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Quotes DALAI LAMA, BUDHA & MEDITATION��

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Every day,

think as you wake up,

today I am fortunate

to be alive, I have a

precious human life

I am not going to waste it.

I am going to use all my

energies to develop myself,

to expand my heart

out to others;

To achieve enlightenment

for the benefit of all beings.

I am going to have

kind thoughts

towards others,

I am not going to

get angry or think

badly about others.

I am going to benefit

others as much as I can.

The Dalai Lama

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

It’s early

before sunrise

I sit and meditate

with my inner eye as

I closed my outer eyes

I slip awareness

between thoughts

witnessing them arise

I abide in the emptiness

awaiting a thought that

captivates, leaping on,

riding it to where it flies

It flies beyond

my body and mind

No worries

as I just leave

them far behind

I’m pure

pristine Awareness

Encountering

Cosmic Consciousness

I now awaken

this Awareness in

Total Consciousness

Boundless in all directions

No within nor without

As everything is playing

in a world of interconnections

The stars are reflected

in the ocean as the

warm ocean breeze

flows over the mountain

sending a cool breeze

through the sugar pine

My Awareness

becomes One

with the collective

Cosmic Conscious Mind

Compassion from my

heart will overflow

Everywhere I go

You sometimes

take care of me

and I sometimes

take care of you

It’s just what we do

There is no one and

there is nothing that I see

That is not me

epc 1956 -

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We spend hours practicing meditation, making great effort to reveal the truth about the present moment. Clearly the effort we make is not to “look good” or to be right or to avoid mistakes.

Grace Schireson, “Humility and Humiliation”

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RIGHT VIEW
Understanding the Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering

What is the cessation of suffering? It is the remainderless fading away and ceasing, the giving up, relinquishing, letting go, and rejecting of craving. (MN 9)

When one knows and sees visual forms as they actually are, then one is not attached to visual forms. When one abides unattached, one is not infatuated, and one’s craving is abandoned. One’s bodily and mental troubles are abandoned, and one experiences bodily and mental well-being. (MN 149)

Reflection

The third noble truth declares that once suffering has been identified (the first noble truth) and its origin has been discovered (the second noble truth), it is possible to bring that suffering to an end. This is the great promise of the Buddhist path: that any time we are experiencing suffering, we can reverse or neutralize it with insight and practices that loosen the specific craving that causes the particular instance of suffering.

Daily Practice

Let's begin with focusing on the sphere of visual experience. So many of the things we see give rise to impulses of attachment, infatuation, and craving. When we want what we see, that visual object becomes the trigger for a brief episode of suffering. Notice, however, that this impulse to crave what we see need not have irresistible power over us. Practice noting the craving, then letting go of it. Notice the ensuing sense of well-being.

Tomorrow: Cultivating Appreciative Joy
One week from today: Understanding the Noble Truth of the Way to the Cessation of Suffering

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