DAILY BUDDHIST WISDOM ~ 8/31/2012

	Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	This robe of freedom from cold isn't matched by ordinary clothes. This concentration free of hunger is unequaled by ordinary meat and beer. This draught at the stream of enlightenment isn't matched by ordinary drink. This satisfaction born within isn't equaled by ordinary treasure. - Milarepa, "Drinking the Mountain Stream"

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 31, 2012 ~ Cultivating Equanimity

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 31, 2012

Cultivating Equanimity

If you work hard at something but find that too many obstacles prevent you from accomplishing it, you may have to give up. In that case, you shouldn’t get depressed. Conditions aren’t right. Perhaps this will change, perhaps it won’t. You are not a failure. Becoming upset only causes suffering.
 

- Master Sheng Yen, "The Wanderer"

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 30, 2012 ~ Nothing Lacking

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 30, 2012

Nothing Lacking

What is this? This is just your life. So you do your part, and the rest is clear. It is clear because there has never been anything lacking, despite any beliefs you might have, despite any ideas you might have. There has never been anything lacking.
 
- Elihu Genmyo Smith, "Do Your Best"

Daily Buddhist Wisdom ~ 8/29/2012

	Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	The Buddha said: "When a person has thoroughly understood the world, from top to bottom, when there is nothing in the world that agitates him anymore, then he has become somebody who is free from confusion and fears and tremblings and the longings of desire. He has gone beyond getting old and beyond birth and death." - Sutta Nipata

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 29, 2012 ~ Buddhism is Having Fun

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 29, 2012

Buddhism is Having Fun

The frustrating thing about our life is that there is no control over our emotions. That’s why there’s no fun. The whole purpose of Buddhism is to have fun, isn’t it? And in order to have fun you have to have control. If someone else has control over you, that’s it: there’s no fun.
 
- Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, "Do Nothing"

Daily Buddhist Wisdom ~ 8/28/2012

	Daily Buddhist Wisdom
	If we unbalance Nature, human kind will suffer. Furthermore, we must consider future generations: a clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility towards others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy as, if not healthier than we found it. - His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 28, 2012 ~ Transforming Obstacles

Tricycle Daily Dharma August 28, 2012

Transforming Obstacles

Every meditator has challenges. Rather then taking the obstacles as problems or as unfortunate distractions, a more useful attitude is to patiently and contentedly learn the skills and insights that can transform them into stepping stones along the path of practice.
 
- Gil Fronsdal, "Evaluate Your Meditation"