The mind can go in a thousand directions, but on this beautiful path, I walk in peace. With each step, the wind blows. With each step, a flower blooms.
— Thich Nhat Hanh
Monthly Archives: Jul 2014
The best guru is one who attacks your hidden faults. The best instructions are the ones that target those faults.
— Atiśa
Mara finds not the path of those who are virtuous, careful in living, and freed from right knowledge.
— Buddha
Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.
— Bodhidharma
My pilgrimage to Jonang Jamdha Monastery, Golok region, Amdo Tibet
Day 11: Dismantling the Sand Mandala. 2
Your mind is like a wild horse or a wild monkey, jumping everywhere. Before you begin to fix the problems outside of yourself, first try to fix the problems inside your mind.
–Kyabgon Phakchok Rinpoche
To the ordinary man, even Buddha is ordinary. But to a Buddha, everyone is a Buddha.
— Venerable Hui Neng
Cut the root of a tree and the leaves will wither; cut the root of your mind and samsara falls.
– Tilopa
Just as it is known that an image of one’s face is seen depending on a mirror but does not really exist as a face, so the conception of “I” exists dependent on mind and body, but like the image of a face, the “I” does not at all exist as its own reality.
— Nāgārjuna
My pilgrimage to Jonang Jamdha Monastery, Golok region, Amdo Tibet
Day 11: Dismantling the Sand Mandala
