Buddhism

True story from Gus:

Great Tibetan practitioners, when they die, they stay in meditation for days or even weeks after their breath stops. (This is a common thing, not, like, a legend.) They stay sitting erect and their body emits a pleasant smell. Then the moment their meditation is done, the most subtle mind leaves the body, and immediately the bo

"sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy" -- thich nhat hanh

A Buddhist saying on the ineffectiveness of anger: "Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned."

"Know your own mind just as it is" ~ Ryokan

At the heart of Nhat Hanh’s teachings is the idea that “understanding is love’s other name” — that to love another means to fully understand his or her suffering. (“Suffering” sounds rather dramatic, but in Buddhism it refers to any source of profound dissatisfaction — be it physical or psychoemotional or spiritual.)

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