May the Buddhadharma -
the sole medicine for all suffering
and the foundation of all joy -
be upheld, honoured and
may it remains for a long time.
- by Shantideva

"Know emptiness, be compassionate."
~ Milarepa

Wonderful it is to train the mind
so swiftly moving, seizing whatever it wants.
Good is it to have a well-trained mind,
for a well-trained mind brings happiness.

Dhammapada 35

The wise are controlled in bodily action,
controlled in speech and controlled in thought.
They are truly well-controlled.

Dhammapada 234

All tremble at punishment.
Life is dear to all.
Put yourself in the place of others;
kill none nor have another killed.

Dhammapada 130

The gift of Dhamma triumphs over all other gifts;
the taste of Dhamma triumphs over all other tastes;
the happiness of Dhamma triumphs over all other pleasures;
the eradication of craving triumphs over all suffering.

Dhammapada 354

Just as vessels made of clay by a potter
all have breaking as their end,
so is the life of mortals.

-Sutta Nipata

Life is swept along, next-to-nothing its span.
For one swept to old age no shelters exist.
Perceiving this danger in death, one should drop the world's bait and look for peace.

Samyutta Nikaya II, 19

Let no one deceive another
or despise anyone anywhere,
or through anger or irritation
wish for another to suffer.

Khuddakapatha 9

Silent in body, silent in speech,Having killed anger you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise the slaying of anger
-- with its honeyed crest & poison root --
for having killed it you do not grieve.

Samyutta Nikaya II, 70

Silent in body, silent in speech,Having killed anger you sleep in ease.
Having killed anger you do not grieve.
The noble ones praise the slaying of anger
-- with its honeyed crest & poison root --
for having killed it you do not grieve.

Samyutta Nikaya II, 70

Were there a mountain all made of gold,
doubled that would not be enough
to satisfy a single man:
know this and live accordingly.

Samyutta Nikaya I, 117

Wandering far,going alone,
bodiless,lying in a cave:the mind.
Those who restrain it:from Mara's bonds
they'll be freed.

-Dhammapada, 3,

Let a man guard himself against irritability in thought;
let him be controlled in mind.
Abandoning mental misconduct,
let him practice good conduct in thought.

Dhammapada 233

With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a limitless heart:
Above, below, & all around,
unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Sutta Nipata I, 8

Even when obstacles crowd in,
the path to Nibbana can be won
by those who establish mindfulness
and bring to perfection equipoise.

Samyutta Nikaya I, 48

By renouncing samsara, we renounce our habitual grasping, unhappy minds. And by renouncing samsara, we embrace our potential for enlightenment.

-Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.

-  Thomas Jefferson

The one who wishes to escape from doubt
Should be attentive and alert;
Looking at mind and body both,
He should see the causes and the origins.

-Patisambbida Magga

The Buddha taught:

"Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.
Looking deeply at life as it is.
In the very here and now,
the practitioner dwells
in stability and freedom.
We must be diligent today.
To wait until tomorrow is too late.
Death comes unexpectedly.
How can we bargain with it?
The sage calls a person who knows
how to dwell in mindfulness
night and day
'one who knows
the better way to live alone.'"

-"Bhaddekaratta Sutta,"

So don't be in a hurry
and try to push or
rush your practice.
Do your meditation gently
and gradually step by step.
In regard to peacefulness,
if you become peaceful,
then accept it;
if you don't become peaceful,
then accept that also.
That's the nature of the mind.
We must find our our own practice
and persistently keep at it.

-Ajahn Chah, "Bodhinyana"

SELF-REFLECTION COLUMN:-

ARE WE HAPPY WHEN WE GET ANGRY WITH SOMEONE?Happiness cannot come from hatred or anger. Nobody can say, "Today I am happy because this morning I was very angry." On the contrary, people feel uneasy and sad and say, "Today I am not happy because I lost my temper this morning." Through kindness, whether at our own level or at the national and international level, through mutual understanding and through mutual respect, we will get peace, we will get happiness, and we will get genuine satisfaction.

May all mother sentient beings, boundless as the sky, have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May they be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May they never be separated from the happiness which is free from sorrow.
May they rest in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion.

May all sentient beings have happiness and the root of happiness;
Be free from suffering and the root of suffering.
May they not be seperated from the great happiness devoid of suffering.
May they dwell in the great equanimity, free from atachement to those near and aversion to those far.

May virtuous gurus remain with us and those departed return soon!
May perversive views and violences soon become extinct, and Dharma spread without hindrances!
May all beings proceed diligently on the path toward Buddhahood and achieve the goal before death!
May the Great Compassion flourish in all beings until its perfection!
May the Great Wisdom thrive in all beings until its perfection!