Awakening the Buddha Within…
February 21, 2010
I am presently reading “Awakening the Buddha Within” by Lama Surya Das. The following are excerpts I find meaningful and wish to remember… I will be adding to this post as I read.
The path, as always, begins beneath your feet with the first step you take. Where do you stand right now? This is where we begin. pg. 21
In all my future lives,
May I never fall under the influence of evil companions;
May I never harm even a single hair of any living being
May I never be deprived of the sublime light of DharmaTraditional Tibetan Prayer
The sacred and the mundane are inseparable. Your life is your path. Your disappointments are part of your path; your joys are your path; your dry cleaning, your dry cleaner are on your path; ditto your credit card payments. It’s not helpful to wait until you have more time for meditation or contemplation, because it may never happen. p. 46
Spirituality is a matter of self-discovery, rather than of becoming something else. p. 48
Acknowledge that enlightenment is a real possibility. p. 54
svadhisthana 
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