Buddhist Boot Camp

It is better to have a mind opened by wonder than a mind closed by belief. —Gerry Spence

Habitually contemplate whether your thoughts stem from love or from fear. If your thoughts originate in love, then follow them. But if they originate from a place of fear, then dig deep to find the root of your fear. Only then will you be able to finally let go of it so that fear no longer limits your possibilities.

If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse. —E. James Rohn

Bigotry wrapped in a prayer is still bigotry, and we don’t play that game!

Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you can. —John Wesley

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. —Eleanor Roosevelt

Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future, that he does not enjoy the present moment. As a result, he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies having never truly lived. —The Dalai Lama, w

Your beliefs don’t make you a better person; your behavior does. —Anonymous

“Don’t believe everything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts. . . . Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real, and you will discover that there are virtuous things and non-virtuous things. Once you discover that for yourself, give up the bad and embrace the good.”