vow to gain complete control over my body and mind by ridding myself of all passions, physical and mental.
Justin Petersonцитирапреди 3 месеца
The Buddhist experience relies on experiencing the truth for oneself
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
Everything that is born is subject to decay. Since there is no external saviour, it is up to each of you to work out your own liberation
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
We are preoccupied with the past, which has already happened, and we are pre-occupied about the future, which does not yet exist
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
I make no promises and remind you that there is no external saviour. You should rely on yourselves to do what I have done myself
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
It is possible to live without being encumbered by egocentric concerns, but taking off the bandages can only be done by the student himself
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
the mind is not caught up in memories of the past or in daydreams of the future but is totally involved in the present moment –
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
The end of suffering is enlightenment, Nirvana! Enlightenment cannot be described, only experienced
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
Dukkha implies impermanence, imperfection and unsatisfactoriness
Isabel Torresцитирапреди 3 години
Everything is extraordinarily clear. I see the whole landscape before me. I see my hands, my feet, my toes and I smell the rich river mud. I feel a sense of tremendous strangeness and wonder at being alive