In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true. – Siddhartha Gautama

企業家胡小林/澳洲淨宗學會

Vow of Silence

Four monks made a pact: they would meditate in silence for seven days. During which time, no one was to say a single word. Late at night on the first day, their one candle suddenly started to flicker… “Oh no ! The candle is about to go out !” The first monk shouted. The second [...]

The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there? – Buddha

The religion of the future: a cosmic religion. Should transcend personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Natural and the spiritual, should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description…If there is any religion that could cope with modern [...]

You cannot travel the path until you have become the path itself. – Buddha

Conquer the angry man by love. Conquer the ill-natured man by goodness. Conquer the miser with generosity. Conquer the liar with truth. Neither wandering naked, nor matted locks, nor filth, nor fasting, nor lying on the ground, nor dust, nor ashes, nor striving squatting on the heels, can purify a mortal who has not overcome [...]

Practicing Peace in Times of War by Pema Chodron

War and peace start in the hearts of individuals. Strangely enough…we seek peace and happiness by going to war. As long as we justify our own hard-heartedness and our own self-righteousness, joy and peace will always elude us. The Courage to Wait If we want suffering to lessen, the first step is learning that keeping [...]

Whether this meditation [tonglen] really helps others or not, it gives me peace of mind. Then I can be more effective, and the benefit is immense. - Dalai Lama

The Places that Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. – Suzuki Roshi (on keeping an open mind) Live your life as an experiment. – Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. – Antoine de [...]