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Inked Buddha

If we look at each other superficially, we see differences - and as we place emphasis only on those differences, we grow more distant. But if we look at each other as our our kind, as human beings just like ourselves, we find that we are not that dissimilar.

We are the same human flesh - we all want happiness. From mutual recognition, we can build respect. From respect, we can build trust. From trust, we can build harmony, cooperation, and peace. And from there, we can stop many problems.

Reach out to someone today, that you might otherwise see as "different".

Thank you for being here with me today.... — at I took this photo near Hanoi, Vietnam.

Via Tricycle Daily Dharma

Tricycle Daily Dharma May 11, 2012

The Path of Optimism

Buddhism is a path of supreme optimism, for one of its basic tenets is that no human life or experience is to be wasted or forgotten, but all should be transformed into a source of wisdom and compassionate living.

- Taitetsu Unno, "Number One Fool"
Read the entire article in the Tricycle Wisdom Collection

Today's Facebook Find:

Obama's Support for Gay Marriage: How Will it Help, Hurt Politically?

Se você come camarão, vai para o inferno assim como os GAYs

Via Moveon.org:

Originally submitted by volunteer editor Brandon W. Found on ProseBeforeHos.com.

Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage: Now What?

 

Obama declaration "icing on the cake" of gay rights legacy - The Rachel Maddow Show (May 9th, 2012)

Via JMG: Today's New York Daily News

Labels: LGBT History, NYC, tabloids

Reposted from Joe

Via Re-Elect President Obama / Facebook: