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Pravin Kumar
Age: 64 Zodiac: 
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 Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:00 am |
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Restraint with the eye is good, good is restraint with the ear. Restraint with the nose is good, good is restraint with the tongue. Restraint with the body is good, good is restraint with speech. Restraint with the heart is good, good is restraint everywhere. A monk everywhere restrained is released from all suffering & stress.
- Dhammapada, 25, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Don't be afraid of doing good. It's another name for happiness, for all that is dear and delightful--this phrase "doing good." Whoever would live well, Long lasting, bringing bliss-- Let him be generous, be calm, And cultivate the doing of good. By practicing these three, These three bliss-bringing things, The wise one lives without regret His world infused with happiness.
- Itivuttaka Sutta
Erroneous views keep us in defilement While right views remove us from it, But when we are in a position to discard both of them We are then absolutely pure.
- The Sutra of Hui Neng
A gift of Dhamma conquers all gifts; the taste of Dhamma, all tastes; a delight in Dhamma, all delights; the ending of craving, all suffering and stress.
- Dhammapada, 24, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
When Buddhists say, A bodhisattva fears not the result, but only the cause, they mean that we must expend the bulk of our energy planting good roots today, rather than fretting about the plants that are already growing from the roots we planted in the past.
- Master Hsing Yun, "Describing the Indescribable"
A monk with his mind at peace, going into an empty dwelling, clearly seeing the Dhamma aright: his delight is more than human.
- Dhammapada, 373, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Skillful speech not only means that we pay attention to the words we speak and to their tone but also requires that our words reflect compassion and concern for others and that they help and heal, rather than wound and destroy.
- Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, "Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness"
In the same way that someone in the midst of a rough crowd guards a wound with great care, so in the midst of bad company should one always guard the wound that is the mind.
- Santideva, "Bodhicaryavatara
Let alone seven years, monks, whoever practices on the Four Establishments of Mindfulness for six, five, four, three, two years, one year, or one month, can also expect one of two fruits-either the highest understanding in this very life or can attain the fruit of no-return. Let alone a month, monks, whoever practices the Four Establishments of Mindfulness one week can also expect one of two fruits-either the highest understanding in this very life or the fruit of no-return.
- Adapted from Satipatthana-sutta, translated by Thich Nhat Hanh and Annabel Laity
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