day, and it was called Wisdom of the East. Surprisingly enough, there were a few good quotes in there - which I saved so I could read them again every so often. I thought I'd share them with you here.
Who knows if you'll get anything out of them, but they are actually meaningful to me. Here we go!
"Praying is not about asking; it's about
listening... It is just opening your eyes to
see what was there all along."
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
"If your desires do not accord with
your spirit, sacrifice them, and you will
come to the end of your journey."
- Attar
"Do not dwell in the past.
Do not dream of the future.
Concentrate the mind on the
present moment."
- Buddha
"Pleasure is a freedom song,
But it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit."
- Kahlil Gibran
"To get rid of your passions is not
nirvana - to look upon them as
no matter of yours, that is nirvana."
- Zen saying
"Whatever you want to be, start to
develop that pattern now. You can instill
any trend in your consciousness right
now, provided you inject a strong
thought in your mind; then your actions
and whole being will obey that thought."
- Paramahansa Yogananda
"You are unique as you are here and now.
You are never the same.
You will never be the same again.
You have never before been what
you are now. You will never be it again."
- Swami Prajnanpad
"The resistance to the unpleasant
situation is the root of suffering."
- Ram Dass
"...don't make any conjectures on good
and evil! Don't try to stop your thoughts
from coming. Ask yourself only this
question: 'Which is my own spirit?'"
- Bassui
"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of
plain living and high thinking the moment
he wants to multiply his daily wants.
Man's happiness really lies in contentment."
- Mahatma Gandhi
listening... It is just opening your eyes to
see what was there all along."
- Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
"If your desires do not accord with
your spirit, sacrifice them, and you will
come to the end of your journey."
- Attar
"Do not dwell in the past.
Do not dream of the future.
Concentrate the mind on the
present moment."
- Buddha
"Pleasure is a freedom song,
But it is not freedom.
It is the blossoming of your desires,
But it is not their fruit."
- Kahlil Gibran
"To get rid of your passions is not
nirvana - to look upon them as
no matter of yours, that is nirvana."
- Zen saying
"Whatever you want to be, start to
develop that pattern now. You can instill
any trend in your consciousness right
now, provided you inject a strong
thought in your mind; then your actions
and whole being will obey that thought."
- Paramahansa Yogananda
"You are unique as you are here and now.
You are never the same.
You will never be the same again.
You have never before been what
you are now. You will never be it again."
- Swami Prajnanpad
"The resistance to the unpleasant
situation is the root of suffering."
- Ram Dass
"...don't make any conjectures on good
and evil! Don't try to stop your thoughts
from coming. Ask yourself only this
question: 'Which is my own spirit?'"
- Bassui
"Man falls from the pursuit of the ideal of
plain living and high thinking the moment
he wants to multiply his daily wants.
Man's happiness really lies in contentment."
- Mahatma Gandhi
One at a time.
1 comment:
Hey Axcho,
Thanks for the comment on "About Sound"! I hope you enjoyed playing it (did you get to the end?) and I'm looking forward to any submissions from you to EGP, or just games in general :)
Pedro
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