Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - August 9, 2017

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Suffering is a lesson the Soul needs in order to get to its Beloved. Joy is too.  - Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: There's No Race to Enlightenment

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We breathe in and out, and we just watch that. Nothing else. It doesn’t matter if we get enlightenment or not. It doesn’t matter if our f...
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: One-breath Meditation

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In this world of onrushing events the act of meditation—even just a “one-breath” meditation—straightening the back, clearing the mind for...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Connecting with Our Best Selves

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Appreciative joy is a natural expression of our best humanity. —Judith Simmer-Brown, “ Transforming the Green-Ey'd Monster ”

Via Ram Dass: Words of Wisdom - August 6, 2017

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If you keep examining your mind, you'll come to see that thoughts of who you are and how it all is are creating the reality you're ...

Via Daily Dharma: Transform Yourself

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Meditation aims not so much to solve a person’s particular problems as to solve the person altogether. —David Rome, “ Focusing ”
Saturday, August 5, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Why We Shouldn't Be Afraid of Suffering

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Handling our suffering is an art. If we know how to suffer, we suffer much less, and we’re no longer afraid of being overwhelmed by the s...
Friday, August 4, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Working with Difficult Feelings

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A feeling-tone is a feeling-tone, and that’s all. Just like anything else, the invitation is to be with it, not to listen to it, not to ...

Via Daily Dharma: Respect Is All We Need

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Love for others and respect for their rights and dignity, no matter who or what they are: ultimately these are all we need. —Dalai Lama, ...

Via Daily Dharma: Changing Your Approach to Life

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In Buddhism, the point is not simply to be accomplished meditators but to change our whole approach to life. —Judy Lief, “ Meditation Alo...

Via Daily Dharma: Find Freedom in Stillness

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Stillness in the midst of motion and commotion is free of will, direction, and time. It is a complete letting be of what is from moment t...
Monday, July 31, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Your Whole Life Is Here and Now

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To practice the way of Buddha means to completely live out this present moment—which is our whole life—here and now. —Kodo Sawaki Roshi, ...
Sunday, July 30, 2017

Via Ram Dass: Words of Wisdom - July 30, 2017

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Bearing the unbearable is the deepest root of compassion in the world. When you bear what you think you cannot bear, who you think you ar...

Via Daily Dharma: A Teacher Points the Way

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A teacher, out of compassion and love, seeing that somebody is suffering, gives a path. But each individual has to walk on the path. —S...
Saturday, July 29, 2017

Via Ram Dass: Words of Wisdom - July 26, 2017

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As we each listen to the intuitive message of our hearts, the society of which we are a part listens too. - Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Planting the Seed of an Awakened Mind

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In Buddhism, we often talk about the seed of bodhicitta , the potential for an awakened mind that resides in all sentient beings. This se...

Via Daily Dharma: Appreciation Is Key

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I think for every human being, appreciation in daily life is key. Through having appreciation for everything, you're able to expand s...
Thursday, July 27, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Defining a Hero

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A hero, a person who is courageous, has the courage to admit one’s mistakes, one’s faults. —Sayadaw U Pandita, “ The Best Remedy ”

Via Daily Dharma: The Art of Listening

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To know what a person says, we must hear what remains unsaid. If we cannot hear silence, we do not know how to listen. —Mark C. Taylor, “...