Marriage is not about religion.
Atheists marry.
Marriage is not about procreation.
The infertile marry.
Marriage is not about finance.
It can weave poverty.
Marriage is about love.
That’s it.
And that’s beautiful.
(via teachthemhowtothink)
"You really don’t understand the beauty in death do you? The atoms that make up your body become part of the earth and the universe. You aren’t becoming nothing when you die. You become everything. The purpose of life is to live. Who needs more than that? It is wonderful and it is enough."
- babydali
(via babydali)
"One fundamental attitude shared by Buddhism and science is the commitment to keep searching for reality by empirical means and to be willing to discard accepted or long-held positions if our search finds that the truth is different."
- The Fourteenth Dalai Lama, The Universe Is A Single Atom (via theclockworkmechanicalorchestra)
"only to the extent that we expose ourselves over and over to annihilation can that which is indestructible be found in us"
-
Pema Chödrön
(via babydali)
"Wealth should serve humanity, not vice versa."
- Dalai Lama (via ewicewic2)
"Just as deer and birds caught in the hunter’s snare will eventually be killed, under the influence of delusion beings are enmeshed in the net of samsara. Don’t you see that in the past all beings have been devoured by the Lord of Death and that you too will come to the sanme end? Regardless of their age, health or any other consideration, the Lord of Death is systematically slaughtering all those around you. If you realize this, why don’t you practice the dharma instead of pursuing worldly desires and indulging in sleep? You are like the buffalo who stupidly continues to eat his grass unconcerned that all around him are being take to slaughter."
- Santideva: Bodhicaryavatara 7.4-7.6
