Tag Possession

Love is About Appreciation

“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up. Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love. So if you love a flower, let it be. Love is not about possession. Love…

Capable of being Alone

“Only those people who are capable of being alone are capable of love, of sharing, of going into the deepest core into the other person — without possessing the other, without becoming dependent on the other, without creating ‘the other’,…

The Words we use for the Creator

“The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of … But if we see love, compassion and kindness,…

The Way to Gain a Good Reputation

“Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of – for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find…

Don’t Fall in Despair

“Whatever happens to you, don’t fall in despair. Even if all the doors are closed, a secret path will be there for you that no one knows. You can’t see it yet but so many paradises are at the end…

I Seek Refuge

“I seek refuge in all Buddhas Until I possess the essence of Awakening, Likewise I seek refuge in Dharma And in the assembly of Bodhisattvas.”