Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Mazu Daoyi (709–788 CE)

A monk asked, “What is the essential meaning of Buddhism?” Mazu said, “What is the meaning of this moment?” — Mazu Daoyi (709–788 CE)

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"This 'Single' or 'Third Eye' provides an ingress into the spiritual worlds - the Kingdom of God - now a lost realm to most of us... Of this inlet or ingress little is known by the people at large." (Sant Kirpal Singh)

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Attacks are not limited to bodily actions; they’re also a crooked look, a tone of voice, or a choice of words.
The virtuous catches them before they happen; if they do, he corrects them immediately, learns from them, and does better the next time.

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To the unimaginable, whose essence is impossible to describe:

Like a seasoned broadway actor is unaffected by critics from a first-time patron, a man of virtue is untouched by anyone who questions virtue.

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