“The Buddha compared anger with picking up hot coals with one's bare hands and trying to throw them at the person with whom one is angry. Who gets burned first? The one who is angry of course.” TryingFirstsPersonsHandsCoursesHotAngryBurnedCoal Book:Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought: Source: Being Nobody, Going Nowhere: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought:
“Mindfulness is not just a word or a discourse by the Buddha, but a meaningful state of mind. It means we have to be here now, in this very moment, and we have to know what is happening internally and externally. It means being alert to our motives and learning to change unwholesome thoughts and emotions into wholesome ones Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.” KnowsMindMeanStatesMomentsSufferingCoursesEmotionActivityMindfulnessHappeningsDuesMeaningfulMotiveState Of MindDiscourseBe Here NowThoughts And Emotions Author:Ayya Khema
“Eventually we will find (mostly in retrospect, of course) that we can be very grateful to those people who have made life most difficult for us.” PeopleMadeCoursesDifficultGratitudeGratefulRetrospect Author:Ayya Khema
“Mindfulness is a mental activity that in due course eliminates all suffering.” SufferingCoursesActivityMindfulnessDues Author:Ayya Khema
