Buddha Quote
Friday February 27, 2026
Sutra Surprise!Whenever I feel empty and hollow, down and out, I sometimes would
flip open a Dharma book or a Buddhist Sutra at random and cast my
eyes upon any passage. It would be a nice karmic "coincidence" if
the passage relates to my present blues and suggests a related
solution. I feel inspired almost instantly. Even when the passage
is irrelevant, it still brings me to calm as I read the Buddha's
words, His dialogue to His disciples.
I see, in my mind's eye,
myself in the crowd. Sitting upright, relaxed but intent. And the
Buddha is right before me with my spiritual buddies all around
me. There is no other place I'd rather be. There is no time and
place more right. A sutra around is thus an "object of solace"
already. I guess this is a kind of very personal form of "going
to the Triple Gem for Refuge"... the Buddha in front, the Dharma
He's teaching, the Sangha around me. And all this in my mind, in
my heart.
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