Thursday, November 23, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Grounding Oneself in Wisdom and Compassion

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In an ecosystem of dharma awareness a spiral of gratitude radiates out, grounded in the wisdom teachings and compassion of heart and mind...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 22, 2017

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If you’re involved with relationships with parents or children, instead of saying, "I can’t do spiritual practices because I hav...

Via Daily Dharma: Make Gratitude a Practice

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The Buddha encouraged us to think of the good things done for us by our parents, by our teachers, friends, whomever; and to do this inte...

Via Daily Dharma: Perfect Your Love, Not Yourself

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The point isn’t to perfect your body or your personality. The point is really to perfect your compassion and your love. —Jack Kornfield, ...

Via Daily Dharma: It’s All in the Moment

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With your reaction to each experience, you create the karma that will color your future. It is up to you whether this new karma is positi...
Sunday, November 19, 2017

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 19, 2017

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We can't push away the world. We have to enter into life fully in order to become free.  -  Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Impermanence Must Be Felt

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A sense of impermanence has to be felt and experienced. If we understand it truly, we will handle all our tribulations far better. —Tra...
Saturday, November 18, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Finding a Genuine Teacher

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If students really want to find a good teacher . . . they should find one who shows true interest in the student’s well-being, by which I...
Friday, November 17, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: What Is Freedom?

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What is freedom? It is nothing more, and nothing less, than life lived awake. —Ken McLeod, “ Forget Happiness ”

Awaken Mantras

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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Via Jake Sasseville‎ / The Largest Baha'i Facebook Group Ever: OPENLY BAHA’I, OPENLY GAY, OPENLY PROUD.

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OPENLY BAHA’I, OPENLY GAY, OPENLY PROUD. im editing this poem-essay at the end of my second pilgrimage at the Tel Aviv airport ...

Via Lion's Roar / How to Practice Shamatha Meditation

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Shamatha meditation—mindfulness or concentration—is the foundation of Buddhist practice. Lama Rod Owens teaches us a version from the V...

Via Daily Dharma: Maturing through Hardship

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We don’t wish for suffering, but once we understand how to be in relationship with it, it becomes the means through which we mature as l...
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 15, 2017

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When we have the compassion that comes from understanding how it is, we don't lay a trip on anybody else as to how they ought to ...

Via Daily Dharma: Karma Is Defined by Choice

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Karma means that we are not defined by our situation but rather by the choices we make. —Gyalwang Drukpa, “ How to Combat Fear ”
Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: How Habits Stick

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Sticking to the precepts requires constant self-monitoring, discernment, and effort, but there comes a point when the practicality, the b...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Via Daily Dharma: Seek Out Real Change

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The validity of a teaching has nothing to do with the qualities of the teacher. All that matters is whether, when put into practice, it c...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - November 12, 2017

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The devotional path isn’t necessarily a straight line to enlightenment. There’s a lot of back and forth, negotiations if you will, betwe...

Via Daily Dharma: Nourish Awareness in Conversation

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Applying right speech is difficult in the beginning . . . but if you practice every time you talk to someone, the mind will learn how to ...