“Mindfulness means that as we go through the day we learn to gain control of our mind, our emotions. We learn to conserve energy in a variety of simple and complicated ways that we learned in Buddhist practice.” WayMindMeanEnergySimpleEmotionPracticeBuddhismMindfulnessGainsComplicatedBuddhistVariety Author:Frederick Lenz
“There is enough room in eternity for everyone to be enlightened. We gain or lose nothing by the success of others.” EnoughLosesRoomsBuddhismGainsEternityBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquetteSuccess Of Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“An enlightened teacher simply expresses enlightenment in their life by living. It is the student's job to gain the teachings. The teacher's job is just to be perfectly enlightened.” JobsTeacherTeachingStudentsBuddhismEnlightenmentGainsBuddhistEnlightenedEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“Without balance and wisdom, power becomes very destructive. It creates unhappiness and not happiness. To simply see a teacher to gain power is a mistake.” MistakeTeacherBuddhismBalanceGainsBuddhistDestructiveUnhappinessEtiquette Author:Frederick Lenz
“The realms of good fortune and calamity in human life are all made of thoughts and imaginings. Therefore Buddhists say that the burning of desire for gain is itself a pit of fire, while drowning in greedy love is itself a bitter sea. The moment thoughts are pure, fierce flames become a pond; the moment you become aware, the boat has arrived on the further shore. If your thoughts vary at all, your world will immediately differ, so can we not be careful?” IfsWorldHumansMadeMomentsDesireLove IsFireSeaPureGainsFortuneCarefulBitterBoatBuddhistBurningHuman LifeFlamesRealmsTaoismShoreBe CarefulFierceGreedyPitsDrowningCalamityGood FortuneVaryPonds Author:Zicheng Hong
“Your breathing should flow gracefully, like a river, like a watersnake crossing the water, and not like a chain of rugged mountains or the gallop of a horse. To master our breath is to be in control of our bodies and minds. Each time we find ourselves dispersed and find it difficult to gain control of ourselves by different means, the method of watching the breath should always be used.” ShouldMindMeanDifferentBodyUsedDifficultWaterMastersMountainGainsFlowRiversHorseBreathsMethodChainsBuddhistBreathingMind And BodyCrossingsRugged Book:The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition