I sit down and say, and I run all my friends and relatives and enemies one by one in this, without entertaining any angers or gratitudes or anything, and I say, like 'Japhy Ryder, equally empty, equally to be loved, equally a coming Buddha,' then I run on, say to 'David O. Selznick, equally empty, equally to be loved, equally a coming Buddha' though I don't use names like David O. Selznick, just people I know because when I say the words 'equally a coming Buddha' I want to be thinking of their eyes, like you take Morley, his blue eyes behind those glasses, when you think 'equally a coming Buddha' you think of those eyes and you really do suddenly see the true secret serenity and the truth of his coming Buddhahood. Then you think of your enemy's eyes.

~ Jack Kerouac

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Cause and effect, in the Buddhist sense, though. Any action you undertake creates a seed that will sprout when the conditions are right, creating a good or bad result.Do you believe in it?He doesn’t allow even a pause. “Very much so.

~ Jacquie Underdown

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Sing before the spirits and dance with the earth deitiesAnd you will be able to compose your own tune.Then you and I, united, will clap hands joyously,Singing 'tum-tiddly-um tum-tiddly-um-tum.

~ Hongzhi Zhengjue

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But the scent of the good is blown against the wind: A good man perfumes all directions.

~ Anonymous

Anonymous Buddhist Goodness V 54

In the village, a sage should go about Like a bee, which, not harmingFlower, colour or scent, Flies off with the nectar.

~ Anonymous

Anonymous Bees Buddhist Flowers Nonviolence V 49

As a Buddhist, I see no distinction between religious practice and daily life. Religious practice is a twenty-four hour occupation.

~ Dalai Lama Xiv

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