“An Awakened person is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.” PersonsMeditationFortuneGood FortuneAwakenedDharma Author:Bodhidharma
“Meditate well so you can be a good instrument of eternity. You could have a mediocre meditation today, but you're not going to. Today you might run into someone who you might talk to about the dharma.” WellsMightRunningTodayMeditationBuddhismEternityInstrumentsMediocreDharma Author:Frederick Lenz
“Everyone in advanced meditation practice should be involved with the economic support of the spread of the dharma. We live in a material world, and it's very expensive to teach meditation.” WorldShouldTeachPracticeSupportMeditationEconomicMaterialsInvolvedSpreadExpensiveDharmaMaterial WorldMeditation Practice Author:Frederick Lenz
“We underestimate the value of patience. It is possible that people might sometimes interrupt our meditation sessions or Dharma study, but they can never take away our opportunity to train in inner virtues such as patience. It is this mental training, rather than outer virtuous activities, that is the essence of Dharma practice.” PeopleSometimesMightValuesOpportunityPracticeVirtueStudyMeditationActivityTrainingEssenceTrainVirtuousUnderestimateSessionDharma Author:Geshe Kelsang Gyatso
“Regard the heart as a vast field. Use the mind as a plough. Treat the gunas (qualities) as bullocks. Use the intelligence (Viveka) as a whip. With these aids, cultivate the field of your heart. What is the crop that is to be grown in it? Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema are the crops. Bhakthi is the rain, meditation is the manure, Brahmananda is the crop.” MindHeartUseQualityMeditationFieldsRainTreatsRegardAidsCropsDharmaWhipsManure Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job.” FeelsWellsWarJobsArtistMeditationHip HopHipsHopsVeteranPtsdDharmaInmatesWar VeteranHip Hop Artist Author:Russell Simmons
“Dharma gives you the balance. It gives you the establishment into proper behavior, proper understanding, proper living, but it doesn't give you the completion of your journey. It doesn't give you the satisfaction of reaching the destination and your personality is still incomplete. So one has to have the experience of the spirit.” LoveGivingStillsWisdomSpiritUnderstandingMeditationJourneyPersonalityBalanceBehaviorYogaSatisfactionWellnessReachingDestinationEstablishmentDharmaIncompleteCompletion Author:Nirmala Srivastava
“Now to understand the significance of chastity within us, we have to know that chastity is the foundation of all dharmas. Unless and until you have sense of chastity you cannot have dharma.” KnowsLoveWisdomSpiritMeditationYogaFoundationWellnessSignificanceDharmaChastity Author:Nirmala Srivastava