29 Coen Monk phrases that are true life lessons

Want the good of all beings. That includes you.

Today is an excellent day for me to discover my life potential and use it without waste or excess.

How life is on the wire. If planet Earth raises its shoulder, everything falls apart. This is a basic teaching of the Buddha, that nothing is fixed.

Each time one of us becomes an enlightened being, all of humanity takes a step towards enlightenment.

Keep the flame of unconditional love alive and know how to separate (if so) with the same tenderness and respect with which you joined.

Wisdom does not come from getting it right, but from learning from mistakes.

How good it is to be alive, breathing and enjoying every moment, just as they are.

Sit, breathe, rest and go.

We usually think of the world as something distant and separate from us, but we are the life of the universe in constant motion. We can even say that the world is us.

Nothing is fixed or permanent. The only permanent thing is impermanence.

When our emotions control us, we lose any fight, any battle. When we control our emotions we can defeat many enemies.

Life is wonderful. So quick and so brief. Why don’t I appreciate it?

Appreciating and understanding life in every moment is an art to be practiced.

Don’t give strength to things that are harmful. Pay no attention to your obstacles. They exist; respect them, but pass them by.

Do good, speak good, think good. Realize that each being we meet is an enlightened being, disguised to show us the way. Some show us how not to be. Others as we should be.

Unconditional love is one that wants the good of the other, regardless of their individual “I”.

Life is movement and transformation. We are responsible for our choices and decisions.

We are networked, everything is connected. A beneficial attitude transforms the environment. Evil too. It’s a boomerang. What is thrown around the world comes around.

Love and manifest that love now.

All that exists is an interdependent and simultaneous co-arising.

I cannot turn back, but go forward, correcting my own faults or mistakes.

May my actions, words and thoughts benefit the greatest number of beings.

It’s easy to provoke another person’s anger, a dismissive look, a disrespect, an insult. But the great warrior manages to win this battle. Not by punching or physical fighting techniques, but by self-control.

If peace doesn’t start in me, it won’t. If I raise the flag of peace in defiance, it will not be peace. It is necessary to raise the white flags with a heart of harmony, respect, compassion.

We are responsible for the reality we live in, for the world we are in and there is no point in complaining. It is necessary to act to transform.

It is necessary to speak with assertiveness and sweetness, without demanding what others do not have to give, but provoking them to look for their best.

When you open your palm you realize that the entire universe fits in it.

Our ability to understand reality, to observe in depth, is compromised if we do not question ourselves.

Include in your love the whole planet, with trees and insects. Flowers and birds. Seas, rivers, oceans.