that plays havoc with the garden.
-- Shakyamuni Buddha
~
-You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by it.
+You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
-- Shakyamuni Buddha
~
Buddhists take a vow of morality in the context of first taking refuge--in
Norbulinka building projects stopped.
-- Ven. Lobsang Gyatso, translated by Ven. Dr. Gareth Sparham, "Memoirs
of a Tibetan Lama", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor
+to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and
+earnestly.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on
+the present moment.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+You only lose what you cling to. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Pain is certain, suffering is optional. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it
+at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to
+die.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Most problems, if you give them enough time and space, will eventually wear
+themselves out
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+If the problem can be solved why worry? If the problem cannot be solved
+worrying will do you no good.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates
+people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant
+relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Set your heart on doing good. Do it over and over again, and you will be
+filled with joy.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Happiness does not depend on what you have or who you are, it solely relies on
+what you think.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Wear your ego like a loose fitting garment. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+People with opinions just go around bothering one another.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Greater in battle
+than the man who would conquer
+a thousand-thousand men,
+is he who would conquer
+just one--
+himself.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+With our thoughts we make the world. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they
+do you if you do not act on upon them?
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not
+considered a good man because he is a good talker.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Silence is an empty space, space is the home of the awakened mind.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and
+soul to it
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our
+thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil
+thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that
+draws the wagon... If a man speaks or acts with a good thought, happiness
+follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+The mind is everything. What you think you become. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+The fool who knows he is a fool is that much wiser. -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Every human being is the author of his own health or disease.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create
+distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun, and the Truth.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe
+in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe
+in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do
+not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
+Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many
+generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything
+agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all,
+then accept it and live up to it.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would
+change.
+ -- Shakyamuni Buddha
+~
+brain fully charged
+(at lockn 2016...)
+
+It really seemed like every band built on the one just prior to it, so that as
+each day moved on, the acts just generated more and more energy and awesome
+music, storing it up in a celestial battery. the peak of it all for me was
+the phish show on the last night, which was so high energy and saturated with
+fun and healthy vibes that I felt like "i never need to feel fear again".
+that feeling lasted for days after the festival was over. hopefully memory of
+that thought never fades.
+~
+ Don’t become easily discouraged. If you never try to go beyond that
+stage of initial discouragement because there are thoughts arising in your
+meditation, you are never going to have the true experiences of meditation.
+You need to go beyond that initial stage. You need to keep trying. If you
+keep making that effort to go beyond that initial discouragement, you will
+arrive at the experience of not getting caught up in your thoughts and mental
+events.
+ Sometimes you may even observe an increase in the frequency of thoughts.
+When that happens, don’t get discouraged. My enlightened master Jigme
+Phuntsok Rinpoche says:
+ "One sign that your meditation is beginning to be effective is that both
+subtle thoughts and obvious thoughts become more noticeable than before. This
+is not a bad sign; it’s a good sign. When water rushes in a strong river
+current, you don’t see the fish or rocks beneath the rapids. But when the
+current slows and the water becomes clear, then you can see the fish, the
+rocks, and everything below the surface distinctly. Similarly, if you never
+pay attention to your mind, and your thoughts and emotions are uncontrolled,
+you don’t even know how many thoughts go by. But when your mind becomes
+more stable and calm, you begin to see your thoughts more clearly. Don’t be
+discouraged. Take heart at this sign. Don’t hold yourself too loosely or
+too tightly. Maintain your meditation in the right way without concern and
+gradually your meditation experience will increase and stabilize."
+ Remember: Do not follow the past. Do not anticipate the future. Remain
+in the present moment. Leave your mind alone. Those four simple,
+straightforward instructions give us a chance to go beyond our mental events
+and, eventually, to experience the natural state of mind.
+ -- Orgyen Chowang Rinpoche, in "Our Pristine Mind", published by Shambhala
+ Publications
+~
+ Knowing full well that his aim is to achieve enlightenment, Sujata adopts
+a parallel program to help sustain him. Symbolically feeding Gautama with
+each offering to the priests, she utters the dedication prayer,
+ May the Bodhisattva take my food and thereby truly attain perfect and
+completely unexcelled awakening!
+ After six years of this, the gods notify her that Gautama has ceased his
+austerities and urge her to take further action. Due to her abundant good
+karma in past lives, she is preordained to serve him. Sujata sets to work
+preparing the rice milk offering in the fashion of the one thousand cows
+milked to feed the five hundred and so forth. In observing miracles around
+the cooking pot, she prays that they foretell the Bodhisattva’s imminent
+supreme awakening. She brings the rice porridge in a golden bowl to Gautama
+where he is sitting along the river and offers it to him after reverentially
+making prostrations. According to this story, the Bodhisattva regains his
+former strength and splendor upon consuming Sujata’s excellent food. In
+this version, it is his first meal after the six years of austerities and has
+instantly restored him to wholeness. After bathing and meditating at the
+river, Gautama proceeds to the tree of enlightenment. All these events have
+taken place within the span of one day.
+ -- Wendy Garling, in "Stars at Dawn", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+True compassion is spacious and wise as well as resourceful. This type of
+compassion could be called intelligent love or intelligent affection. We know
+how to express our affection so that it does not destroy a person but instead
+helps him or her to develop. It is more like a dance than a hug. And the
+music behind it is that of intellect.
+ -- " 'Intellect and Intuition,' in The Heart of the Buddha: Entering the
+ Tibetan Buddhist Path", by Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, published by
+ Shambhala Publications
+~
+ Gampopa recognized in Dusum Khyenpa an exceptional being and declared that
+he would amply spread Buddhism throughout Tibet. He added that he would be
+liberated in this life from samsara, cyclic existence. Over many years the
+Karmapa received from this great bodhisattva the teachings that Gampopa
+himself had been given by his masters. First, Gampopa transmitted to him the
+teachings of the Kadampa tradition, including the classical scholastic studies
+known as the “gradual path,” which emphasize the development of
+renunciation and altruism. They henceforth became an educational constant for
+the Kagyu lineage and the basis of the study of the Vajrayana. Dusum Khyenpa
+then received from his master the teachings and transmissions related to the
+tantras. One day, when Gampopa bestowed upon his disciple the Hevajra
+initiation, the Karmapa perceived his master in the form of the deity himself.
+ Gampopa then urged Dusum Khyenpa to go on retreat into the neighboring
+caves in order to actualize what had been transmitted. After only nine days
+of meditation, he spontaneously experienced a strong feeling of warmth and
+bliss. He removed his monk robes and dressed himself in the simple attire of
+white cotton—repa—worn by yogis. He meditated for nine months,
+concentrating in particular on the practice of calm abiding (samatha), which
+allows practitioners to pacify and stabilize their mind. Having excelled in
+this, he continued his retreat for three more years, perfecting his meditative
+capacities on the understanding of the nature of mind through penetrating
+vision (vipashyana) practice. Finally Gampopa conferred upon him the ultimate
+instructions of the Kagyu lineage. He then considered that the realization of
+his disciple was henceforth stable.
+ From then on the life of Dusum Khyenpa was divided between retreat and
+travel. He traveled throughout central Tibet, receiving instructions from
+other teachers or dispensing his own teachings. Nonetheless, until his master
+passed away, he often returned to Gampopa to receive other transmissions.
+Gampopa encouraged the Karmapa to go on retreat in the near future at Kampo
+Gangra in eastern Tibet, prophesying that it would be in this location that
+Dusum Khyenpa would attain complete enlightenment.
+ -- from "History of the Karmapas", by Lama Kunsang, Lama Pemo, and Marie
+ Aubèle, published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+One cannot force or grasp a spiritual experience, because it is as delicate as
+the whisper of the wind. But one can purify one’s motivation, one’s body,
+and train oneself to cultivate it. Because we come from a culture which
+teaches us there is always something external to be obtained which will lead
+us to fulfillment, we lose contact with our innate wisdom. As the Indian
+Tantric Buddhist saint Saraha says in one of his dohas (poems expressing the
+essence of his understanding):
+ Though the house-lamps have been lit,
+ The blind live on in the dark.
+ Though spontaneity is all-encompassing
+ And close, to the deluded it remains
+ Always far away.
+ -- Tsultrim Allione, in "Women of Wisdom", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+being royalty is nothing compared to being composed from parts of a far
+flung star explosion, as we all are.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Six right livelihood guidelines...
+
+Consume mindfully.
+ Eat with awareness and gratitude.
+ Pause before buying and see if breathing is enough.
+ Pay attention to the effects of media you consume.
+
+Pause. Breathe. Listen.
+ When you feel compelled to speak in a meeting or conversation, pause.
+ Breathe before entering your home, pleace of work, or school.
+ Listen to the people you encounter. They are buddhas.
+
+Practice gratitude.
+ Notice what you have
+ Be equally grateful for opportunities and challenges.
+ Share joy, not negativity.
+
+Cultivate compassion and loving kindness.
+ Notice where help is needed and be quick to help
+ Consider others' perspectives deeply.
+ Work for peace at many levels.
+
+Discover wisdom
+ Cultivate "don't know" mind (= curiosity).
+ Find connections between Buddhist teachings and your life.
+ Be open to what arises in every moment.
+
+Accept constant change.
+
+ -- Source: "Moon journeying through clouds", Zen Buddhist chants, sayings and recitations from the Buddhist Society for Compassionate Wisdom.
+~
+never forget that the truth is always larger than you know.
+ -- fred t. hamster
+~
+Roger Babson's Ten Commandments of Investing
+
++ Keep speculation and investments separate.
++ Don't be fooled by a name.
++ Be wary of new promotions.
++ Give due consideration to market ability.
++ Don't buy without proper facts.
++ Safeguard purchases through diversification.
++ Don't try to diversify by buying different securities of the same company.
++ Small companies should be carefully scrutinized.
++ Buy adequate security, not super abundance.
++ Choose your dealer and buy outright (i.e., don't buy on margin.)
+~
+Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. -- Mark Twain
+~
+All of us cherish helpful and loving friends, and wise, compassionate
+spiritual mentors are especially important to us to progress on the path.
+Being separated from the people we value or having an important relationship
+not work out the way we had hoped is painful, yet it is a common occurrence in
+cyclic existence. Because we ourselves, others, and all the conditioned
+things around us are impermanent by nature, whatever comes together must also
+separate.
+ -- Thubten Chodron, "Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and
+ Avoid the Causes of Suffering", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+There are no limits to our imagination,
+or if there are,
+we can only imagine them.
+ -- Fred T. Hamster
+~
+When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say
+to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
+ -- Fred Rogers
+~
+Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a
+triple.
+ -- Barry Switzer
+~
+ First, let’s take a look at how physical and emotional health supports
+our spiritual health. What is spiritual health? One way that the Buddhist
+teachings define spiritual health is having a sense of interconnection with
+other living beings on the planet, as well as respect for the natural
+environment. Recognition of this interconnection with others is developed as
+we call to mind the things that all beings have in common: the wish to attain
+happiness and avoid suffering. We can reflect on this by thinking that all of
+the wonderful things we want for ourselves, others want them too. Just so,
+all of the painful things we would like to avoid, others wish to avoid those
+things too.
+ However, spiritual health is far more than a mere sense of connection.
+True spiritual health arises from discovering love and compassion for all
+sentient beings. In doing so, we cut through our own painful feelings of
+anger, resentment, and strong desire, which cause us so much personal
+unhappiness and sorrow. By bringing ourselves back into harmonious
+relationship with friends, family, and the larger community, even those we may
+dislike, we ourselves become spiritually rich.
+ -- Anyen Rinpoche & Allison Choying Zangmo, "The Tibetan Yoga of Breath:
+ Breathing Practices for Healing the Body and Cultivating Wisdom",
+ published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+Our worries may zoom around the state of the world. “What happens if the
+economy plummets? If the ozone layer keeps decreasing? If we have more
+anthrax attacks? If terrorists take over the country? If we lose our civil
+liberties fighting terrorism?” Here, our creative writing ability leads to
+fantastic scenarios that may or may not happen, but regardless, we manage to
+work ourselves into a state of unprecedented despair. This, in turn, often
+leads to raging anger at the powers that be or alternatively, to apathy,
+simply thinking that since everything is rotten, there’s no use doing
+anything. In either case, we’re so gloomy that we neglect to act
+constructively in ways that remedy difficulties and create goodness.
+ -- Thubten Chodron, in "Taming the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications
+~
+It really seemed like every band built on the one just prior to it, so that as
+each day moved on, the acts just generated more and more energy and awesome
+music, storing it up in a celestial battery. the peak of it all for me was
+the phish show on the last night, which was so high energy and saturated with
+fun and healthy vibes that I felt like "i never need to feel fear again".
+that feeling lasted for days after the concert was over. hopefully memory of
+that thought never fades.
+ -- fred t. hamster, after lockn 2016
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