“Actively, we are motivated by the never-ending desires of the self. We are compelled to pursue whatever the self imagines will satisfy… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“First, we must see that our negative actions arise due to prejudice and erroneous judgments. The discrimination that labels some as 'friends'… — Zongtrul Losang Tsöndru Copy Share Image
“It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along;… — Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni Copy Share Image
“Jīvaka, I say that there are three instances in which meat should not be eaten: when it is seen, heard, or suspected… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Recollection of death also serves as a useful preparation for the time when one actually has to face death. As the concluding… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Refutations of the views of inherently existent production are not just refutations of rival systems but should be taken as a branch… — Jeffrey Hopkins Copy Share Image
“So too, friend, purification of virtue is for the sake of reaching purification of mind; purification of mind is for the sake… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The Pāli term for "feeling" is vedanā , derived from the verb vedeti , which means both "to feel" and "to know".… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Here bhikkhus, some misguided men learn the Dhamma–discourses, stanzas, expositions, verses, exclamations, sayings, birth stories, marvels, and answers to questions–but having learned… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The term satipaṭṭhāna can be explained as a compound of sati , "mindfulness" or "awareness", and upaṭṭhāna , with the u of… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Although contemplating the nature of the body highlights its less attractive features, the purpose of the exercise is not to demonize the… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“A close examination of the instructions in the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta reveals that the meditator is never instructed to interfere actively with what… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Monks, even if bandits were to savagely sever you, limb by limb, with a double-handled saw, even then, whoever of you harbors… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“The horns of a rabbit do not inherently exist because they do not exist at all. The mere realization of their non-existence… — Jeffrey Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Suppose a man threw into the sea a yoke with one hole in it, and the east wind carried it to the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“Both outer and inner phenomena arise as a result of causes and conditions. Outer phenomena, the things of the physical world, arise… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“On considering these instances it is indubitably clear that sati has a crucial role to fulfill in the realm of samatha .… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
“Involvement with the eight worldly dharmas keeps beings imprisoned in the realms of samsara and renders them susceptible to the hosts of… — Dharma Publishing Copy Share Image
“We even, at the worst, reach the state for which Buddhism, in the East presents most ably the case: as in the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
“Another aspect inviting contemplation is the fact that the affective tone of any feeling depends on the type of contact that has… — Anālayo Copy Share Image
