Friday, April 26, 2019

Via JustaBahai: R.I.P. My Friend

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Sonja wrote: April 26, 2019 My friend Lucas Lucas (17 years) started communicating with me in 2014 because of our common int...

Via Daily Dharma: Wise Emotion

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We find the antidotes to our most painful states of mind by leaning directly into the emotion itself. Our emotions are full of wisdom. They...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Justifying Ends and Means

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In the Buddha’s teachings, the end and the means must share a similar voice; there has to be constructive engagement from the beginning. ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

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Via Daily Dharma: Return Again

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Train to return to attention whenever you become aware that you are lost. And then just do it. Place attention and rest. Return and rest....

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - April 24, 2019 💌

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The Chinese philosopher, Chung Tsu, said, “Know the clear, but remain in the tarnished.” Stay in the marketplace, but keep God the...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: A Joyful Mind

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When our mind is undisturbed by any concept that might arise, the natural joy and clarity of the mind will dawn. —Ogyen Trinley Dorje, “ ...
Monday, April 22, 2019

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Via Daily Dharma: You Are Worthy of Love

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To see ourselves as just another person deserving love is a valuable exercise. Here we start to disidentify with ourselves, see ourselves...
Sunday, April 21, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Giving Our All

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There may be no greater sense of fulfillment in life than the simultaneous feelings of human interconnection and pure freedom that arise ...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - April 21, 2019 💌

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It’s important to respect the intellect, not to demean it by any means, but to realize that it has taken control, when it should be a r...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

CHOIR sings OM SO HUM Mantra (Must Listen)

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Very, very beautiful! 'Soham' means I am That'. 'That' means the very source of creation. If you bring some awarene...

Via Daily Dharma: Taking the First Step

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Even very basic beginning practice, like mindfulness of the breath or sound, begins to relieve suffering, reduce our stress levels, and m...

Via Daily Dharma: Inner Awakening

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The taste of freedom that pervades the Buddha’s teaching is the taste of spiritual freedom, which from the Buddhist perspective means fre...

Race and Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation

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Race and Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation Joseph Cheah October 28, 2011 Oxford University ...

Via Daily Dharma: Touching Freedom

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When the tug of sense desire and aversion has been quieted, when restlessness and sluggishness have been balanced out, and when doubts a...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Quality Time

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Free time is of a different order than freedom. Freedom, at least in the dharmic sense, depends on the quality of attention that we bring...

Via Ram Dass / Words of Wisdom - April 17, 2019 💌

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As you progress with your sadhana you may find it necessary to change your occupation. Or you may find that it is only necessary to ch...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Via Daily Dharma: Greeting Pain with an Open Heart

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We can’t always transform pain from meaningless suffering into a sense of spaciousness, but at least we can practice seeing into the laye...