Ram Dass - Reading The Clues

Quote of the Day:

“A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.” – Baba Ram Dass

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Zen Proverb: If you are not afraid of dying . . .

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Thích Nhất Hạnh on Meditation

Quote of the Day:

“Meditation is not evasion; it is a serene encounter with reality.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh

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Linji Yixuan On Self Delusion

Quote of the Day:

“If you live the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.” – Linji Yixuan

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Renew Yourself

Quote of the Day:

“Renew yourself completely every day; do it again, and again, and forever again.” – Zen Proverb

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Zen Proverb On New Beginnings

Quote of the Day:

“Relearn everything. Let every moment be a new beginning.” – Zen Proverb

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New Beginnings

Quote of the Day:

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” – Buddhist Proverb

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Ram Dass - Love And Fear

Quote of the Day:

“Our interactions with one another reflect a dance between love and fear.” – Baba Ram Dass

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Tao is the Way . . .

Quote of the Day:

“The way to do is to be.” – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Byron Katie on Wanting What Is —

Quote of the Day:

“When I am perfectly clear, what is is what I want.” — Byron Katie

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Alan Watts: Zen does not confuse . . .

Quote of the Day:

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.” — Alan Watts

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A Zen Proverb

Quote of the Day:

“Day after day the sun.” — Zen Proverb
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Je Tsongkhapa On Freedom

Quote of the Day:

“Since all living beings are bound by their craving for existence, you must begin by finding the determination to be free.” – Je Tsongkhapa

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Tsoknyi Rinpoche - Be Happy

Quote of the Day:

“Be happy; without reason.” – Tsoknyi Rinpoche

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Lao Tzu - Taste The Tasteless

Quote of the Day:

“Act non-action; undertake no undertaking; taste the tasteless.” – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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All Are Buddha

Quote of the Day:

“All beings are Buddha. All beings are the truth, just as they are.” – Robert Baker Aitken

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Byron Katie On Finding The Right Teacher

Quote of the Day:

“The teacher you need is always the person right in front of you.” – Byron Katie

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Thích Nhất Hạnh On The Present Moment

Quote of the Day:

“There is nowhere to arrive except the present moment.” – Thích Nhất Hạnh, How to Sit

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Zen Proverb: The Hand That Does Not Grasp

Quote of the Day:

“The bird of paradise lands only on the hand that does not grasp.” – Zen Proverb

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Taoism - Heart And Mind

Quote of the Day:

“A clever mind is not a heart.” – Taoist Proverb

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Jetsun Milarepa Quote

Quote of the Day:

“Make haste slowly.” – Jetsun Milarepa

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Shunryu Suzuki Enjoy Your Problems

Quote of the Day:

“Enjoy your problems.” – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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Huangbo Xiyun — “The foolish reject what they see . . .

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Pema Chödrön on Giving Up Hope For Something Better —

Quote of the Day:

“Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are.” — Pema Chödrön

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Zen Proverb - No Wrong

Quote of the Day:

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. — Zen Proverb

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Zazen Meditation Principle

Quote of the Day:

“You should sit and meditate for 20 minutes, unless you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate or an hour.” – Zen Proverb

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Saigyō: Divide in order to see...

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Yamada Koun - Forgetting The Self

Quote of the Day:

“The practice of Zen is forgetting the self in the act of uniting with something.” – Yamada Koun

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Zen Proverb On Understanding

Quote of the Day:

“If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.” – Zen Proverb

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Nirvana

Quote of the Day:

“By ending greed, hatred, and ignorance, we realize final liberation, Nirvana.” – Gautama Buddha

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Lao Tzu on Trust —

Quote of the Day:

“He who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.” — Lao Tzu

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Dainin Katagiri on Acceptance and Understanding —

Quote of the Day:

“Accept that your life is going on beyond your usual understanding.” — Dainin Katagiri

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Nothing Left Undone

Quote of the Day:

“When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.” – Zen Proverb

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Self-Awareness

Quote of the Day:

“Understand yourself and then you will understand everything.” – Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind [126-0256] 16

Sharon Salzberg on Learning From Our Past —

Quote of the Day:

“We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.” — Sharon Salzberg

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Osho on the Watercourse Way —

Quote of the Day:

“Don't get stuck anywhere. Remain flowing like a river.” – Osho

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Dalai Lama on Happiness and Compassion —

Quote of the Day:

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama XIV

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Lama Surya Das on Sorrow’s Lessons —

Quote of the Day:

“Our sorrows provide us with the lessons we most need to learn.” — Lama Surya Das

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Thích Nhất Hạnh Still Arriving —

Quote of the Day:

“I do not say that I'll depart tomorrow because even today I still arrive.” — Thích Nhất Hạnh

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Taoist Proverb on the Nature of the Tao —

Quote of the Day:

“Nature is not anthropomorphic.” — Taoist Proverb

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Sharon Salzberg On Kindness

Quote of the Day:

“We find greater lightness and ease in our lives as we increasingly care for ourselves and other beings.” – Sharon Salzberg, The Force of Kindness: Change Your Life with Love & Compassion

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Jack Kerouac on Finding Nirvana —

Quote of the Day:

“Finding Nirvana is like locating silence.” — Jack Kerouac

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Embody Fierce Compassion

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Embody Fierce Compassion

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Atiśa Dīpa kara Śrījñāna on Wisdom —

Quote of the Day:

“The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances.” — Atiśa Dīpa kara Śrījñāna

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Lao Tzu on the Three Things to Teach —

Quote of the Day:

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” — Lao Tzu

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Shunryū Suzuki — “Everything changes. There is nothing . . .

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Sharon Salzberg on Learning to be Happy —

Quote of the Day:

“All beings want to be happy, yet so very few know how.” — Sharon Salzberg

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Lao Tzu On Emptiness

Quote of the Day:

“Empty yourself of everything. Let the mind rest at peace.” – Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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Zen Proverb On This Moment

Quote of the Day:

“Experience this moment to its fullest.” – Zen Proverb

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Dalai Lama XIV on Compassion —

Quote of the Day:

“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” — Dalai Lama XIV

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