Friday, December 9, 2016

A few links from Lion's Roar: Weekend Reader: How to deal with a difficult person

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  Photo by Ian Evenstar .   It’s one thing when we hear, as Buddhism so often teaches us, that our ideas about self and other are ...

Via Sri Prem Baba

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Via Daily Dharma / December 9, 2016: You Have Nothing to Renounce

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Think of the benefits of renunciation. Or if you prefer, contemplate the illusory nature of samsara, and appreciate that you have nothing...

Via Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) Bookstore / FB: December 8th - is Bodhi Day

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  Today - December 8th - is Bodhi Day, the day Siddhartha Gautama attained enlightenment. The Buddha said, "Health is the greate...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom

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The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image. If ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom

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Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.     - Anne Lamott

GREAT SPIRIT [Nahko bear music video]

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Via Sri Prem Baba

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Via Daily Dharma / December 8, 2016: Fear of Pain

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If we’re afraid of pain and always try to change it to pleasure, we’ll end up even more ignorant than before. —Upasika Kee Nanayon,  ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Via Ram Dass

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Via Sri Prem Baba

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Via Daily Dharma / December 7, 2016: It Is What It Is

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The world is what the world is, and I will work in the best way I can to do the healing I can, to take loving actions. —Roshi Bernie Glas...

Via NY Magazine / The Cut: Every One of Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks So Far Opposes LGBT Rights

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Nikki Haley, Mike Flynn, and Betsy DeVos. Photo: Getty Images During his acceptance speech at t...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The making of Walk With Me

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Via Lionsroar: Now Is the Time to Stand Up: Practicing the Dharma in Uncertain Times, Part 2

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An ordained tree in Thailand. Photo by Peter Hershey . After the election of Donald Trump, Lion’s Roar shared a new teaching by Jack...

Today in "There is hope for this planet, yet"

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Via Sri Prem Baba

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Via Daily Dharma / December 6, 2016: Should We Become Monks?

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If you are really practicing all the time, then it makes no difference whether you are monk or not. Being a monk is just a way of helping...
Monday, December 5, 2016

Via Sri Prem Baba

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