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What you would use to extinguish a stake? Water or more fire?
Thus, it is only love that can extinguish hatred.
(Dino Olivieri)

The only true love is the joy of generous giving retreating in silence, without desire, nor expectations.
Who will empty his own joys giving them all, will be fullfilled by a renewed and glowing happiness.
Although it may seem absurd, this is the law of the Whole.
Those who remain full of himself, barricaded in the barrier of the self, is like a bowl full of food that goes bad slowly in a dark, inaccessible cave.
Not a single new drop of golden honey may be added.
Never again will still enjoy its sweet taste.

Mahatma Gandhi

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Live more simply,
so others can simply live”
Ervin Laszlo

“Happiness is when what you think,
what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
Mahatma Gandhi

“Immersed in clear waters,
we suffer thirst”
Dino Olivieri

A beautiful girl in the village was pregnant. Her angry parents demanded to know who was the father. At first resistant to confess, the anxious and embarrassed girl finally pointed to Hakuin, the Zen master whom everyone previously revered for living such a pure life. When the outraged parents confronted Hakuin with their daughter’s accusation, he simply replied “Is that so?”

When the child was born, the parents brought it to the Hakuin, who now was viewed as a pariah by the whole village. They demanded that he take care of the child since it was his responsibility. “Is that so?” Hakuin said calmly as he accepted the child.

For many months he took very good care of the child until the daughter could no longer withstand the lie she had told. She confessed that the real father was a young man in the village whom she had tried to protect. The parents immediately went to Hakuin to see if he would return the baby. With profuse apologies they explained what had happened. “Is that so?” Hakuin said as he handed them the child.

“Enlightenment is to be here and now, this means living in the eternal present..”
Sri Govinda

“Just as water cools both good and bad and washes away all impurity and dust, in the same way you should develop thoughts of love for friend and foe alike, and having reached perfection in love, you will attain enlightenment”
Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha

“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”
Lao Tzu