Peace and kindness have their best shot at establishing themselves when we accept our own inadequacy, when limitation and error become aspects of ourselves we can embrace rather than strive to mask.
—Henry Shukman, “The Art of Being Wrong”
"It’s amazing how the nature of your relationships change when it’s coming out of love instead of trying to get love."
- Ram Dass
From our new free 4-week online course 'The Yoga of Relationships:
Exploring Connection and Sexuality Through the Lens of the Soul" -
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We can choose to take refuge in the brilliant sanity of enlightenment, the Buddha; trust the process of the path, the Dharma; and rely on the experience of those who guide us along the path, the Sangha.
—Lama Tsony, “Facing Fear”
The
act of giving purifies intention, the quality of mind with which any
action is undertaken. For a brief moment, the giver’s self-absorption is
lifted, attachment to the gift is relinquished, and kindness towards
the recipient is developed.
—Andrew Olendzki, “The Wisdom of Giving”
How
do we develop this appreciation of things just as they are, especially
if we are sick and in pain? We must treat our pain gently, respectfully,
not resisting it but living with it.
—Darlene Cohen, “The Practice of Nonpreference”
As
progress is made on the path, the positive qualities required for
further advancement will become part of you, and you will gradually
learn how to assimilate and become these positive qualities, rather than
regarding them as something to be attained and possessed.
—Traleg Kyabgon Rinpoche, “Letting Go of Spiritual Experience”
“If there is one thing that a person needs from another human being,
it’s to be appreciated, to be listened to, to be heard. Just as you are,
not as I would make you."
- Ram Dass
From our new free 4-week online course 'The Yoga of Relationships:
Exploring Connection and Sexuality Through the Lens of the Soul" -
beginning September 24th.
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We
can get dragged back into the past, which can lead to depression, or we
can become anxious about the future, which can lead to fear. Conscious
breathing returns us to the here and the now, where we really belong.
—Gary Gach, “Brief Teachings”
When
we trust our creative energy, we encounter a supreme kind of
enjoyment—an amazement at the natural unfolding of life beyond our
ordinary way of looking at things.
—Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, “Free Expression”
All
the transitions in life—dream, meditation, death, and rebirth, all the
unending transitions in what we call existence and nonexistence—are each
and every one a path of enlightenment.
—Douglas Penick, “Bidia Dandaron”
"If I’m going to die, the best way to prepare is to quiet my mind and
open my heart. If I’m going to live, the best way to prepare is to quiet
my mind and open my heart.
"
- Ram Dass,
from his newly released book with co-author Mirabai Bush 'Walking Each Other Home: Conversations on Loving and Dying'
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Awareness
is the basis, or what you might call the “support,” of the mind. It is
steady and unchanging, like the pole to which the flag of ordinary
consciousness is attached.
—Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, “The Aim of Attention”
The
depth of experience, insight, and realization that can come from the
practice of self-reflection is not a result of intellectual analysis or
complex theories. Our challenge is to just see reality as it is.
—Gregg Krech, “Naikan Therapy”
In situations of conflict, lovingkindness and compassion grow when we understand them to be the most beneficial motivation for responsive and effective action.
—Joseph Goldstein, “Triumph of the Heart”
How
does one come to a confident and positive view that is not naive, given
the state of the world? By walking through one’s own anger and despair
and emerging into serenity.
—James Thornton, “Radical Confidence”
To
donate money, to offer your time and skills, to give food or drink, and
to share tears or laughter, are all valuable ways to express generosity
towards others…[but] the ultimate gift of all is the gift of our
presence.
—Beth Roth, “Family Dharma: The Joy of Generosity”
Liminality—in-between-ness—is
the dharma’s dwelling place…The dharma’s true home is always in
between, and that’s why it can set us free.
—Kurt Spellmeyer, “The Wisdom of Uncertainty”
