If there's a heaven, I hope to hell I go!
Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.
Partake of this sacred mystery: to take the place of others, giving them his own.
Death will be so quick to swoop on you; Gather merit till that moment comes! Wait till then to banish laziness? Then there'll be no time, what will you do? "This I have not done. And this I'm only starting. And this - I'm only halfway through. . . " Then is the sudden coming of the Lord of Death, And oh, the thought 'Alas, I'm finished. '
What need is there to say more? The childish work for their own benefit, The Buddhas work for the benefit of others. Just look at the difference between them.
Whenever conflict arises among living creatures the sense of ownership is the cause.
Take advantage of this human boat; Free yourself from sorrow's mighty stream! This vessel will be later hard to find. The time that you have now, you fool, is not for sleep!
I thought of love as a game. It is not a game. It is more serious than death.
Ranger cradled my face in his hands, using his thumbs to wipe the tears from my eyes. "The ceremony is over. Can you make it back to the car?" I nodded. "I'm okay now. Am I red and blotchy from crying?" "Yes," Ranger said, brushing a kiss across my forehead. "I love you anyway. " "There's all kinds of love," I said. Ranger took me by the hand and led me back to the SUV. "This is the kind that doesn't call for a ring. But a condom might come in handy. " "That's not love," I told him. "That's lust.
Now I'm 'Blake Lewis' to the world, but I will always still be Bshorty from Bothell. . . I've never looked at it like a competition so I think I've won regardless. I won when I got to the top ten; I've already reached my goal.
Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.