Bodhisattva Vows
Although sentient beings are limitless, we vow to save them.Although our evil desires are limitless, we vow to be rid of them. Although the teaching is limitless, we vow to learn it all.Although Buddhism is unattainable,…
Month: June 2026
Word of the Day
aware, Japanese —a feeling-tone in which responsiveness to the moving nature of the phenomenal world derives from a recognition of its transience. –Meredith McKinney, in her translation of Sei Shōnagon, The Pillow Book, xxvii.
Today’s One-Liner (#348)
In Aikido, a sincere practitioner continually strives to forge the body, discipline the mind, and polish the spirit. –John Stevens, The Shambhala Guide to Aikido, 27
Way beyond Books
[Sri Anandamayi Ma] never sees fit to read books and thus… testifies to the fact that wisdom is not dependent on book learning—a truth too shocking to be accepted by most academicians. –Alexander Lipski, in…
“I Can’t Be in the Same Room as a Zionist!”
A good deal of the friction in personal relationships stems from our inability to respect the ways and the opinions of others. –Eknath Easwaran, Formulas for Transformation: A Mantram Handbook, 108
Reframing Criticism
When [Dipa Ma] stood up against something she felt was wrong, sometimes others would blame and criticize her. But she was not bothered by this. She told me, “Why be upset? Even the Buddha had…