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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times (Shambhala Classics)
Tunneling for Sunlight: Twenty-One Maxims of Living Wisdom from Buddhism and Japanese Psychology to Cope with Difficult Times
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Buddhist words
Everything is always becoming otherwise.
Maybe that is what this path is all about not falling in love, but learning to be able to love
-Brian LESAGE
From all causes there is a result. We live in our ordinary life as if we have the power to prevent the natural result of our actions and the actions of others. Life doesn't work like
... See moreScrambling for security has never brought anything but momentary joy. It’s like changing the position of our legs in meditation. Our legs hurt from sitting cross-legged, so we move them. And then we feel, “Phew!
Pema Chödrön • When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
How do we achieve this wisdom? As the Zen texts explain, “To live in trusting mind is to be without anxiety about non-perfection.” The world is “imperfect.” Instead of struggling to perfect the world, we relax, we rest in the uncertainty. Then we can act with compassion and give our best without attachment to the outcome. We can bring fearlessness
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