Starrylizard

The Dalai Lama Quote of the Week email for this week is beautiful! Just wanted to share. I am not of any religion, but I am in awe of The Dalai Lama as a human being. :)

In day to day life if you lead a good life, honestly, with love, with compassion, with less selfishness, then automatically it will lead to nirvana....We must implement these good teachings in daily life. Whether you believe in God or not does not matter so much; whether you believe in Buddha or not does not matter so much; as a Buddhist, whether you believe in reincarnation or not does not matter so much. You must lead a good life. ( continued under the cut )

( Finding the right words to describe depression is hard )

"I think of it as being the weather, the point of the weather is that it is not under our control, we can't make it sunny when it's stormy, we can't make it rain when it is dry and hot. But it is also true that it's real.

"The classic mistake is to somehow imagine that it's your fault and that it isn't really there and that if you snap your fingers then the dark clouds will rise." ~ Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry is a very wise man. I want to read his book.

I think I want this on a banner or an icon something. It fits my username and it's very true:

Good friends are like stars… You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.

I get a quote a week in my inbox and sometimes they just strike a chord. Hopefully you won't mind me reposting this one. I think with things that have happened around me recently, it is something I'm happy to be reminded of.

Dalai Lama Quote of the Week

( However, if we look deep down, I have a valid feeling of 'I,' and with that feeling, I want happiness and do not want suffering. Everyone, no matter where they are from, has this valid feeling of 'I' on the conventional level, and in this sense we are all the same. )