Daily Zen Quote - July 31, 2015

Life is present in this moment.
Every breath brings me back to the
present moment to be in touch with life.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen Quote - July 30, 2015

We know very well that the present moment is
the only moment when we can get in touch with life.
The past is now here anymore. And the future
isn't here yet. Only the present moment is real.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen Quote - July 29, 2015

Practicing mindfulness I can recognize
what is happening in the present without
grasping or aversion, without judgement or
reaction. This helps me to keep stability
and freedom alive within myself.

~Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen Quote - July 28, 2015

Mindful breathing is the basis
of mindfulness practice.
When we practice mindful breathing,
we bring our mind back to our
body and establish
our true presence.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh 

Daily Zen Quote - July 27, 2015

The world of peace and joy is at our fingertips. We only need to touch it.
~Thich Nhat Hanh

Daily Zen Quote - July 26, 2015

“I'm simply saying that there is a way to be sane. I'm saying that you can get rid of all this insanity created by the past in you. Just by being a simple witness of your thought processes.

It is simply sitting silently, witnessing the thoughts, passing before you. Just witnessing, not interfering not even judging, because the moment you judge you have lost the pure witness. The moment you say “this is good, this is bad,” you have already jumped onto the thought process.

It takes a little time to create a gap between the witness and the mind. Once the gap is there, you are in for a great surprise, that you are not the mind, that you are the witness, a watcher.

And this process of watching is the very alchemy of real religion. Because as you become more and more deeply rooted in witnessing, thoughts start disappearing. You are, but the mind is utterly empty.

That’s the moment of enlightenment. That is the moment that you become for the first time an unconditioned, sane, really free human being."

~ Osho

Daily Zen Quote - July 25, 2015

“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that's exactly the way we want it to be.”
~ Bob Dylan

Daily Zen Quote - July 24, 2015

“Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.”

~ Alan W. Watts

Daily Zen Quote - July 23, 2015

“Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar”

~ Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

Daily Zen Quote - July 22, 2015

“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”
~ Ray Bradbury 

Daily Zen Quote - July 21, 2015

“Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”

From - Thich Nhat Hang, Peace is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life 

Daily Zen Quote - July 20, 2015

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and right doing there is a field.
I'll meet you there.

When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.”

~Rumi

Small Update

While I did enjoy posting only Buddha quotes for the past few months, I feel that a change is needed. I will still be updating daily, or as much as I can but now the quotes will not be specifically from Buddha himself.
Hope everyone continues to enjoy this blog and if you have any suggestions as to what else you want to see posted here then please feel free to leave a comment on this blog.

Sayings of Buddha - July 18, 2015

The mind is everything. What you think you become.
~Buddha 

Sayings of Buddha - July 17, 2015

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.
~Buddha 

Sayings of Buddha - July 16, 2015

There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed.
~Buddha 

Sayings of Buddha - July 15, 2015

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?
~Buddha 

Sayings of Buddha - July 14, 2015

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 13, 2015

Though one may conquer a thousand times a thousand men in battle,
yet he indeed is the noblest victor who conquers himself.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 12, 2015

Look within.
Be still.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 11, 2015

Just as a tree,
though cut down,
sprouts up again if its roots remain uncut and firm,
even so, until the craving that lies dormant is rooted out,
suffering springs up again and again.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 10, 2015

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts,
unguarded.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 9, 2015

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself.
But exceedingly difficult to do things that are good and beneficial.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 8, 2015

Learn this from the waters;
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamless,
but great rivers flow silently.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 7, 2015

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy,
or a foe to a foe,
the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 6, 2015

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 5, 2015

How long the night to the watchman,
how long the road to the weary traveler,
how long the wandering of many lives to the fool who misses the way.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 4, 2015

Knowing that the other person is angry,
one who remains mindful and calm acts for his own interest and for the other's interest too.
~Buddha

Sayings of Buddha - July 3, 2015

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

Sayings of Buddha - July 2, 2015

Make an island of yourself;
make yourself your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
Make truth your island,
make truth your refuge;
there is no other refuge.
~Buddha 

Sayings of Buddha - July 1, 2015

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