The
frustrating thing about our life is that there is no control over our
emotions. That’s why there’s no fun. The whole purpose of Buddhism is to
have fun, isn’t it? And in order to have fun you have to have control.
If someone else has control over you, that’s it: there’s no fun.
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The
key to development along the Buddhist path is repetitive routine guided
by inspirational vision. It is the insight into final freedom—the peace
and purity of a liberated mind—that uplifts us and impels us to
overcome our limits. But it is by repetition—the methodical cultivation
of wholesome practices—that we cover the distance separating us from the
goal and draw ever closer to awakening.
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Buddhism teaches us that desire, for all the agony and ecstasy, is no match for the truth.
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The
doctrine of karma is founded on the premise that the world is a just
place, but I am afraid unjust suffering stares us in the face. I think
we should struggle against injustice, but we have to accept that it
persists and that we shall never eliminate it.
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Feeling
alarm or devastation can guide us to a deep sanity, reminding us of who
we are and what we need. It can remind us that we belong to this larger
body and that we care for it. Our power to act, our power to take part
in the healing of our world, our power to bring things back into
balance, comes from the same source as that devastation. Our pain for
the world, and our power to take part in the healing of our world, both
come from the same place.
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The
movement from ordinary states of self-concern to selfless giving always
involves a gradual transformation of character, not a sudden leap. Like
any form of strength, generosity needs to be intentionally cultivated
over time, and everyone must begin in whatever state of mind they
already happen to be.
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If
you know dharma but do not apply it, then you have more regret than if
you had never learned any dharma in the first place. If you are not
going to apply dharma knowledge to your life—better not to know it at
all.
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In the midst of the biggest nationwide protests against the government in decades Brazilians have taken to the streets to express their anger at a controversial law known as the “gay cure” proposed by the the president of the Brazilian Parliament’s Commission for Human Rights, Marco Feliciano. If passed the change in legislation would permit psychologists to treat “homosexuality” as an illness.
Nature teaches us simplicity and contentment, because in its presence we realize we need very little to be happy.
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