Sunday, June 5, 2016
Ban Ki-moon: Discrimination can never be justified We must right these wrongs!
“We should all be outraged when people suffer discrimination, assault or even murder simply because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. We should all speak out when someone is arrested and imprisoned because of who they love or how they look. This is one of the great neglected human rights challenges of our time. We must right these wrongs! […] Some may oppose change. They may invoke culture, tradition or religion to defend the status quo. Such arguments have been used to try to justify slavery, child marriage, rape in marriage and female genital mutilation. I respect culture, tradition and religion, but they can never justify the denial of basic rights. My promise to the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgender members of the human family is this: I’m with you. I promise that as Secretary-General of the United Nations I will denounce attacks against you and I will keep pressing leaders for progress.”
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the International Conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Oslo, 15-16 April 2013).
Via Ram Dass:
June 5, 2016
Acting with compassion is not doing good because we think we ought to. It is being drawn to action by heart-felt passion. It is giving ourselves into what we are doing, being present in the moment — no matter how difficult, sad or even boring it feels, no matter how much it demands. It is acting from our deepest understanding of what life is, listening intently for the skillful means in each situation, and not compromising the truth. It is working with others in a selfless way, in a spirit of mutual respect.  |
Via Sri Prem Baba: Flor do dia - Flor del día - Flower of the day - 05/06/2016
Dia Mundial do Meio Ambiente
“Se você quer ver um mundo melhor, vá atrás da sua felicidade. Uma pessoa feliz não destrói, não rouba, não engana, não polui, não degrada a natureza. A infelicidade em nós é o que tem causado tanto sofrimento e destruição, para nós e para a natureza.
“Se você quer ver um mundo melhor, vá atrás da sua felicidade. Uma pessoa feliz não destrói, não rouba, não engana, não polui, não degrada a natureza. A infelicidade em nós é o que tem causado tanto sofrimento e destruição, para nós e para a natureza.
Día Mundial deMedio Ambiente
“Si quieres ver un mundo mejor, persiguetu felicidad. Una persona feliz no destruye, no roba, no engaña, no contamina, no degradala naturaleza. La infelicidad en nosotros es lo que ha causado tanto sufrimiento y destrucción, a nosotros y a la naturaleza.
World Environment Day
“If we want to see a better world, we have to first take an honest look at our own happiness. A truly happy person does not destroy, doesn’t rob, doesn’t lie, doesn’t pollute, and doesn’t treat nature with disrespect. Our unhappiness is what has caused so much suffering and destruction, both in ourselves and to the environment.
“Si quieres ver un mundo mejor, persiguetu felicidad. Una persona feliz no destruye, no roba, no engaña, no contamina, no degradala naturaleza. La infelicidad en nosotros es lo que ha causado tanto sufrimiento y destrucción, a nosotros y a la naturaleza.
World Environment Day
“If we want to see a better world, we have to first take an honest look at our own happiness. A truly happy person does not destroy, doesn’t rob, doesn’t lie, doesn’t pollute, and doesn’t treat nature with disrespect. Our unhappiness is what has caused so much suffering and destruction, both in ourselves and to the environment.
Via Daily Dharma / June 5, 2016: Action Without a Cause
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True mindfulness has arisen when there is only the action but no doer.
—Ayya Khema, "No Satisfaction" |
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