- Pancatantra
Often the true seems false and the false true. Appearances deceive – think about it.
- Pancatantra When you feel anger rising and about to explode, pause to open the space between the match and the fuse. - Victor M. Parachin
As much as possible, avoid associating with people who do not control their tempers, even if they are close relatives. - Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
Each time you retaliate with words and actions that hurt, you are strengthening the habit of anger. - Pema Chodron
All enlightened ones, for as long as life lasts, have given up the taking of liquors and intoxicants, of that which intoxicates, causing carelessness. - Buddha
In the teachings of the Buddha, ease and joy are elements of enlightenment.
- Thich Nhat Hanh On a bad day, I look around and try to focus on really specific things I'm thankful for - that tree, my dog, the green grass. It's hard to be sad while being grateful. - Angie Harmon
“Some days, I find it a terrible thing to go to the supermarket. I’ll see a two-year-old boy walking alongside his mother or father, and the boy accidentally knocks something over. Immediately the parent turns back, smacks the kid, and yells, “Don’t you dare do that!” And the poor toddler is shaken up and doesn’t understand. “What do they want from me?” he wonders. “I’m just learning to walk. It was an accident.” Right then, this child learns that he’s bad, and he also learns that if you don’t like what happens, you hit somebody else.” - Jack Kornfield, PhD
Do enlightenment and alcohol mix? No. Enlightenment is about freedom—not freedom to play out one’s cravings, but freedom from one’s cravings. - Bodhin Kjolhede
Joy has many different flavors. It might overflow from us in song or dance, or it might gently arise as a smile or a sense of inner fullness. Joy is not something we have to manufacture. It is already in us when we come into the world, as we can see in the natural delight and exuberance of a healthy baby. We need only release the layers of contraction and fear that keep us from it. - James Baraz
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Victor M. Parachin ...is aVedic educator, yoga instructor, Buddhist meditation teacher and author of a dozen books. Buy his books at amazon or your local bookstore. Archives
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