Be Your Own Hero

Please, I urge you, do not waste your precious human rebirth by following your old habits that have continuously trapped you in samsara - your constant uncontrollably recurring rebirth and suffering since beginningless time.

Remember that you always, always have the following choices in your life.

Generosity will destroy your miserliness.

Discipline will destroy your harmfulness.

Patience will destroy your intolerance.

Perseverance will destroy your laziness.

Concentration will destroy your distraction.

Wisdom will destroy your ignorance.

If you can give up your old habits that have trapped you in samsara, and practice this buddhadharma, I promise that sooner or later you will be free.

You have been shown the path that leads to your freedom. But you must understand, that even though you will always be assisted along the way, nobody, absolutely nobody can walk it for you.

~ Chamtrul Rinpoche

KYLE QUANDEL

No Mud, No Lotus

The lotus flower, a symbol of awakening in Buddhist and other spiritual traditions, blooms in the muckiest, muddiest swamps. Its roots begin under the swamp water and its buds reach their way to the surface where they burst forth into stunning pink or white flowers. If you want the beauty of the lotus flower, there is no getting around the mud.

What’s your mud right now? What is your lotus?

KYLE QUANDEL