How to be whole in what I do? We always want to get rid of something. Each moment can become a moment of practice — The street can be a cloister — the subway, the cooking, all must become practice. We have no time, don’t let a moment pass without working spiritually.
No reveries, no conversations, no tracing out of the meaning of phantasies, contain this now, which belongs to a higher order of consciousness. The time-man in us does not know now.
He is always preparing something in the future, or busy with what
happened in the past. He is always wondering what to do, … Read the rest >
“I myself never expected to survive and become a teacher, for my determination to transcend samsara was much stronger than my concern for staying alive. All my efforts in all circumstances were directed toward a goal beyond life. I never allowed regrets about losing my life to distract me from my purpose. The desire … Read the rest >
Like an iceberg whose biggest and most important part remains
submerged and hidden from sight, the human being’s most essential aspect
lies mysteriously veiled beneath the mists of his illusory ordinary
self. And, because the desires and clamors of this perceptible little
self are so noisy, he is impelled to notice only this small … Read the rest >
Subhuti asked: “Is perfect
wisdom beyond thinking? Is it unimaginable and totally unique but
nevertheless reaching the unreachable and attaining the unattainable?”
The Buddha replied: “Yes,
Subhuti, it is exactly so. And why is perfect wisdom beyond thinking? It
is because all its points of reference cannot be thought about but can
be apprehended. … Read the rest >
Whatever
their creed or race, and no matter where they happen to be, when a group
of people are assembled together, listening to the sublime harmonies
and wonderful orchestral “colors” of a great symphonic work secretly
imparting to them an ineffable truth through expressions of elevated
sentiments, the minds, thoughts, and feelings of all … Read the rest >
A total absence of worldly pride and arrogance, harmlessness, a
candid soul, a tolerant, long-suffering and benignant heart, purity of
mind and body, tranquil firmness and steadfastness, self-control and a
masterful government of the lower nature and the heart’s worship given
to the Teacher.
A firm removal of the natural being’s attraction to the … Read the rest >
The Reality that came to me is profound and hard to see or understand because it is beyond the sphere of thinking. It is sublime and unequaled but subtle and only to be found by the dedicated. Majjhima Nikaya
Just as space reaches everywhere, without discrimination, just so the immaculate element, which in its … Read the rest >
The development of integrity and of true being, therefore, is indispensable for the seeker in his spiritual quest.
If he gives a promise he must keep it—no matter how hard it may be
for him. He must constantly be wary of any unconscious lying,
dishonesty, or inaccuracy, either to himself or to others. He … Read the rest >
