Quotes Hinduism

Question 1

“Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.”- Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer 1

Mindfulness- If you are always thinking about the past or future, you can’t think about the present.

Question 2

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”- Thich Nhat Hanh

Answer 2

Dependent origination- everything is interconnected.

Question 3

“Non-attachment is not complacency. It does’t imply a lack of caring and commitment. The philosophy of non-attachment is based in the understanding that holding on too tightly to those things, which in any case are always going to be slipping through our fingers, hurts and gives us rope burn.”- Lama Surya Das

Answer 3

Impermanence- non attachment–> The more we hold on to things the more we get “rope-burn” or the more it hurts.

Question 4

“The metaphor of movie for life is an interesting one. The frames go by so quickly that we retain the illusion of continuity.”- Robert Aitken

Answer 4

Impermanence (non-attachment)
Mindfulness–> the world around us is moving to fast.
Anatman–> “illusion of continuity”

Question 5

“You only lose what you cling to.”- Gautama Buddha

Answer 5

Impermanence (non-attachment)
Mindfulness–> clinging to concepts/thoughts from the past.
Suffer–> loss

Question 6

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”- Gautama Buddha

Answer 6

Suffering
Mindfulness
Dependent origination–> We are all connected to each other. Intent to hurt someone else, hurts you.

Question 7

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are only few.”- Shunryu Suzuki

Answer 7

Mindfulness

Non-attachment–> Experts become attached to their knowledge, it is better to have a beginner’s mind.

Question 8

“Treat every moment as your last. It is not preparation for something else.”- Shunryu Suzuki

Answer 8

Mindfulness–> need to live in the present.

Question 9

“That nothing is static or fixed, that all is fleeting and impermanent, is the first mark of existence. It is the ordinary state of affairs. Everything is in process. Everything- every tree, every blade of grass, all the animals, insects, humans, he animate and the inanimate- is always changing, women to moment.”- Pema Chodron

Answer 9

Impermanence

Anatman- Everything is always changing