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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 28, 2012

The Equality of Praise and Blame

If we really stop to think about praise and criticism, we will see they do not have the least importance. Whether we receive praise or criticism is of no account. The only important thing is that we have a pure motivation, and let the law of cause and effect be our witness.

- H.H. the Dalai Lama, “Bad Reputation”

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	Hostilities aren't stilled through hostility, regardless. Hostilities are stilled through non-hostility: this, an unending truth. - Dhammapada, 1, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. More Buddhism Quotes >>

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	Subhuti asked: "You say, Honored One, that a follower of the way does not need to build up goodness and happiness. Why is that?" The Buddha replied: "Subhuti, a true follower will express goodness and happiness but will not be caught up in the concepts of goodness and happiness. Thats why I say that he does not need to build up goodness and happiness, which would only be concept traps, for goodness and happiness will be there without any idea of them." - Diamond Sutra More Buddhism Quotes >>

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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 27, 2012

Confidence in Truth

From the habit of speaking truthfully confidence is acquired, since there is no need then to dissemble or conceal the truth. Moreover, the speaker of truth inspires confidence in others who come to know that they may rely implicitly on his words.

- Hammalawa Saddatissa, “Right Speech”

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	He knows his former lives. He sees heavens and states of woe, has attained the ending of birth, is a sage who has mastered full-knowing, his mastery totally mastered: he's what I call a brahmin. - Dhammapada 423, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu More Buddhism Quotes >>

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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 26, 2012

Alive and Happy

We cannot enjoy life if we spend our time and energy worrying about what happened yesterday and what will happen tomorrow. If we’re afraid all the time, we miss out on the wonderful fact that we’re alive and can be happy right now.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, “Free From Fear”

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	Don't cling to your own understanding. Even if you do understand something, you should ask yourself if there might be something you have not fully resolved, or if there may be some higher meaning yet. - Dogen More Buddhism Quotes >>

Tricycle Daily Dharma December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas

Many people are extending love, the simple wish for us to be happy—and have been since the day we were born. What is remarkable to me is what happens when we are willing to notice it. And even more remarkable is what happens when we are willing to receive it.

- John Makransky, “Love Is All Around”

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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 24, 2012

Joy in Giving

Because generosity is characterized by the inner quality of letting go or relinquishing, it reverses the forces that create suffering. It is a profound antidote to the strong habits of clinging, grasping, guarding, and attachment that lead to so much pain and suffering. Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression: we experience joy in forming the intention to give, we experience joy in the action of giving, and we experience joy in remembering that we have given.

- Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: The Joy of Generosity”

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	He has made his way past this hard-going path --samsara, delusion-- has crossed over, has gone beyond, is free from want, from perplexity, absorbed in jhana, through no-clinging Unbound: he's what I call a brahmin. - Dhammapada, 26, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. More Buddhism Quotes >>

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Tricycle Daily Dharma December 23, 2012

The Purpose of Precepts

The Buddhist precepts are not intended to force us into a particular way of behaving but to encourage us to reflect on our motivations and actions. Since the aim of a Buddhist life is to diminish suffering, Buddhist ethics are rooted in compassion and wisdom. We attend to our own suffering and the suffering of others, and we understand that our intentions and actions have consequences.

- Martine Batchelor, “The Buddhist Precepts: An Introduction”

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‎"I prefer Buddhism because it gives three principles in combination, which no other religion does. Buddhism teaches prajna (understanding as against superstition and supernaturalism), karuna (loving-kindness), and samata (equality). This is what man wants for a good and happy life. Neither god nor soul can save society."

- Dr B. R. Ambedkar

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