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Once in a rare while a man is born who changes the world for the better and Buddha quotes are a prime example of why Buddha was one of these men. As the founder of Buddhism and one of the few truly enlightened people to ever walk the face of the earth, let's celebrate the upcoming birthday of this legendary teacher.
1. "A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker."
2. "All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become."
3. "Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
4. "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."
5. "However many holy words you read,However many you speak,What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?"
6. "The tongue like a sharp knife... Kills without drawing blood."
7. "There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it."
8. "A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden."
9. "You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."
10. "You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
11. "When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."
12. "Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds."
13. "It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell."
14. "He is able who thinks he is able."
I, personally, am not a Buddhist -- but even I can appreciate the wisdom, enlightenment and uniqueness of this very special man. He definitely left his mark on humanity and made the world a better place. If the leaders of our world were more like Buddha, wouldn't this world be a better place? Let's reflect on this with these 14 Buddha quotes as we remember him on his birthday this month.
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meenu Sharma |
2007-02-08 |
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Title: On Footsteps of Buddha
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You visit India not only for its heritage or cultural wealth. For the quest of psychological peace, you come to India also. India temple tour package is availed each year by a massive number of visitors. And the disciples of Lord Buddha rush to India for enjoying the Buddha temple travel packages obtainable in India.
You arrive to Delhi. After breakfast, trip the historic city of old Delhi to include the superb Red Fort, Jama Masjid, biggest mosque in Asia, both built by Shahjahan, Rajghat-memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation". Afternoon, tour of New Delhi to include Humanyun Tomb, Qutab Minar, India Gate, Birla Mandir, Bahai shrine.
Leave for airport for early morning flight to 2500-year-old primeval city of Patna. On influx at Patna you move to hotel. Afternoon you go out for excursion to Vaishali where Lord Buddha preached his last lecture announcing his approaching Nirvana. Visit stupas holding urns containing ashes of Buddha and Ashok pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka to mark places hallowed by Buddha. The place is also recognized now for celebrated Madhubani paintings. To avail all these you can come to India during your holidays and avail of Buddha holiday tourism package.
Morning you drive down to Rajgir (102 kms / 2 hrs & 30 mins) capital of 6th century Magadha realm. It was respected site of Buddhas speeches. Buddha spend several years here. During Buddha pilgrimage tour the mental peace and satisfaction you get is immense. Trip Gridhrakula, Sapataparni cave, Ajatsatru fort as well as Venuvana. Afternoon you visit Nalanda - the world's oldest university founded in the 5th century. Also you can trip monasteries and shrines with remarkable Buddhist & Hindu images. The Institute for research into Buddhism and Pali literature, which houses unusual manuscripts, is also worth visiting for the enthusiasts. Archaeological museum is also not to be missed for the exceptional collections.
Early morning after breakfast go away for Bodhgaya (193 kms / 4 hrs & 30 mins) by road. En route trip Baraliar caves - the earliest examples of rock cut caves. Most imposing craftsmanship of carving and rock inscription is seen. These chasms served as motivation for the background of E.M Foresters "A Passage to India".
Bodhgaya is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here that Gautama reached enlightenment and became Buddha under the "Bodhi" tree Satabodhi shrine, Japanese and Tibetan monasteries along with Magadha university museum are also to be tripped.
Early morning after breakfast you leave for Varanasi (243 kms / 6 hrs) by road (if one so desires one can go by train to Varanasi for Gaya). Arrive by afternoon and move to hotel. Afternoon you visit ghats and temples and Benaras Hindu University.
Early morning boat rides on river Ganges to see the exquisite sunrise at Ganges. After breakfast you go for excursion to Sarnath, the principle center of Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here around 530 B.C that Buddha preached his 1st lecture after gaining enlightenment. Also you trip Dhamekh and Dharmarajika stupas.
Afternoon you drive to Kushinagar - the place where Buddha passed into Parinirvana. Trip Ramabha stupa, which stands, on the spot where the body of the Lord was cremated. Also trip Natha Kumarka Kot enshrining the great recumbent stature of Buddha in the condition of Nirvana. Your Buddha Tour India becomes a success when you reach this place.
Morning you go out for excursion to Lumbini, the place where Buddha was born. An antique shrine with a figure representing the delivery of Buddha is still conserved. So in totality you enjoy the entire Buddha pilgrimage tour India and get knowledge as to life and truth of our existence.
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e. Raymond Rock |
2008-01-03 |
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Title: Seven Reasons We Don''t Become Enlightened
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Lack of adequate guidance Lack of resolve or faith Lack of confidence Lack of courage Distractions Laziness Anger Lack of adequate guidance: According to the Buddha, who is arguably the quintessential expert on enlightenment, in order to become enlightened we must understand how to practice, and the Buddha describes the method in detail. Many practices lead to wisdom or spirituality, but few have the capacity take us all the way to enlightenment. The Buddha himself worked very diligently for six years to attain enlightenment, which means that we must work hard and long as well. Lack of resolve or faith: Faith is one of the most important aspects of enlightenment; however, faith must be always balanced by wisdom and effort. This is because, unlike faith-based religions that believe regardless of the facts, meditation opens our eyes to illusions, as well as the circumstances of human existence. This is a very good instigator of faith as well as an incentive to escape the human circumstances. Lack of confidence: Many new practitioners feel that they cannot successfully do the practice. After all, it took the Buddha six difficult years, and in this age of instant gratification, who has time? Meditation builds confidence; all it takes is doing it for an extended period. Lack of courage: Once the ego begins to slip away in meditation, fear commonly results; one can feel as if they are falling into a bottomless abyss. It takes courage to not only let oneself fall, but to hang in there and see what develops. Also, many physical and psychological problems come up that must be dealt with, all part of a practice that toughens the practitioner for the day when he or she must let go of it all. Enlightenment is not for sissies! Distractions: As the ego is challenged by meditation, it begins to squirm, and it will find all kinds of things that seem more important than meditation. Laziness: Laziness is merely an ignorance of what’s at stake. Without enlightenment, who knows what kind of world you will be reborn into? If you could glance at some of these worlds for only a moment, laziness would be a thing of the past! Anger: Anger is the ego’s protector and chief builder. When the ego is threatened, this is the first tool that the ego will reach for. During meditation, we can become annoyed if not downright mad at the practice in many ways. We can detest the slow moving clock as we sit for an hour, or we can detest sitting still, or being quiet. These are all beginners’ experiences that temper the character of the meditator. True virtue and operating from our centers at all times doesn’t happen by accident, it happens by shifting our consciousness so that our natural virtues, such as generosity, love and wisdom, replace the unnatural builders of ego, such as greed, hatred and delusion. But it all takes work, no free lunch!
E. Raymond Rock of Fort Myers, Florida is cofounder and principal teacher at the Southwest Florida Insight Center, http://www.SouthwestFloridaInsightCenter.com His twenty-eight years of meditation experience has taken him across four continents, including two stopovers in Thailand where he practiced in the remote northeast forests as an ordained Theravada Buddhist monk. His book, A Year to Enlightenment (Career Press/New Page Books) is now available at major bookstores and online retailers. Visit http://www.AYearToEnlightenment.com
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kshitize Agrawal |
2007-06-21 |
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The statues and figurines of Buddha we see all around us are the statues of Shakyamuni Siddhartha Gautama the “Buddha” who was born in Kapilavastu, an ancient province of Nepal, as the son of king Suddhodana and Queen Maya Devi. The Queen had few auspicious dreams before the lord entered her womb from the Tushita heaven. As Prince Siddhartha Gautama came to the age 28 he renounced the kingdom and lived the life of a mendicant. He sought and attained enlightenment in six years under a pipala tree and became a Buddha, in Bodhgaya. After enlightenment he uttered this stanza: “Through many births I have passed the builder of the house of pain is gone and I am free from any more births” Shakyamuni Buddha preached dharma through out his life and the light of the world had gone out and lord passed away into Nirvana at an old age of over 80. Talking of Buddha statues & figurines, the statues of Buddha are found in a wide variety of poses, the most common of all the type is the sitting Buddha statue in a lotus position. The posture displays inner and outer balance and tranquillity. In meditating Buddha statues the posture of the hand or the mudra, have the fingers of the right hand resting lightly on the left as they lay in the enlightened one’s lap and legs are crossed in a Lotus position. Many Buddha statues sit on a pedestal in a lotus blossom which represents the enlightened being or emptiness. Another posture is the Abhaya mudra in which the right hand is raised and is the gesture of dispelling fear. Statues calling the earth to bear witness are represented by postures where the right hand is touching the earth below, which displays total faith. And, finally the reclining Buddha statue represents Buddha’s passage into death or Nirvana, as the disciples, angles and gods bade farewell to never returner Shakyamuni Buddha. Medicine Buddha statue symbolizes the belief that Buddha parted knowledge on medicine along with spiritual guidance. The Mudras or postures of Hands of the Shakyamuni Buddha figures are either in abhaya (Fearlessness), Dhyana (meditation), Dharmachakra Parivartana (turning of the wheel of Dharma or doctrine or religion) and Bhumisparsa (calling the earth goddess to witness the touching of the earth by the right hand) Buddha statues are hand made and thus they are artisan’s labour of Love, or a loving heart and moving hands giving them shapes in definite postures. The earliest representations of Buddha were mounds erected on the relics of Buddha, also known as “Stupa”. The external decorations on the stupas display the entire life of the Buddha from leaving home to enlightenment and to Mahaparinirvana. The largest and tallest Buddha statues were found in Afghanistan which were colossal in size and have been much recently destroyed by the Taliban’s. The Statues of Buddha in Nepal are generally made out of gold, granite, bronze, copper, brass, resin, silver, ceramic, wood, etc. And, they are put on sale in a fine work of display in Thamel and Durbar Square in the ancient city of Kathmandu in Nepal or sold in various online Buddha Statues store like http://himalayacrafts.com at wholesale or retail. The standing Buddha statues with flowering robes is also common. And Buddha heads and hands are also found for sale. All these meanings behind the Buddha statues bring forth the memories of the enlightened master who once walked upon this earth 2500 years ago. In other words they are reminiscences of the “Grand Master”. Kshitize Agrawal http://himalayacrafts.com Buddha Statues & Sculptures
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2008-04-11 |
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Title: 14 Shakespeare Quotes to Celebrate The Birth of A Literary Genius
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Shakespeare's birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate the birth of this literary genius than with some thought-provoking and soul-stirring Shakespeare quotes? For all of you Shakespeare fans out there, these 14 quotes from some of his most famous works go out to you...
1. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
2. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
3. "To be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,or to take arms against a sea of troubles."
4. "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!"
5. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once."
7. "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
8. "Why then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open."
9. "All that glisters is not gold, often have you heard that told. Many a man his life hath sold, but my outside to behold gilded tombs do worms enfold."
10. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
11. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
12. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones -- so let it be with Caesar."
13. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
14. "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits here hope is coldest, and despair most fits."
It takes a cultured and educated individual to appreciate the works of Shakespeare. As we celebrate the anniversary of his birth this month, let these 14 Shakespeare quotes serve as a remembrance of how brilliant his works and his imagination really were.
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2008-02-07 |
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Title: 14 Michael Jordan Quotes To Celebrate the Birth of a Basketball Great
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When it comes to words of inspiration, Michael Jordan quotes have it in the bag. After all, the life of the "greatest player of all time" is a success story unlike any other. When it comes to words of wisdom, he's definitely got it down pat. Here are 14 inspirational quotes to kick off his birthday celebration.
1. "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
2. "I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results."
3. "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
4. "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
5. "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
6. "If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
7. "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you."
8. "My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
9. "Failure always made me try harder next time."
10. "I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it."
11. "To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate."
12. "I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met and I think that I thrive on that. I think that is my biggest motivation in life -- to compete, find different competitions in certain things in life and try to overcome that, be it positive or negative."
13. "If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too."
14. "Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."
And there you have it - fourteen wonderful, inspirational quotes. With the right attitude and outlook on life, anything is possible and the above Michael Jordan quotes just go to prove it.
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2008-01-14 |
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Title: 10 Mozart Quotes To Celebrate the Birth of an Inspiration
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Mozart quotes may very well be some of the most humorous, enlightening and sometimes even morbid quotes around. While it's true one might not associate comedy or morbidity with Mozart, the fact of the matter is that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not just a musical genius, he was quite the character. As we celebrate his birth this month, let us get to know him better with these ten quotes.
1. "To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop."
2. "Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses."
3. "I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know -- namely, that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog -- just like a brute. That is his reward!"
4. "All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent; but when it is necessary, speak — and speak in such a way that people will remember it."
5. "One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance."
6. "I write as a sow piddles."
7. "I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings."
8. "I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness."
9. "We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance."
10. "When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer - say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep - it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best, and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them."
A look inside the mind of a genius -- it's not something we come across often. As we remember the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart this month, let's reflect on how faceted his character was with these Mozart quotes above.
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Meenu Sharma |
2007-02-19 |
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Title: On Footsteps of Buddha
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You visit India not only for its heritage or cultural wealth. For the quest of psychological peace, you come to India also. India temple tour package is availed each year by a massive number of visitors. And the disciples of Lord Buddha rush to India for enjoying the Buddha temple travel packages obtainable in India.
You arrive to Delhi. After breakfast, trip the historic city of old Delhi to include the superb Red Fort, Jama Masjid, biggest mosque in Asia, both built by Shahjahan, Rajghat-memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation". Afternoon, tour of New Delhi to include Humanyun Tomb, Qutab Minar, India Gate, Birla Mandir, Bahai shrine.
Leave for airport for early morning flight to 2500-year-old primeval city of Patna. On influx at Patna you move to hotel. Afternoon you go out for excursion to Vaishali where Lord Buddha preached his last lecture announcing his approaching Nirvana. Visit stupas holding urns containing ashes of Buddha and Ashok pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka to mark places hallowed by Buddha. The place is also recognized now for celebrated Madhubani paintings. To avail all these you can come to India during your holidays and avail of Buddha holiday tourism package.
Morning you drive down to Rajgir (102 kms / 2 hrs & 30 mins) capital of 6th century Magadha realm. It was respected site of Buddhas speeches. Buddha spend several years here. During Buddha pilgrimage tour the mental peace and satisfaction you get is immense. Trip Gridhrakula, Sapataparni cave, Ajatsatru fort as well as Venuvana. Afternoon you visit Nalanda - the world's oldest university founded in the 5th century. Also you can trip monasteries and shrines with remarkable Buddhist & Hindu images. The Institute for research into Buddhism and Pali literature, which houses unusual manuscripts, is also worth visiting for the enthusiasts. Archaeological museum is also not to be missed for the exceptional collections.
Early morning after breakfast go away for Bodhgaya (193 kms / 4 hrs & 30 mins) by road. En route trip Baraliar caves - the earliest examples of rock cut caves. Most imposing craftsmanship of carving and rock inscription is seen. These chasms served as motivation for the background of E.M Foresters "A Passage to India".
Bodhgaya is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here that Gautama reached enlightenment and became Buddha under the "Bodhi" tree Satabodhi shrine, Japanese and Tibetan monasteries along with Magadha university museum are also to be tripped.
Early morning after breakfast you leave for Varanasi (243 kms / 6 hrs) by road (if one so desires one can go by train to Varanasi for Gaya). Arrive by afternoon and move to hotel. Afternoon you visit ghats and temples and Benaras Hindu University.
Early morning boat rides on river Ganges to see the exquisite sunrise at Ganges. After breakfast you go for excursion to Sarnath, the principle center of Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here around 530 B.C that Buddha preached his 1st lecture after gaining enlightenment. Also you trip Dhamekh and Dharmarajika stupas.
Afternoon you drive to Kushinagar - the place where Buddha passed into Parinirvana. Trip Ramabha stupa, which stands, on the spot where the body of the Lord was cremated. Also trip Natha Kumarka Kot enshrining the great recumbent stature of Buddha in the condition of Nirvana. Your Buddha Tour India becomes a success when you reach this place.
Morning you go out for excursion to Lumbini, the place where Buddha was born. An antique shrine with a figure representing the delivery of Buddha is still conserved. So in totality you enjoy the entire Buddha pilgrimage tour India and get knowledge as to life and truth of our existence.
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Noel Jameson |
2008-04-11 |
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Title: 14 Shakespeare Quotes to Celebrate the Birth of a Literary Genius
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Shakespeare's birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate the birth of this literary genius than with some thought-provoking and soul-stirring Shakespeare quotes? For all of you Shakespeare fans out there, these 14 quotes from some of his most famous works go out to you...
1. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
2. "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages."
3. "To be, or not to be, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,or to take arms against a sea of troubles."
4. "What a piece of work is a man! How noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god!"
5. "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath bore me on his back a thousand times, and now how abhorr'd in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once."
7. "My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go."
8. "Why then the world's mine oyster, which I with sword will open."
9. "All that glisters is not gold, often have you heard that told. Many a man his life hath sold, but my outside to behold gilded tombs do worms enfold."
10. "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
11. "The course of true love never did run smooth."
12. "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones -- so let it be with Caesar."
13. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
14. "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits here hope is coldest, and despair most fits."
It takes a cultured and educated individual to appreciate the works of Shakespeare. As we celebrate the anniversary of his birth this month, let these 14 Shakespeare quotes serve as a remembrance of how brilliant his works and his imagination really were.
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Noel Jameson |
2008-02-07 |
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Title: 14 Michael Jordan Quotes to Celebrate the Birth of a Basketball Great
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When it comes to words of inspiration, Michael Jordan quotes have it in the bag. After all, the life of the "greatest player of all time" is a success story unlike any other. When it comes to words of wisdom, he's definitely got it down pat. Here are 14 inspirational quotes to kick off his birthday celebration.
1. "I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying."
2. "I've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. I don't do things half-heartedly. Because I know if I do, then I can expect half-hearted results."
3. "I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed."
4. "If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome."
5. "Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."
6. "If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."
7. "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you."
8. "My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength."
9. "Failure always made me try harder next time."
10. "I realized that if I was going to achieve anything in life I had to be aggressive. I had to get out there and go for it."
11. "To be successful you have to be selfish, or else you never achieve. And once you get to your highest level, then you have to be unselfish. Stay reachable. Stay in touch. Don't isolate."
12. "I just feel that my competitive drive is far greater than anyone else that I've met and I think that I thrive on that. I think that is my biggest motivation in life -- to compete, find different competitions in certain things in life and try to overcome that, be it positive or negative."
13. "If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too."
14. "Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation."
And there you have it - fourteen wonderful, inspirational quotes. With the right attitude and outlook on life, anything is possible and the above Michael Jordan quotes just go to prove it.
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Meenu Sharma |
2007-02-08 |
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Title: On Footsteps of Buddha
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You visit India not only for its heritage or cultural wealth. For the quest of psychological peace, you come to India also. India temple tour package is availed each year by a massive number of visitors. And the disciples of Lord Buddha rush to India for enjoying the Buddha temple travel packages obtainable in India.
You arrive to Delhi. After breakfast, trip the historic city of old Delhi to include the superb Red Fort, Jama Masjid, biggest mosque in Asia, both built by Shahjahan, Rajghat-memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation". Afternoon, tour of New Delhi to include Humanyun Tomb, Qutab Minar, India Gate, Birla Mandir, Bahai shrine.
Leave for airport for early morning flight to 2500-year-old primeval city of Patna. On influx at Patna you move to hotel. Afternoon you go out for excursion to Vaishali where Lord Buddha preached his last lecture announcing his approaching Nirvana. Visit stupas holding urns containing ashes of Buddha and Ashok pillar erected by Emperor Ashoka to mark places hallowed by Buddha. The place is also recognized now for celebrated Madhubani paintings. To avail all these you can come to India during your holidays and avail of Buddha holiday tourism package.
Morning you drive down to Rajgir (102 kms / 2 hrs & 30 mins) capital of 6th century Magadha realm. It was respected site of Buddhas speeches. Buddha spend several years here. During Buddha pilgrimage tour the mental peace and satisfaction you get is immense. Trip Gridhrakula, Sapataparni cave, Ajatsatru fort as well as Venuvana. Afternoon you visit Nalanda - the world's oldest university founded in the 5th century. Also you can trip monasteries and shrines with remarkable Buddhist & Hindu images. The Institute for research into Buddhism and Pali literature, which houses unusual manuscripts, is also worth visiting for the enthusiasts. Archaeological museum is also not to be missed for the exceptional collections.
Early morning after breakfast go away for Bodhgaya (193 kms / 4 hrs & 30 mins) by road. En route trip Baraliar caves - the earliest examples of rock cut caves. Most imposing craftsmanship of carving and rock inscription is seen. These chasms served as motivation for the background of E.M Foresters "A Passage to India".
Bodhgaya is one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here that Gautama reached enlightenment and became Buddha under the "Bodhi" tree Satabodhi shrine, Japanese and Tibetan monasteries along with Magadha university museum are also to be tripped.
Early morning after breakfast you leave for Varanasi (243 kms / 6 hrs) by road (if one so desires one can go by train to Varanasi for Gaya). Arrive by afternoon and move to hotel. Afternoon you visit ghats and temples and Benaras Hindu University.
Early morning boat rides on river Ganges to see the exquisite sunrise at Ganges. After breakfast you go for excursion to Sarnath, the principle center of Buddhist pilgrimage tour. It was here around 530 B.C that Buddha preached his 1st lecture after gaining enlightenment. Also you trip Dhamekh and Dharmarajika stupas.
Afternoon you drive to Kushinagar - the place where Buddha passed into Parinirvana. Trip Ramabha stupa, which stands, on the spot where the body of the Lord was cremated. Also trip Natha Kumarka Kot enshrining the great recumbent stature of Buddha in the condition of Nirvana. Your Buddha Tour India becomes a success when you reach this place.
Morning you go out for excursion to Lumbini, the place where Buddha was born. An antique shrine with a figure representing the delivery of Buddha is still conserved. So in totality you enjoy the entire Buddha pilgrimage tour India and get knowledge as to life and truth of our existence.
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