Sunday, May 13, 2018

Via Tumbuddhist / Alan Watts on Pure Land Buddhism

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Popularly, Amitabha is somebody else. He is some great compassionate being who looks after you. Esoterically, Amitabha is your own nature; ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 13, 2018

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Once we get a taste of the freedom that comes with letting go of our stuff – anger, righteousness, jealousy, our need to be in contro...

Via Daily Dharma: Practice Giving Thanks

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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...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Via Helpful Words

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We Need Not be Defined by How we Feel ...

Via Acharya Buddhadasa / 30 Second Explanation of Buddhism

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Let me explain Buddhism in this way: The universe is God, the divine - called the Dharmakaya in Philosophical Buddhism and personified...

Via Acharya Buddhadasa

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Via Daily Dharma: Unlikely Teachers

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Both our pain and our suffering are truly our path, our teacher. While this understanding doesn’t necessarily entail liking our pain or o...
Friday, May 11, 2018

Via Daily Dharma: Experience Emotions with Equanimity

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We can be angry, jealous, or scared without having to act on those emotions or let them take over our lives. We can experience joy or lov...
Thursday, May 10, 2018

Via spiritualwarrior

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“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered...

Via thecalminside

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Throw away hol...

Via thecalminside

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“Express yourself completely, then keep quiet. Be like the forces of nature: when it blows, there is only wind; when it rains, there is on...

Via Daily Dharma: Spring Cleaning for Your Mind

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If I view [everyday chores] as tasks to rush through on the way to something more important, they become a crushing waste of time. But fr...
Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Via Calm in Side

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“If you want to become whole, let yourself be partial. If you want to become straight, let yourself be crooked. If you want to becom...

Via Daily Dharma: Agree to Disagree

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It is inevitable that there will be a wide range of beliefs, opinions, practices, and behaviors in this large and diverse world. It is no...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 9, 2018

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Within the spiritual journey you understand that suffering becomes something that has been given to you to show you where your mind is ...
Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Via / Daily Dharma: Focus on Giving, Not Getting

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On the spiritual path, there’s nothing to get, and everything to get rid of. Obviously, the first thing to let go of is trying to “get” l...
Monday, May 7, 2018

Via Tricycle / Unpacking Bodicitta

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The sudden lightning glares and all is clearly shown, Likewise rarely, through the Buddhas’ power, Virtuous thoughts rise, brief and ...

Via Daily Dharma: The Path of Understanding

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Bodhicitta is the path of understanding who you are in the fathomless nature of infinite contingency, and then developing the skills to n...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - May 6, 2018

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When I meditate I sit quietly, I withdraw the awareness of my ears hearing, my eyes seeing. I don’t move around much. I sit quietly and...