Citas de Shantideva

• All the suffering in the world comes from seeking pleasure for oneself. All the happiness in the world comes from seeking pleasure for others.

  Shantideva

  Love, Kindness, Suffering

  "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life". Book by Shantideva, www.huffingtonpost.com. c. 700 AD.

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• Si el problema puede resolverse, ¿por qué preocuparse? Si el problema no se puede resolver, preocuparse no te servirá de nada.

  Shantideva

  Buddhist, Stress, Worry

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• Que me convierta en todo momento, ahora y siempre: en protector para los que carecen de protección; en guía para los que han perdido el rumbo; en barco para los que tienen océanos que cruzar; en puente para los que tienen ríos que atravesar; en santuario para los que están en peligro; en lámpara para los que carecen de luz; en lugar de refugio para los que carecen de cobijo; y en servidor de todos los necesitados.

  Shantideva

  Ocean, Light, Bridges

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• It is not possible to control all external events; But, if I simply control my mind what need is there to control other things?

  Shantideva

  Mind, Events, Needs

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• Whatever happens, I will not let my cheerfulness be disturbed. Being unhappy won't get me anywhere and will dissipate all my goodness. Why be unhappy about something if you can change it? And if you can't, how will being unhappy help?

  Shantideva

  Psychics, Empowerment, Unhappy

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• It is natural for the immature to harm others.
  Getting angry with them is like resenting a fire for burning.

  Shantideva

  Fire, Immature, Burning

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• All those who are unhappy in the world are so as a result of their desire for their own happiness. All those who are happy in the world are so as a result of their desire for the happiness of others.

  Shantideva

  Unhappy, Desire, World

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• How wonderful will it be when all beings experience each other as limbs on the one body of life.

  Shantideva

  Body, Wonderful, Limbs

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• As long as space abides and as long as the world abides, so long may I abide, destroying the sufferings of the world.

  Shantideva

  Space, Long, Suffering

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• Instead of trying to cover the whole world with leather, put on some sandals.

  Shantideva

  Trying, World, Sandals

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• We are all slaves of our own actions. Why be angry with anyone else?

  Shantideva

  Action, Slave, Angry

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• Unruly beings are as unlimited as space They cannot possibly all be overcome, But if I overcome thoughts of anger alone This will be equivalent to vanquishing all foes. Where would I possibly find enough leather With which to cover the surface of the earth? But (wearing) leather just on the soles of my shoes Is equivalent to covering the earth with it. Likewise it is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things; But should I restrain this mind of mine What would be the need to restrain all else?

  Shantideva

  Buddhist, Shoes, Space

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• All the joy the world contains
  Has come through wishing happiness for others.
  All the misery the world contains
  Has come through wanting pleasure for oneself.

  Shantideva

  Motivación, Alegría, Deseo

  Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.214, Shambhala Publications

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• May the pain of every living creature be completely cleared away. May I be the doctor and the medicine and may I be the nurse for all sick beings in the world until everyone is healed.

  Shantideva

  Pain, Medicine, Doctors

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• There is nothing to fear other than my mind.

  Shantideva

  Mente

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• All the harm, fear, and suffering in the world are caused by attachment to the self: Why should I hold on to this great demon?

  Shantideva

  Attachment, Self, Suffering

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• If you can solve your problem, what is the need of worrying? If you cannot solve it, what is the use of worrying.

  Shantideva

  Preocupación, Necesidad, Uso

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• May those whose hell it is to hate and hurt be turned into lovers bringing flowers.

  Shantideva

  Love, Hurt, Hate

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• Those desiring to escape from suffering hasten right toward suffering. With the very desire for happiness, out of delusion they destroy their own happiness as if it were an enemy

  Shantideva

  Enemy, Suffering, Desire

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• La fuente de toda felicidad reside en pensar en los demás.

  Shantideva

  Lying, Thinking, Source

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• May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

  Shantideva

  Light, Bed, Needs

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• All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

  Shantideva

  Motivation, Suffering, Wish

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• Toda felicidad proviene del deseo de que los demás sean felices.

  Shantideva

  Happiness, Desire

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• Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.

  Shantideva

  Abiding, Calm, States

  Shantideva, Padmakara Translation Group (2008). “The Way of the Bodhisattva”, p.183, Shambhala Publications

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• The renunciation of doing harm is the perfection of discipline

  Shantideva

  Discipline, Perfection, Harm

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