A Study of Buddhist Wisdom By Day Or By Night People give in line with their faith in line with conviction. Whoever gets flustered at food and drink given to others, attains no concentration by day or by night. But one in whom this is cut through up-rooted wiped out attains concentration by day or by night. ~ Dhammapada 18 Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom Full of Water Listen to the sound of water. Listen to the water running through chasms and rocks. It is the minor streams that make a loud noise; the great waters flow silently. The hollow resounds and the full is still. Foolishness is like a half-filled pot; the wise man is a lake full of water. ~ Sutta Nipata   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom Wholesome Mental States If you can cultivate wholesome mental states prior to sleep and allow them to continue right into sleep without getting distracted, then sleep itself becomes wholesome. ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama, "Sleeping, Dreaming and Dying."   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   An Actual Remedy Whether we sit with our arms folded this way and our legs crossed that way is of little consequence. But it is extremely important to check and see if whatever meditation we do is an actual remedy for our suffering. ~ Lama Thubten Yeshe, "Wisdom Energy."   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   Unshackled, Carefree One whose beyond or not-beyond or beyond-&-not-beyond can't be found; unshackled, carefree: he's what I call a brahmin. Sitting silent, dustless, absorbed in jhana, his task done, effluents gone, ultimate goal attained: he's what I call a brahmin. ~ Dhammapada 26, Translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   Bite Your Knuckles We have a saying in Tibet. "If you lose your temper and get angry, bite your knuckles." This means that if you lose your temper, do not show it to others. Rather, say to yourself, "Leave it." ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   Myriad Things To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening. ~ Dogen, "Actualizing the Fundamental Point"   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   Samsara is Long Long for the wakeful is the night. Long for the weary, a league. For fools unaware of True Dhamma, samsara is long. ~Dhammapada 60, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy

A Study of Buddhist Wisdom   Training to be Nobody Special In the eating hall, a stuffed parrot hung from the ceiling, and from its golden beak dangled a card that read, "We are in training to be nobody special." I had often repeated this to myself, working against my need for achievement and recognition, and the discontent that could engender. "I am in training to be nobody special." Saying the words in my mind, I felt how they redirected me from a certain seductive struggle and excitement and disease, into a more stable focus: forget what others think of you, forget the future goal of achievement; arrive instead in this body/mind, attending to this present moment. This is is the whole of practice. ~Sandy Boucher, "Hidden Spring"   Assembled by "DeeRPN" HTML Code Courtesy of Chevy