Buddhism proverbs

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◆ Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You've got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.

- Ray Bradbury99

◆ You only lose what you cling to.

- Gautama Buddha99

◆ No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.

- Gautama Buddha99

◆ Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.

- Daisaku Ikeda99

◆ Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free.

- Thích Nh?t H?nh99

◆ If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

- Pema Ch?dr?n99

◆ Pain is not wrong. Reacting to pain as wrong initiates the trance of unworthiness. The moment we believe something is wrong, our world shrinks and we lose ourselves in the effort to combat the pain.

- Tara Brach98

◆ Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.

- Mahatma Gandhi98

◆ How aware are we of our own inner life, our spirituality-something so intangible yet so priceless? How much effort do we make to perceive that which is not obvious, which can neither be seen nor heard? I believe the exploration and enrichment of the human spirit is what determines our very humanity. Such enrichment provides an inner compass that can lead civilizations to greatness.

- Daisaku Ikeda98

◆ The word desire suggests that there is something we do not have. If we have everything already, then there can be no desire, for there is nothing left to want. I think that what the Buddha may have been trying to tell us is that we have it all, each of us, all the time; therefore, desire is simply unnecessary.

- Tom Robbins98

◆ Guarding knowledge is not a good way to understand. Understanding means to throw away your knowledge.

- Thích Nh?t H?nh98

◆ The determination to win is the better part of winning.

- Daisaku Ikeda98

◆ We need the courage to learn from our past and not live in it.

- Sharon Salzberg98

◆ If you're reading these words, perhaps it's because something has kicked open the door for you, and you're ready to embrace change. It isn't enough to appreciate change from afar, or only in the abstract, or as something that can happen to other people but not to you. We need to create change for ourselves, in a workable way, as part of our everyday lives.

- Sharon Salzberg98

◆ People can only live fully by helping others to live. When you give life to friends you truly live. Cultures can only realize their further richness by honoring other traditions. And only by respecting natural life can humanity continue to exist.

- Daisaku Ikeda98