Monday, January 19, 2015
Flor do Dia - Flor del Día - Flower of the Day - 19/01/2015
“O desejo é um saco sem fundo - você nunca está satisfeito, e sempre
quer mais. Não importa se o desejo esteja direcionado a práticas
espirituais - isso é gula, é voracidade. E a gula está a serviço de
amortecer o seu sistema para você não sentir. Quando a voracidade é
direcionada para o mundo material, você tenta preencher o vazio
comprando, falando ou comendo demais. E quando é direcionada a
espiritualidade, você não para de buscar
novas práticas que te ajudarão a se livrar do sofrimento. Mas, essa
atitude é justamente o que te impede de encontrar o seu lugar, de
relaxar, e de receber a graça divina.”
“El deseo es un barril sin fondo - nunca estás satisfecho y siempre
quieres más. No importa si el deseo está direccionado hacia prácticas
espirituales - eso es gula, es voracidad. Y la gula está al servicio de
adormecer tu sistema para que no sientas. Cuando la voracidad se
direcciona hacia el mundo material, intentas llenar el vacío comprando,
hablando o comiendo demasiado. Y cuando se direcciona hacia la
espiritualidad, no paras de buscar nuevas prácticas que te ayudarán a
librarte del sufrimiento. Pero esta actitud es precisamente lo que te
impide encontrar tu lugar, relajarte, y recibir la gracia divina.”
“Desire is a bottomless pit: we are never satisfied and are always left wanting more. Regardless of whether these desires are aimed towards spiritual practices, they still involve gluttony and greed. This gluttony is at the service of numbing our systems so that we are unable to feel. When greed is aimed towards the material world, we attempt to fill the inner void by buying things, speaking or eating compulsively. When this voracity is directed towards spirituality, we endlessly seek new practices that will help relieve our suffering. However, it is precisely this approach that prevents us from finding our place in the world, relaxing, and receiving divine grace.”
“Desire is a bottomless pit: we are never satisfied and are always left wanting more. Regardless of whether these desires are aimed towards spiritual practices, they still involve gluttony and greed. This gluttony is at the service of numbing our systems so that we are unable to feel. When greed is aimed towards the material world, we attempt to fill the inner void by buying things, speaking or eating compulsively. When this voracity is directed towards spirituality, we endlessly seek new practices that will help relieve our suffering. However, it is precisely this approach that prevents us from finding our place in the world, relaxing, and receiving divine grace.”
Talk on Peace and Compassion at the Baha'i Lotus Temple // January 17th 2015
New Delhi, India, 16 January 2015 - This morning
His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave a talk on Peace and Compassion and
attended a prayer gathering at the Baha'i House of Worship in Baharpur,
commonly known as the Lotus Temple. The Baha'i Faith was founded by
Bahá'u'lláh more than a century ago in Iran teaching the oneness of God,
the oneness of the human family, and the oneness of religion.
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| The Lotus Temple, venue for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's talk in New Delhi, India on January 16, 2015. |
His Holiness was warmly received by Ms. Nazneen
Rowhani, the General Secretary of Baha'i Faith in India and Ambassador
Ashok Sajjanhar, Secretary of the National Foundation for Communal
Harmony (NFCH).
Ms. Rowhani introduced His Holiness to an audience that included
students from 14 different schools in Delhi, diplomats, school
principals, and other guests as the light that beckons unity of all
spiritual traditions.
"I usually don't like formality,” His Holiness began, “because we are
all the same mentally, emotionally and physically. All of us have
problems, physical and mental. No one is without problems. However,
education enables us to view our problems from a wider perspective so we
can deal with them.”
Looking at the many school children in the audience, His Holiness said,
"You are very important to humanity’s future. You are the generation of the twenty-first century. In you lies the hope of creating a better future for the world. It will fall to you to solve the problems created by my generation in the twentieth century."
His Holiness explained that the immense violence of the twentieth century arose largely due to short-sighted, narrow-minded thinking, when people only considered the narrow interests of their own group rather than those of humanity as a whole. He urged the younger generation:
“Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind. Selfishness creates a distance between us and other people, leading to suspicion and mistrust, ultimately resulting in loneliness. Think of others' well-being and you’ll be happy.
"Young brothers and sisters, think more broad-mindedly. Warm-heartedness and compassion are conducive to our physical and mental well-being, while anger, hatred, and fear are not. This is why some scientists today talk about warm-heartedness ensuring a 'healthy mind and a healthy body'.
"Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion. If we are to present these in a way that appeals to everyone we need to cultivate secular ethics. This is an approach followed in India for more than a thousand years, but which remains relevant today. India’s deep-seated tradition of ahimsa or non-violence is reflected in this age-old respect for all religious traditions and even the views of those who have no faith.”
Among questions from the audience His Holiness was asked how to cope with the threat of terrorism. He responded that many of the problems we face today are symptoms of our past mistakes. Resorting to the use of force, however decisive it may seem to be in the short run, is out of date, because violence only leads to more violence. Instead, whenever we face problems amongst ourselves, we should solve them through dialogue not force.
"You are very important to humanity’s future. You are the generation of the twenty-first century. In you lies the hope of creating a better future for the world. It will fall to you to solve the problems created by my generation in the twentieth century."
His Holiness explained that the immense violence of the twentieth century arose largely due to short-sighted, narrow-minded thinking, when people only considered the narrow interests of their own group rather than those of humanity as a whole. He urged the younger generation:
“Concern yourselves more with the needs of others, with the needs of all humanity, and you'll have peace of mind. Selfishness creates a distance between us and other people, leading to suspicion and mistrust, ultimately resulting in loneliness. Think of others' well-being and you’ll be happy.
"Young brothers and sisters, think more broad-mindedly. Warm-heartedness and compassion are conducive to our physical and mental well-being, while anger, hatred, and fear are not. This is why some scientists today talk about warm-heartedness ensuring a 'healthy mind and a healthy body'.
"Because the existing education system is oriented towards materialistic goals we need to pay special attention to inner values such as tolerance, forgiveness, love and compassion. If we are to present these in a way that appeals to everyone we need to cultivate secular ethics. This is an approach followed in India for more than a thousand years, but which remains relevant today. India’s deep-seated tradition of ahimsa or non-violence is reflected in this age-old respect for all religious traditions and even the views of those who have no faith.”
Among questions from the audience His Holiness was asked how to cope with the threat of terrorism. He responded that many of the problems we face today are symptoms of our past mistakes. Resorting to the use of force, however decisive it may seem to be in the short run, is out of date, because violence only leads to more violence. Instead, whenever we face problems amongst ourselves, we should solve them through dialogue not force.
Hindu, Moslem, Buddhist, Christian and Baha'i prayers were recited in a
number of languages including English, Hindi, Arabic and Sanskrit during
a gathering His Holiness attended in the actual Lotus Temple after his
talk.
Via Daily Dharma: MLK's Beloved Community | January 19, 2015
MLK's Beloved Community | January 19, 2015
We are caught up in an inescapable network of mutuality. . . . Strangely
enough I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought
to be, and you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought
to be. This is the way the world is made.
- Martin Luther King Jr., "A Sangha by Another Name"
- Martin Luther King Jr., "A Sangha by Another Name"
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