What you would use to extinguish a stake? Water or more fire?
Thus, it is only love that can extinguish hatred.
(Dino Olivieri)
Posts Tagged ‘Aphorisms’
Just as water cools both good and bad
“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
Buddha Wallpaper Siddhārtha Gautama - Awareness
Do not dwell in the past.
Do not dream of the future.
Concentrate the mind on the present moment.
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Knowledge and Word
“He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.”
Lao Tzu
Call it whatever you like
God, Cosmos, the Whole,
call it whatever you like, it is a unfathomable hollow recipient,
full of endless and tireless work.
Lao Tzu
The study of Buddhism
“To study Buddhism is to study ourselves.
To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.”
Eihei Dogen Kigen zenji (道元禅師, Dōgen Zenji) (1200 – 1253)
The Wise control themselves
“Irrigators guide the water. Fletchers shape the arrow shaft. Carpenters shape the wood. The Wise control themselves.”
Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Suffering and Love
“Whatever cause suffering can not be called love.”
Dino Olivieri
The Past and the Future
“Past and Future are illusions of the mind.
Wake up and look at what is real and true.
We can live with joy this Everchanging Eternal Present.”
Dino Olivieri
The Suffering
“We suffer not for what happens to us, but we suffer depending how we place ourselves in relation to what happens.”
Dino Olivieri
The Everchanging Eternal Present
“All that exists is this unique everchanging eternal present.”
Dino Olivieri

