A quote

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A quote

Postby Pero » Sun Jul 29, 2012 9:48 pm

Well I have absolutely no idea in which section this should go so I'm posting it here hehe. A friend of mine shared the following quote on FB:
‎"In the end these things matter most:"
How well did you love?
How fully did you live?
How deeply did you let go?"
— Siddhārtha Gautama

Where did Buddha say this? Did he even say it? I can only find other sites that attribute this quote to the Buddha but they give no exact source.
Although many individuals in this age appear to be merely indulging their worldy desires, one does not have the capacity to judge them, so it is best to train in pure vision.
- Shabkar
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Re: A quote

Postby Konchog1 » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:03 pm

I rather doubt it. Sounds like the usual seemingly profound new age babble we hear all the time.
“After I have said that I want all beings to become buddhas, I get unhappy when harmdoers get even minimal prosperity or honor. This is extremely contradictory.’ You must eliminate your jealousy regarding any sort of attainment by other persons and delight in it from the depths of your heart. Otherwise your Bodhicitta and the achievement of the welfare and happiness of beings are nothing but words.”

-Lam Rim Chen Mo
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Re: A quote

Postby Nighthawk » Mon Jul 30, 2012 1:21 am

How well did you love???

Buddha wasn't a hippy.
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