in other words,
save her by leaving her alone.
if one talks about spiritual things, but still rampages the earth,
that is not so good,
and indeed - the simple, powerful fact is that earth will heal very adequately -
primarily, there is nothing to do. humanity is filled with so much beauty -
so much love and happiness - there is an unlimited amount,
once we are able to access it.
the main way to access it is to turn direction inwards - turn the heart and mind to stillness,
and in stillness - one tremendous ally is slowness.
as they say, in buddhism, in some ancient scrolls, a slow mind is slow to anger.
non-attachment is the path to stillness and compassion.
to save the earth, we must merely leave her alone - pave not an inch of her,
to do this, the solution is to share peace -
seek it, and then share it - experience speaks it -
peace cannot be shared, unless one has attained it.
Milarepa:
'Maintain the state of undistractedness, and distractions will fly away. Dwell alone, and you shall find the Friend. Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest. Hasten slowly, and you shall soon arrive. Renounce all worldly goals, and you shall reach the highest Goal. If you follow this unfrequented path, you will find the shortest way. If you realize Sunyata (the absolute Emptiness), compassion will arise within your hearts; and when you lose all differentiation between yourself and others, then you will be fit to serve others.'
on the importance of attaining peace before working to teach:
'It is difficult to meet success in the effort to insure one's own spiritual welfare, even without seeking to benefit others. If you seek another's spiritual welfare before attaining your own, it would be like a helplessly drowning man trying to save another man in the same predicament. Therefore, one should not be too anxious and hasty in setting out to save others before one has, oneself, realized Truth in Its fullness. That would be like the blind leading the blind. As long as the sky endures, there will be no dearth of sentient beings for you to serve, and your opportunity for such service will come. Till it does, I exhort each one of you to keep but one resolve: namely, to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all living creatures.'
on the value of doing it now:
'Life is short, and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourselves to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best of your ability, even at the cost of life itself. In short, act so that you will have no cause to be ashamed of yourselves; and hold fast to this rule.'
a few others:
'Accustomed long to meditating on the Unborn, the Indestructible, the Unchanging, I have forgotten all definitions of this or that particular goal.'
'Accustomed long to applying each new experience to my own spiritual growth,I have forgotten all creeds and dogmas.'
'Accustomed long to meditating on my Guru as enhaloed over my head, I have forgotten all those who rule by power and prestige.'
'Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion, I have forgotten all difference between myself and others.'
Sri Ramana:
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'Your own Self-realization is the greatest service you can render the world.'
'There are no impediments to meditation. The very thought of such obstacles is the greatest impediment.'
'It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!'
'Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.'
'14. Just as the sun gives light to the moon this heart bestows the effulgence on the mind.'
'By happy fraternity amongst themselves, the embodied beings get the supreme peace. Then all this earth shines like one house. When the men, the embodied beings treat each other with equal respect and have good brotherly feelings amongst themselves, great peace and harmony abound. Then all this earth shines like one house. The whole world shines like the one dwelling house of the entire human family.'
'Peace is for the purification of one's mind. Power is for the growth of the community. Having established the community with power, one should then establish supreme peace.'
Sri Ramakrishna:
'It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.'
'The Master said: "Everything that exists is God." The pupil understood it literally, but not in the true spirit. While he was passing through a street, he met with an elephant. The driver (mahut) shouted aloud from his high place, "Move away, move away!" The pupil argued in his mind, "Why should I move away? I am God, so is the elephant also God. What fear has God of Himself?" Thinking thus he did not move. At last the elephant took him up by his trunk, and dashed him aside. He was severely hurt, and going back to his Master, he related the whole adventure. The Master said, "All right, you are God. The elephant is God also, but God in the shape of the elephant-driver was warning you also from above. Why did you not pay heed to his warnings?"'
'God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.'
'Women are, all of them, the veritable images of Śakti.'
'One should not think, "My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false." God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite the opinions.'
'This māyā, that is to say, the ego, is like a cloud. The sun cannot be seen on account of a thin patch of cloud; when that disappears one sees the sun.'
'As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.'
Thich Nhat Hanh:
'There can be no peace in the world until there is peace between religions.'
'Your first love has no beginning or end. Your first love is not your first love, and it is not your last. It is just love. It is one with everything.'
'The present moment contains past and future. The secret of transformation, is in the way we handle this very moment.'
'Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. If you are not capable of generating that kind of energy toward yourself — if you are not capable of taking care of yourself, of nourishing yourself, of protecting yourself — it is very difficult to take care of another person.'
'Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the whole earth revolves—slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future. Live the actual moment. Only this actual moment is life.'
'Freedom from suffering is a great happiness.'
'If you look deeply into the palm of your hand, you will see your parents and all generations of your ancestors. All of them are alive in this moment. Each is present in your body. You are the continuation of each of these people.'
'Seeds can produce seeds Seeds can produce formations. Formations can produce seeds. Formations can produce formations.'
'The leaf and his body were one. Neither possessed a separate permanent self. Neither could exist independently from the rest of the universe.'
Others of note - Thomas Merton, Liezi, Dogen, Amma, etc.
May all beings be happy, May all beings be healthy, May all beings be at peace.
Om.
Thay: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nhat_Hanh
Ramakrishna: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ramakrishna
Sri Ramana Maharshi: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ramana_Maharshi
Milarepa: http://www.onelittleangel.com/wisdom/quotes/saint.asp?mc=130
Liezi:
http://www.stillness.com/tao/lieh%20tzu.txt
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