Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Practice with Gentle Persistence

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Refinement of attention is only achieved through a gentle and persistent letting go; it is never attained by the brute force of sheer wil...
Monday, January 15, 2018

Via Tricycle / Having Real Conversations (Even with My Sister)

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When a gay Buddhist woman is asked by her sister why same-sex marriage is such an important issue, she is shocked into silence. Years l...

Via Ram Dass / 9 of 20 Words of Wisdom - January 14, 2018

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You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack o...

Via Daily Dharma: Interdependence and Civil Rights

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was trying to deliver the same message as Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching of interbeing. He wanted us to...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: A Marriage of Doing and Being

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Meditation, simply defined, is a way of being aware. It is the happy marriage of doing and being. —Lama Surya Das , “ The Heart-Essence o...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Via 1 of 3,073 Daily Dharma: Desire Isn’t Always Bad

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Passions and desires, like words and concepts, are not negative in and of themselves. It is only when we become obsessed by our ideas abo...
Friday, January 12, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: You Can’t Force Your Heart Open

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A wide and caring heart is not a “should” or an obligation but a longing that awakens naturally. —Radhule Weininger, “ Brief Teachings ” ...
Thursday, January 11, 2018

Via 3 of 13 Daily Dharma: The Seed of True Kindness

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When we start to develop maitri for ourselves—unconditional acceptance of ourselves—then we’re really taking care of ourselves in a way tha...
Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Via BBC / Inter-American Human Rights Court backs same-sex marriage

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has ruled that same-sex marriages should be recognised. The court's rulings apply to...

Via Ram Dass / 4 of 21 Words of Wisdom - January 10, 2018

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I don't want people doing their practices because they ought to be good. I want you doing your practices like you go to the toile...

Via Daily Dharma: Zig Zag Practice

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Practice is never a straight line to a fixed goal. It is always a mixture of moments of confusion and moments of clarity, periods of disc...
Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Finding Freedom Through Attitude

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The attempt to look at your attitude—what you are feeling and thinking and the frame that holds it, and then your attitude to your attitu...
Monday, January 8, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Honesty’s Advantage

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Being honest about our limitations protects us from becoming patronizing and self-satisfied. When we are more honest, we don’t have as mu...
Sunday, January 7, 2018

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Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 7, 2018

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The reason we are addicted to power is because of separateness—separate nations, separate states, separate religions, and separate people...

Via Daily Dharma: Sorting Out Love and Attachment

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Attachment is the very opposite of love. Love says, “I want you to be happy.” Attachment says, “I want you to make me happy.” —Tenzin Pal...
Saturday, January 6, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Compassion We Give, The Compassion We Want

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To be compassionate to those we do not have to be compassionate towards, and to those who expect little if any compassion—is this not the...
Friday, January 5, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Jealousy Is a Warning

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When I start feeling jealous of others, it’s a warning sign that I’ve become a little bit too entranced by some idea of myself and have l...

Via Daily Dharma: Letting Go of Perfection

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A good fit is not the same as a perfect fit, if such a thing even exists. Rather, a good fit contains good imperfections, things that don’t...