A personal blog by a graying (mostly Anglo with light African-American roots) gay left leaning liberal progressive married college-educated Buddhist Baha'i BBC/NPR-listening Professor Emeritus now following the Dharma in Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Use riches in a constructive way ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Use riches in a constructive way ~ Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche https://justdharma.com/s/tjsd1
It is said that, "the richer people get, the more miserly they are," and this saying is often true. Avarice makes you unhappy. It exposes you to rebirth in the florin of tortured spirits. Rather than store useless riches, use them in a constructive way. Be generous toward those in need, build stupas, and make offerings to the Three Jewels. The more generous you are, the more you will prosper. Generosity should always be exercised impartially toward all - the poor, the sick, the aged, the traveler from afar - without discrimination between friend and stranger, between those on whom we count and those from whom we can expect nothing. In giving, be free of ostentation, of favoritism, and of any expectation of reward – Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche from the book "The Hundred Verses of Advice: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most" ISBN: 978-1590303412 - https://amzn.to/14ZcUzl Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche on the web: http://shechen.org Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche biography: http://shechen.org/spiritual- development/teachers/dilgo- khyentse-rinpoche/
Via Daily Dharma: The Source of Forgiveness
The
source of forgiveness … lies in the realization that we are not solely
products of what was done to us, the realization that there is something
essential within us that is not necessarily tarnished by calamitous
experience.
—Mark Epstein, “Beyond Blame”
—Mark Epstein, “Beyond Blame”
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