Quotes from the book "Think like a Monk" - Part II
Continued from: Quotes from the book "Think like a Monk" - Part I:
It is impossible to build one's own happiness on the unhappiness of others. - Daisaku Ikeda.
Cancers of the Mind: Comparing, Complaining, Criticizing.
Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.
Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If, in our hear, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions-we cannot be free.
Don't count the teeth in someone else's mouth. Similarly, don't attempt to fix a problem unless you have the necessary skills.
Letting go doesn't mean wiping away negative thoughts, feelings, and ideas completely. The truth is that these thoughts will always arise- it is what we do with them that makes the difference.
Spot, Stop, Swap: This is the most important thing in the book. Spot your thoughts, stop the bad ones and swap them for something better.
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in net.
Well-spoken statement as one that is "Spoken at the right time. It is spoke in truth. It is spoken affectionately. It is spoken beneficially. It is spoken with a mind of good-will.
Remember, saying whatever we want, whenever we want, however we want, is NOT freedom. Real freedom is NOT feeling the need to say these things.
Revenge is the mode of ignorance - its often said that you cant fix yourself by breaking someone else.
You squeeze an orange, you get orange juice. When you squeeze someone full of pain, pain comes out.
When you stop feeling so curious about others misfortunes and instead take pleasure in their successes, you are healing.
The less time you fixate on everyone else, the more time you have to focus on yourself.
Fear does not prevent death, it prevents life - Buddha.
A biosphere was setup with water, air, temperature in Arizona dessert, but trees were falling out after growing at some height. Finally, they realized that the Biosphere lacked a key element necessary to the trees health: Wind. The pressure and agitation helps the tree to grow stronger bark and deeper roots, which increases stability.
Our fears are more numerous than our dangers, and we suffer more in our imagination than reality.
What you run from only stays with your longer. Find what you are afraid of most and go live there.
Do you wish you could do that, or do you wish you could learn to do that?
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of, so they can see thats it's not the answer. - Jim Carrey
As long as we keep attaching our happiness to the external events of our lives, which are ever changing, we'll always be left waiting for it.
The musk deer picks up an irresistible scent in the forest and chases it, searching for the source, not realizing that the scent comes from its own pores. It spends its whole life wandering fruitlessly. In the same way we search for happiness, finding it elusive, when it can be found within us.
Quotes from the book "Think like a Monk" - Part III:
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