published by Shambhala Publications
~
The self-centered thought is not who we are. The self-centered thought is
-different from the mind that wants to be happy because we’re sentient
-beings. Everybody wants to be happy. There’s no problem with wanting to be
+different from the mind that wants to be happy because we're sentient
+beings. Everybody wants to be happy. There's no problem with wanting to be
happy. The problem is the way the self-centered thought goes about thinking
of our happiness and the way it goes about getting happiness. It is a
distorted mental state that can be eliminated by seeing its disadvantages,
applying the antidotes, and cultivating the mind that cherishes others.
- - Thubten Chodron, from "Don’t Believe Everything You Think: Living with
+ - Thubten Chodron, from "Don't Believe Everything You Think: Living with
Wisdom and Compassion", published by Shambhala Publications
~
According to the sutras, numerous eons ago, when the Buddha was an ordinary
of his past negative karma.
He and a companion were forced to pull a wheel of fire on which a wrathful
hell-guard was sitting, holding a burning club with which to beat them. His
-companion was so weak that he couldn’t pull the wheel anymore. The hell-
+companion was so weak that he couldn't pull the wheel anymore. The hell-
guard stabbed his companion with a burning trident. His companion kept crying
loudly and bleeding profusely. At that moment, with strong love and
compassion, the Buddha developed enlightened aspiration, a vow to take
cultivated bodhichitta, all the meritorious actions that are supported by and
complemented with this altruism—even the slightest form of positive
action—become causes for the achievement of omniscience.
- -- H. H. the Dalai Lama, from "The Fourteenth Dalai Lama in A Beginner’s
+ -- H. H. the Dalai Lama, from "The Fourteenth Dalai Lama in A Beginner's
Guide to Meditation: Practical Advice and Inspiration from Contemporary
Buddhist Teachers", published by Shambhala Publications
~
meaning in their human existence of leisure and opportunity. He asks those of
us with such good fortune, "Please listen to what I have to say with a
single-pointed mind."
- Again, this is strikingly similar to Aryadeva’s Four Hundred, which says
+ Again, this is strikingly similar to Aryadeva's Four Hundred, which says
that a practitioner of the Dharma who is listening to the teachings needs
three qualities: objectivity, critical intelligence, and a real interest in
what is being taught.
-- H. H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in "From Here to Enlightenment: An
- Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa’s Classic Text The Great Treatise on the
+ Introduction to Tsong-kha-pa's Classic Text The Great Treatise on the
Stages of the Path to Enlightenment", published by Shambhala Publications
~
When we look back, at the time of death, the experience of this life will seem
of aggression, desire, selfishness, and jealousy? What is the use of holding
on to these useless emotions within impermanence? Impermanence is the nature
of everything.
- -- Khandro Rinpoche, from "Buddha’s Daughters: Teachings from Women Who
+ -- Khandro Rinpoche, from "Buddha's Daughters: Teachings from Women Who
Are Shaping Buddhism in the West", published by Shambhala Publications
~
Please listen without your minds wandering.
-- Excerpt from President Roosevelt's January 11, 1944 message to the
Congress of the United States on the State of the Union
~
- Whatever arises in our mind—whether it’s a thought, an emotion, a
+ Whatever arises in our mind—whether it's a thought, an emotion, a
sensation, or a perception—is the arising of coemergent wisdom. It is the
-radiation of the mind’s emptiness and clarity. Every arising is a temporary
+radiation of the mind's emptiness and clarity. Every arising is a temporary
arising—one thought comes and goes, then another thought comes and goes.
All our thoughts and emotions just appear and disappear.
This is very important, because we usually grasp at whatever occurs. For
instance, when sadness arises, we hold on to this feeling and think, “I am
so sad, I am so depressed.” But from the Mahamudra point of view, what has
happened? A feeling has arisen in the mind, like a cloud. Like a cloud, it
-appears and then it disappears, and that’s all there is to it. This time it
+appears and then it disappears, and that's all there is to it. This time it
is sadness arising, the next time it may be happiness, the next time it may be
anger, and later it may be kindness. All sorts of things arise, like
wildflowers in a spring meadow. All sorts of flowers grow; all sorts of
-thoughts and emotions arise. They are all okay; they’re nothing special.
+thoughts and emotions arise. They are all okay; they're nothing special.
When we understand what our thoughts and feelings are, and we experience them
in this way, we are able to let them come and let them go.
- -- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa’s Heart Advice on
+ -- Ringu Tulku, from "Confusion Arises as Wisdom: Gampopa's Heart Advice on
the Path of Mahamudra", published by Shambhala Publications
~
The second quality of devotion is absence of arrogance. The arrogant
best if you abandon any inauthentic approaches to ethical discipline, study,
and meditation.
-- Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, in "Parting from the Four Attachments: A
- Commentary on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen’s Song of Experience on Mind
+ Commentary on Jetsun Drakpa Gyaltsen's Song of Experience on Mind
Training and the View", published by Shambhala Publications
~
If what appears to be apprehended does not exist by its very own essence apart
of both apprehender and apprehended, in all their various forms. Free from
subject and object, by its very own nature awareness is a mere indescribable
luminosity.
- -- from "Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature: Maitreya’s
+ -- from "Distinguishing Phenomena from Their Intrinsic Nature: Maitreya's
Dharmadharmatavibhanga with Commentaries by Khenpo Shenga and Ju Mipham",
published by Shambhala Publications.
+~
+"Immediately join whatever you meet with meditation"
+
+ This slogan refers to the practice of transforming adverse circumstances
+and situations into the path of awakening. It is a reminder not to respond to
+things in a habitual way, but rather to respond with understanding, openness,
+and courage by maintaining a sense of awareness. We shouldn't think of
+meditation as something we only do if we're sitting on a cushion, but should
+treat everyday situations as meditations by focusing our mind on whatever
+arises. There's nothing we can't utilize for our own and others'
+benefit if we use both fortunate and unfortunate circumstances to train the
+mind.
+ -- Traleg Kyabgon, "The Practice of Lojong: Cultivating Compassion through
+ Training the Mind", published by Shambhala Publications.
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