Thursday, April 19, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: How to Speak with Care

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When we speak with greater skill, our true self—our compassionate, loving self—emerges with gentle ease. So before you speak, stop, breat...
Wednesday, April 18, 2018

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

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Ramana Maharshi said that God, guru, and the Self are the same. The guru, the true guide, awakens our own deeper being, or ātman, which...

Via Daily Dharma: The Joy of Giving

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At its most basic level, dana [generosity] in the Buddhist tradition means giving freely without expecting anything in return. —Gil Fron...
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Self Will Surprise You

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The realization of no self is not at all nihilistic. It simply means that the self is something different from what we habitually assume it...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Let the World Be Your Teacher

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When you forget all your dualistic ideas, everything becomes your teacher, and everything can be the object of worship. —Shunryu Suzuki R...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - April 15, 2018

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How would I like to enter my own death? With a feeling of, I don't know, but wow! It's going to be interesting. - Ram Dass ...

Via Daily Dharma: Be a Lamp Unto Yourself

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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. —I...

Via Daily Dharma: Are You Truly Alive?

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To acknowledge that you are dying is to recognize that you are alive. —Dean Rolston, “ Memento Mori ”
Friday, April 13, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Happiness Is Right Here

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When we believe that happiness should take a particular form, we fail to see the opportunities for joy that are right in front of us. —...
Thursday, April 12, 2018

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Via Daily Dharma: No Matter What Happens

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It doesn’t matter what is happening. What matters is how we are relating to our experience. —Tara Brach, “ Making Room for Desire ”
Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Transforming Hatred

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Hatred brings more hatred, and violence only brings more violence. What we must do is stop this cycle here and now by transforming anger ...

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

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  What I used to do is wait in line and I’d do mantra or breathing. I’d go into my Vipassana meditation. But now I’m interested in w...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Pleasure Paradox

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The odd thing about pleasure is that instead of fully enjoying what is here, being able to be fully present with it, we are busy looking ...

Via Daily Dharma: Shine the Light of Insight

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Simply by turning on the light, you can instantly destroy the darkness. Likewise, even a rather simple analysis of ego-clinging and affli...
Sunday, April 8, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Why We Change

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We ourselves and everything in our world arise and pass away because the conditions supporting our existence are constantly changing. —Wi...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - April 8, 2018

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It’s interesting that the purer one’s heart becomes, the more the tiniest act is that which resonates in an appropriate fashion to brin...

Via Daily Dharma: What Mindfulness Can Teach Us

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Mindfulness practice isn’t meant to eliminate thinking but aims rather to help us know what we’re thinking when we’re thinking it, just as ...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: The Value of Trustworthy Friends

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If you really want to become skillful in your thoughts, words, and deeds, you need a trustworthy friend to point out your blind spots. ...