Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
Whatever you think you are, that's not what you are.
The mind of an enlightened human being is flexible and adaptable. The mind of the ignorant person is conditioned and fixed.
Of course we can always imagine more perfect conditions, how it should be ideally, how everyone should behave. But it is not our task to create an ideal. It's our task to see how it is, and to learn from the world as it is. For the awakening of the heart, conditions are always good enough.
The empty mind - the pure mind - is not a blank, zero-land, where you're not feeling or caring about anything. It's an effulgence of the mind. It's a brightness that is truly sensitive and accepting. It's an ability to accept life as it is. When we accept life as it is, we can respond appropriately to the way we're experiencing it, rather than just reacting out of fear and aversion.
A new day is here. Yesterday is a memory. Tomorrow is unknown. Now is the knowing.
We look directly into our suffering rather than try to become happy. The happiness that arises from this approach is reliable.
Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.
I started moving into online work, and that exposed me to design and the impact it has on the flow, shape, and narrative of the story. This got me thinking that maybe this is a way of doing journalism, a way of telling stories and revealing patterns.
Endangered forests are being slaughtered for toilet paper
People need to wake up and realize that life doesn't wait for you. If you want something, get up and go after it.