Daily Buddhist Wisdom ~ 4/30/2012

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	A man approached the Blessed One and wanted to have all his philosophical questions answered before he would practice. In response, the Buddha said, It is as if a man had been wounded by a poisoned arrow and when attended to by a physician were to say, I will not allow you to remove this arrow until I have learned the caste, the age, the occupation, the birthplace, and the motivation of the person who wounded me. That man would die before having learned all this. In exactly the same way, anyone who should say, I will not follow the teaching of the Blessed One until the Blessed One has explained all the multiform truths of the world-that person would die before the Buddha had explained all this. - from the Majjhima Nikaya

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 30, 2012 ~ Every Situation, An Opportunity

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 30, 2012

Every Situation, An Opportunity

Spiritual practitioners thrive in unpredictable conditions, testing and refining the inner qualities of heart and mind. Every situation becomes an opportunity to abandon judgment and opinions and to simply give complete attention to what is.
 
- Shaila Catherine, "Equanimity in Every Bite"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma April 29, 2012 ~ Inexhaustible Dharma

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 29, 2012

Inexhaustible Dharma

Some people think by giving everything away, you end up with nothing. But the Dharma is an inexhaustible well. However much you give of it, you can always go back for more, because in this well the more you take from it, the higher the water will rise.
 
- Master Sheng Yen, "Rich Generosity"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma April 28, 2012 ~ The Moving Force of Gratitude

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 28, 2012

The Moving Force of Gratitude

Gratitude is a way of undercutting your ego—that is, it is a way of being Buddhist. There is an awareness that we get now and then about what we owe to others, and Shinran feels that that should become the moving force of one’s life. That awakening, that awareness, transforms your way of dealing with life, with people, and with all things.
 
- Rev. Dr. Alfred Bloom, "Beyond Religion"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma April 27, 2012 ~ An Investigation of the Mind

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 27, 2012

An Investigation of the Mind

We really must verify for ourselves that whatever thought comes into our mind has never acquired any true existence: thoughts are never born, they never dwell as something truly existing, and they have nowhere to go when they disappear from our mind.
 
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, "An Investigation of the Mind"

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Tricycle Daily Dharma April 26, 2012 ~ Allowing Some Space

Tricycle Daily Dharma April 26, 2012

Allowing Some Space

If we can allow some space within our awareness and rest there, we can respect our troubling thoughts and emotions, allow them to come, and let them go. Our lives may be complicated on the outside, but we remain simple, easy, and open on the inside.
 
- Tsoknyi Rinpoche, "Allow for Space"

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Daily Buddhist Wisdom ~ 4/25/2012

Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	Explaining many profound dharmas is easy; living them yourself is hard. - Adept Godrakpa, "Hermit of Go Cliffs"