Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia. By some it is celebrated on 8th of February, but by most on 15th of February. It celebrates the day when the Buddha achieved Parinirvana, or complete Nirvana, upon the death of his physical body.
We
don’t have to agonize about “How can I serve? How can I make a
difference?” Instead, we can pick up whatever tool is at hand— Oh! It’s a
cup! Oh! It’s a hammer!
—Roshi Pat Enkyo O’Hara, “Bodhisattvas Have More Fun”
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- Ram Dass -
 Listening with Empathy
With Cuong Lu |
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Any time we are abruptly thrown off course, it is an opportunity to reexamine our lives, our values, and where we are headed.
—Judy Lief, “Welcome to the Real World”
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Regardless
of our circumstances, if we are Buddhist practitioners, we can have
control over how we react to our thoughts and feelings.
—Interview with Charles Johnson by E. Ethelbert Miller, “Black Coffee Buddhism”
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Joy can be restorative. It can be akin to a good meal: nourishing and necessary.
—Daisy Hernández, “The Joy of Joy”
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When
life presents us with challenges, we can get stuck in the mud—in our
habitual reactions and patterns—or we can be present to the suffering
and find compassion and strength within the discomfort, blossoming like
the lotus.
—Carolyn Gregoire, “Buddhist Thank-You Cards”
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| How to Work with Anxiety on the Path of Liberation | ||
| Anxiety
is actually a necessary part of our path. Psychotherapist Bruce Tift
gives an instruction in how to relate to it constructively. |
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