“The dharma that is taught and the dharma that is experienced are descriptions of how to live, how to use your life to wake you up rather than put you to sleep. And if you choose to spend the rest of your life trying to find out what awake means and what asleep means, I think you might attain enlightenment.”
– Pema Chodron
Having drunk the sweetness of solitude and also the sweetness of tranquility, one becomes free from fear and wrongdoing while drinking the sweetness of the joy of truth.
– Sutta Nipata 257
Venice Beach, two days ago. I like to follow my breath, the sound of Seagulls, wind, and the immense Ujjayi of the ocean.
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The defilements are like a cat. If you feed it, it will keep coming around. Stop feeding it, and eventually it will not bother to come around any more.
– Ajahn Chah
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We who are like senseless children
Shrink from suffering, but love its causes.
We hurt ourselves; our pain is self-inflicted!
Why should others be the object of our anger?
– Santideva; Bodhicaryavatara 6:445
The Buddha taught us that Desire is the root of all our suffering. Be it physical food, or material food in the form of sunglasses or even my sport bike Sukhavarti, on the left. We must first become Aware of our impulsive desirous drives before attempting to take a Wisdom Sword to sever them. Have faith Noble Sangha; just bringing Awareness invites Transformation.
Om so ti
Para a la playa
The mountain yogi
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