Monday, February 5, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Mindlessness Only Postpones

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Mindlessness, however petty, is reckless at its heart. It only postpones; it never takes us anywhere. Mindfulness, by contrast, is patien...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 4, 2018

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We all love our own melodramas. We each have one. Everybody thinks they're somebody doing something, or somebody thinking somethi...

Via Daily Dharma: Our Heart’s Capacity

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We use only five to ten percent of our heart’s capacity to love and feel kindness. Instead of boxing in our hearts we must try to slowly ...
Saturday, February 3, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Awareness Meets Emotion

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You don’t have to “do” anything; awareness simply meets emotions as they arise. —Tsultrim Allione, “ Feeding Your Demons ”
Friday, February 2, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Examining Our Judgment

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Our Buddhist practice drives us to examine the self, but also to examine the self’s ideas about the other, and to admit that any problem we...
Thursday, February 1, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Karmic Opportunity

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You are constantly creating new karma, and that gives you a golden opportunity. With your reaction to each experience, you create the kar...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 31, 2018

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We’ve lived our lives with negative images of ourselves, from childhood on, and we’ve built upon those images, and built upon them, a...

Via Daily Dharma: Having Faith in Enlightenment

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Awakening the enlightened mind may not be a question of self-improvement, which is never-ending; it may be a question of faith, which is ...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Envisioning a Pure Realm

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Those unfamiliar with the idea of pure realms can simply imagine a beautiful, blissful place where every last being is perfectly contente...
Monday, January 29, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: What All Religions Offer

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When we make the effort to understand what may seem strange in the religious practices of others, we may find that it opens the door to s...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 28, 2018

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If we are to help heal the world, we need to remember that it is a sacred place. Our actions need to be positive statements, reminders th...

Via Daily Dharma: The Opportunity of Disagreement

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If we had no disagreements with the world, we would have little reason to grow and less opportunity to become more compassionate, wakeful...
Saturday, January 27, 2018

Via FB / Ian McKellen

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I’ve never met a gay person who regretted coming out – including myself. Life at last begins to make sense, when you are open and honest. ...

Via Daily Dharma: Wisdom Doesn’t Discriminate

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We are the recipients of this immeasurable wisdom and compassion of life that sustains us and embraces us at all times, regardless of the...

Via Lion's Roar / How to Read and Study Buddhist Teachings

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There is such a wealth of Buddhist books and teachings to consume. Where do you start? Here are some tips on how to tackle your readi...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Act on Spontaneous Compassion

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When a compassionate intention arises, don’t evaluate it. Trust it. Just do it. —Colin Beavan, “ Intuitive Action ”
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Whose Presence Do You Value?

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Many of us have a mind that measures self-worth in terms of productivity...  We give ourselves no credit for just being present. And yet, i...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - January 24, 2018

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    How stable are our lives? How stable is anybody’s life? What happens when stability is threatened is that people contrac...

Via Daily Dharma: Moving Past Your Old Stories

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We need not be limited by our stories. We are much more mysterious than they are. —Mark Epstein, “ If the Buddha Were Called to Jury Duty...