Suffering Is Given To You

When You Come To See You Are Not As Wise Today As You Thought You Were Yesterday, You Are Wiser Today.

A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement About Reality, But A Hint, A Clue About Something That Is A Mystery, Beyond The Grasp Of Human Thought. In Short, A Religious Belief Is Only A Finger Pointing To The Moon. Some Religious People Never Get Beyond The Study Of The Finger. Others Are Engaged In Sucking It. Others Yet Use The Finger To Gouge Their Eyes Out. These Are The Bigots Whom Religion Has Made Blind. Rare Indeed Is The Religionist Who Is Sufficiently Detached From The Finger To See What It Is Indicating - These Are Those Who, Having Gone Beyond Belief, Are Taken For Blasphemers.

These Things Will Destroy The Human Race: Politics Without Principle, Progress Without Compassion, Wealth Without Work, Learning Without Silence, Religion Without Fearlessness And Worship Without Awareness.

A Zealous Disciple Expressed A Desire To Teach Others The Truth And Asked The Master What He Thought About This. The Master Said, "wait." Each Year The Disciple Would Return With The Same Request And Each Time The Master Would Give Him The Same Reply: "wait." One Day He Said To The Master, "when Will I Be Ready To Teach?" Said The Master, "when Your Excessive Eagerness To Teach Has Left You.

What Is A Loving Heart? A Loving Heart Is Sensitive To The Whole Of Life, To All Persons; A Loving Heart Doesn't Harden Itself To Any Persons Or Things.