Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 21, 2018

›
  Did you ever have a bad day? Everything seems to go wrong and you are completely lost in anger, frustration and self-pity. It gets wo...

Via Daily Dharma: Don’t Go It Alone

›
The sangha speaks to the idea that self-reliance can manifest only when we ourselves are in good health—we aren’t meant to go at it alone...
Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: A Living Tradition

›
We now have a choice, even if we want to insist on cleaving to Buddhist tradition. Do we emphasize the more authoritarian parts of the trad...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Buddhist Politics

›
A Buddhist would not hesitate to vote for legislation and political candidates devoted to peace, to undoing injustice, reducing duhkha in i...
Sunday, February 18, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 18, 2018

›
Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.  - Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Everyday Presence

›
Presence need not be confined to the time spent sitting on our meditation cushion. Every single moment provides an opportunity to relax t...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Source of Equanimity

›
Equanimity? In the end, it seems to be like dignity: only you can provide it for yourself. —RJ Eskow, “ Above the Fray ”
Friday, February 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Cherishing and Releasing

›
Bringing order to clutter, I begin to see, is not just about putting my spices in alphabetical order. On a deeper level, it’s about balan...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Via 12 of 29 Daily Dharma: Nothing Is Hidden

›
Nothing is hidden. We can find it in books. We can find it in the sutras. We can find it by asking. And, most important, we can find it s...
Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 11, 2018

›
  The universe is made up of experiences that are designed to burn out our reactivity, which is our attachment, our clinging, to pain...

Via Daily Dharma: For Whom Do You Practice?

›
If we wish to live well in the world, not just amble along through life without any examination of our being, then we must engage in the ...

Via Daily Dharma: Let Yourself Be

›
Everything in nature has a physical body, yet a rock doesn’t call itself a rock or a flower call itself a flower. Only humans are stuck o...

Via 4 of 27 Daily Dharma: One Step at a Time

›
It is extremely difficult to accomplish an important task all at once, but even the hardest can be accomplished by undertaking it gradual...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - February 14, 2018

›
Demanding as that sounds, it is what, in the spiritual sense, we are all here for, and compassionate action gives us yet one more o...

Via Daily Dharma: Love’s Embodiment

›
I couldn’t flourish as a human being as long as I saw myself as the passive recipient of love. (There’s an awful lot of waiting in that ...
Saturday, February 10, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Courageous Restraint

›
To forbear is indeed an act of courage and not a symbol of cowardice. It takes great effort and resolution to endure pain and hardship. I...
Friday, February 9, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Practice First, Ask Questions Later

›
Someone sitting for the first time can learn more about meditation in thirty real-time minutes than any experienced meditator can explain...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: On Love and Attention

›
People become more desirable when we are attentive to them. Their most lovable qualities reveal themselves to us only after we have begun t...
Wednesday, February 7, 2018

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

›
   One dies as one lives. What else can better prepare you to die than the way you live? The game is to be where you are – honestly, ...