Det spirituella hjärtat- Hridaya.
"Buddhism is a religion of the heart.Only this one who practises to develop the heart is one who practises Buddhism"
Ajahn Chah
Gränslös kärlek är ett vapen med makalös kraft. Den är "summum bonum" i livet. Den finns som ett viktigt kännetecken hos den som är modig.
Egentligen är det bara kärleken som betyder något. Den kommer inte inom räckhåll för den som är feg. Den är ingen livlös teori utan en levande och livgivande kraft. Kärleken är hjärtats värdefullaste skatt.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
Buddha
"Just as there is a cosmic center from which the whole universe arises and has its being and functions with the power or the directing energy emanating therefrom, so also is there a center within the frame of the physical body wherein we have our being. This center in the human body is in no way different from the cosmic center. It is this center in us that is called the Hridaya, the seat of Pure Consciousness, realized as Existence, Knowledge and Bliss. This is really what we call the seat of God in us.
"It is this Hridaya that is said to be different from the physical heart, regulating the blood circulation. The Hridaya has its being on the right side and is not commonly known or felt. The primary thought in us arising as 'I,' when traced to its source, ends somewhere in us and this place, where all thoughts die, where the ego has vanished, is the Hridaya. From this center is felt and enjoyed the Pure Consciousness.
"Whether in sleep, joy, sorrow, fear or satisfaction, we return to this heart and that is why we feel lost to all consciousness of things around. If by meditation or Vichara we attain to our centre, the Hridaya, and thus are our real Self, we enjoy unalloyed bliss"
"When we steady our breath we feel the steadying of our thoughts. Then the thoughts turn inward and melt away at a point. Watching this point, where the thoughts vanish, will also help us to merge ourselves in the Hridaya."
Sri Ramana Maharshi
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.
Dalai Lama
It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
Dalai Lama
"Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart."
"Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart".
Non-violence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.
Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
What is true of the individual will be to-morrow true of the whole nation if individuals will but refuse to lose heart and hope.
Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain.
Mohandas Gandhi
