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[quote] venerable sheng-yen
Posted in Quotes, tagged 圣严法师 on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When the Buddha was a Bodhisattva
Posted in Quotes, tagged bodhisattva, unborn, When the Buddha on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Bhikkhus [Monks], before my enlightenment, while I was still only an unenlightened Bodhisattva, I too, being myself subject to birth, sought what was also subject to birth; being myself subject to aging, sickness, death, sorrow, and defilement, I sought what was also subject to aging, sickness, death, sorrow and defilement.
Then I considered thus: “Why, being [...]
Ego as a Room of One’s Own
Posted in Quotes, tagged ego, pema chodron on December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ego is like a room of your own, a room with a view with the temperature and the smells and the music that you like. You want it your own way. You’d just like to have a little peace, you’d like to have a little happiness, you know, just “gimme a break.”
But the more you [...]
