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The flowers at the Lord’s feet asked the flowers in the garland, “Why do you get to be close to the Lord’s heart, while we languish at His feet.”

Said the flowers in the garland, “To get close to the Lord’s heart, we have to get our hearts pierced.”

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Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.

​Thich Nhat Hanh (via abiding-in-peace)

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Have a mind that is open to everything, and attached to nothing. —Tilopa

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The ocean is vast and boundless. But the amount of water you can carry from it is determined by the size of the vessel you take. If the vessel you carry is small, you cannot fill it beyond its capacity. Likewise, if your heart is constricted, Divine grace will be equally limited. Broaden your heart and receive the plenitude of God’s grace. How is one to broaden his heart? It is by getting rid of narrow differences and by curbing desires. By developing insatiable desires, the heart gets shrunk. A broad heart means recognizing the truth that the Divine dwells in everybody. Only then can you obtain the Reality that is unchanging and eternal.

(SSS Vol XXIII - Chap 4)

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Let my doing nothing when I have nothing to do become untroubled in its depth of peace like the evening in the seashore when the water is silent.

Rabindranath Tagore (via quietlotus)

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You do not need to waste your time doing those things that are unnecessary and trifling. You do not have to be rich. You do not need to seek fame or power. What you need is freedom, solidity, peace and joy. You need the time and energy to be able to share these things with others.

Thich Nhat Hanh, in “No Death, No Fear”. (via abiding-in-peace)