You know you really love someone when you can’t hate them for breaking your heart.
People often say that:
They were cheated in love, but they forget –
One who cheats never loves;
And one who loves never cheats.
~Santabanta sms
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May all beings everywhere
Plagued by sufferings of body and mind
Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy
By virtue of my merits.
May no living creature suffer,
Commit evil or ever fall ill.
May no one be afraid or belittled,
With a mind weighed down by depression.
May the blind see forms,
And the deaf hear sounds.
May those whose bodies are worn with toil
Be restored on finding repose.
May the naked find clothing,
The hungry find food;
May the thirsty find water
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When you are happy you’ll search for the person you love most,
but when you are sad, you’ll search for the person
who loves you the most. ~Santabanta sms
We can compare practice to a bottle of medicine a doctor leaves for his patient. On the bottle are written detailed instructions on how to take the medicine, but no matter how many hundred times the patient may read the directions, he is bound to die if that is all he does. He will gain no benefit from the medicine. And before he dies, he may complain bitterly that the doctor wasn’t any good, that the medicine didn’t cure him. He will think that the doctor was a fake or that the medicine was worthless, yet he had only spent his time examining the bottle and reading the instructions. He hadn’t followed the advice of the doctor and taken the medicine. However, if the patient had actually followed the doctor’s advice and taken the medicine regularly as prescribed, he would have recovered. Doctors prescribe medicine to eliminate diseases from the body. The Teachings of the Buddha are prescribed to cure diseases of the mind and to bring it back to its natural healthy state. So the Buddha can be considered to be a doctor who prescribes cures for the illnesses of the mind which are found in each one of us without exception. When you see these illnesses of the mind, does it not make sense to look to the Dhamma as support, as medicine to cure your illnesses? ~Ajahn Chah
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Happiness blooms naturally in the hearts of those who are inwardly free. It flows spontaneously,
like a mountain spring after April showers, in minds that are contented with simple living.
~Paramhansa Yogananda
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect any praise or reward. If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will know complete peace and freedom. Your struggles with the world will have come to an end. ~Ajanh Chah
If you do not choose to be happy, no one can make you happy. And if you choose to be happy, no one can make you unhappy. Even if life gave you at one time everything you wanted – wealth, power, friends — after awhile you would again become dissatisfied and need something more. But there is one thing that can never become stale to you – joy itself. All things in future will improve if you make the spiritual effort now. ~Paramhansa Yogananda
Turtles have been on the earth for more than 200 million years. They evolved before mammals, birds, crocodiles, snakes and even lizards. The earliest turtles had teeth and could not retract their heads, but other than this, modern turtles are very similar to their original ancestors. Several species of turtles can live to be over a hundred years of age including the American Box Turtle. Source: Pet Education
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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