My name's Justin, and I'm a Buddhist. I take bits from Hindu, and Taoist philosophy as well though. I blog about religion, politics, philosophy, and whatever else I feel like blogging about. I've grown a lot over the years, but I'm still far from where I want to be. If you have any questions then ask away! Don't be shy.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
(Source: chaseaustin)
I have realized that the past and future are real illusions, that they exist in the present, which is what there is and all there is.
Alan Watts (via crscwldpt)
You are the vast thing that you see far, far off with great telescopes.
-Alan Watts
Your work… that’s the meaning of life. The material the earth offers you and what you make of it.
Howard Roark (via hunterhaley)
Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.
Dhammapada (via crscwldpt)
“It is obvious that the only interesting people are interested people, and to be completely interested is to have forgotten about “I”.” - Alan Watts
Billions of years ago you were a big bang, but now you’re a complicated human being. And with that, we cut ourselves off … and don’t feel like we’re still the big bang… But you are! You aren’t something at the end of the process, you are still apart of the process!
Alan Watts (via labyrintho)
The Ten Rules of the Dharma
The Great Sage Manu set down ten the rules of the Dharma:
1. Patience (dhriti),
2. Forgiveness (kshama),
3. Piety or self control (dama),
4. Honesty (asteya),
5. Sanctity (shauch),
6. Control of senses (indraiya-nigrah),
7. Reason (dhi),
8. Knowledge or learning (vidya),
9. Truthfulness (satya)
10. Absence of anger (krodha).
Manu further writes, “Non-violence, truth, non-coveting, purity of body and mind, control of senses are the essence of dharma”.
Life should be a dance. And everybody’s life can be a dance. It should be a music - and then you can share; you will have to share. I don’t have to say it, because this is one of the fundamental laws of existence: the more you share your bliss, the more it grows.
Osho (via carpe-aevitas)
