BUDDHIST WISDOM

[Pravin Kumar]

By realizing that all forms are self-awareness, I have beheld my consort's face-the true Mind Within.

- Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

Q: I can observe anger and work with greed, but how does one observe delusion? A: You're riding a horse and asking "Where's the horse?" Pay attention.

- Ajahn Chah

If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

From passion arises sorrow and from passion arises fear. If a man is free from passion, he is free from fear and sorrow.

- The Buddha

The Five Precepts 1. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from taking life. 2. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from taking what is not given. 3. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from sexual misconduct. 4. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from false speech. 5. For the purpose of training I vow to refrain from intoxicants which lead to carelessness.

- translated by Gil Fronsdal