Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Experience

"Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe simply because it has been handed down for many generations. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is written in Holy Scriptures. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of Teachers, elders or wise men. Believe only after careful observation and analysis, when you find that it agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all. Then accept it and live up to it."


--Siddhartha Gautama
From the Kalama Sutta



Friday, November 6, 2009

Cycles

Most of us live our life like the two brothers who operate a window washing business: late at night, one brother goes out around town and throws dirt all over peoples windows, and the next morning the second brother goes out as a window washer for hire.