Quotes for the day The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does the reverse. ~Confucius (551-479 BC) Chinese Philosopher

You only lose what you cling to.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good. ~Calvin Coolidge


We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all.

You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them. ~Malcolm Forbes (1919-1990) American Publisher

We could say that meditation doesn't have a reason or doesn't have a purpose. In this respect it's unlike almost all other things we do except perhaps making music and dancing. When we make music we don't do it in order to reach a certain point, such as the end of the composition. If that were the purpose of music then obviously the fastest players would be the best. Also, when we are dancing we are not aiming to arrive at a particular place on the floor as in a journey. When we dance, the journey itself is the point, as when we play music the playing itself is the point. And exactly the same thing is true in meditation. Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment. On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots.

From the Dalai Lama……
As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery…we have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace. The greatest obstacles to inner peace are disturbing emotions such as anger and attachment, fear and suspicion, while love, compassion, and a sense of universal responsibility are the sources of peace and happiness.

Suffering increases your inner strength. Also the wishing for suffering makes the suffering disappear.

Song of the moment: Danielle Bolinger "When the Broken-hearted Love Again"  ¶ 5/22/2006 07:30:00 AM