Self-Immolation

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"Não tente chegar a lugar nenhum na prática. O próprio desejo de ser livre ou de ser iluminado será o desejo que impede sua liberdade. Você pode tentar o quanto quiser, praticar ardentemente noite e dia, mas se ainda tiver o desejo de alcançar algo, você nunca encontrará a paz. A energia desse desejo causará dúvida e inquietação. Não importa quanto tempo ou quão duro você pratique, a sabedoria não surgirá do desejo. Simplesmente deixe ir. Observe a mente e o corpo com atenção, mas não tente alcançar nada, caso contrário, quando você começar a praticar a meditação e seu coração começar a se acalmar, você imediatamente pensará: "Ah, já estou perto do primeiro estágio da iluminação? Quanto mais eu tenho que ir?" Nesse instante, você perderá tudo. É melhor apenas observar como a prática se desenvolve naturalmente." Ajahn Chah

"The Devas and Asuras, Angels and Titans, powers of Light and powers of Darkness in Rigveda, although distinct and opposite in operation, are in essence consubstantial, their distinction being a matter not of essence but of orientation, revolution or transformation. In this case, the Titan is potentially an Angel, the Angel still by nature a Titan; the Darkness in actu is Light, the Light in potentia Darkness; whence the designations Asura and Deva may be applied to one and the same Person according to the mode of operation, as in Rigveda 1.163.3, "Trita art thou (Agni) by interior operation". Ananda Coomaraswamy

"Understanding the true nature of appearances does not impede good conduct; rather, it informs good conduct. Such knowledge makes conduct more subtle and beneficial. It is just like when you stand in front of a mirror and the reflection of your face appears within it. Knowing all the while that the reflection is not real, you can still use that reflection to remove stains from your face and make yourself look beautiful." Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

"Impermanent indeed are all formations; their nature consists of arising and disappearing; having arisen, they cease; their calming is happiness." Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra

"O, Alas! Alas! Fortunate Child of Buddha Nature, Do not be oppressed by the forces of ignorance and delusion! But rise up now with resolve and courage! Entranced by ignorance, from beginningless time until now, You have had [more than] enough time to sleep. So do not slumber any longer, but strive after virtue with body, speech and mind! Are you oblivious to the sufferings of birth, old age, sickness and death? There is no guarantee that you will survive, even past this very day! The time has come [for you] to develop perseverance in [your] practice." The Tibetan book of the dead

"Live a life of friction. Let yourself be disturbed as much as possible, but observe." Gurdjieff

"The fact that the Buddha's formulation of the precepts can be at times permissive or prohibitive also proves that the precepts are not unchangeable. They vary according to the particular circumstances when and where something happens, and depend upon who is involved." - Master Hsing Yun

"Mindness, empty luminosity without referencing, is the true actuality of the innate disposition. Exactly that elaboration-free and identification-less rigpa has appearances of its liveliness shining forth non-stop in an illusion-like way, so you cross over to the state of indivisible or unified equipoise and post-meditation, luminosity-emptiness without grasping, then practice to gain experience in that."

"In mind there is no duality, so Look at it in the manner of there being no looking to be done. Having looked you do not see your own mind. That being so, in terms of what is to be looked at There is not a speck of it at all." Machig Labdrön

"What others find repulsive, we enjoy. What others find frightful, we invite. What others abandon, we embrace. What others fear to say, we sing. What others fear to glance, we behold. What others fear to do, we perform. To that place of mind nobody dares to go, We jump into without hesitation, Because we are not afraid of mind. Being absolutely ignorant, we know stillness. Being absolutely lustful, we know bliss. Being absolutely wrathful, we know splendor. Because we are not afraid of mind."

"Not hindered by having like and dislike, attachment and aversion towards Any of the circumstances, outer and inner, favourable and unfavourable, And having the greatness of whatever occurs being a helper on the path, One achieves finality in the unborn dharma."