Sunday, November 29, 2020

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - November 29, 2020 💌

 

What you seek is already within you. The reality is subjective, not the outer objective reality. You may experience it as focused in the center of your chest. It can be called the soul, or in Hinduism, the Atmān, or in Buddhism the pure Buddha-Mind. Jesus Christ said, "The kingdom of God is within you." This is the space of full awareness that is in harmony with the universe; this is wisdom itself. The full spirit of God is inside each of us. When you want to approach God, go inward.

- Ram Dass -

Via Daily Dharma: Acting on What We Know

 Mindfulness... is about being alert and resolute in light of the fundamental knowledge we already possess, knowledge that truly matters. Letting such knowledge permeate our hearts and minds may in the end make it impossible not to act on what we know.

—Jack Petranker, “What You Know to Be True”

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Saturday, November 28, 2020

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Via Lion's Roar // Thich Nhat Hanh’s Love Letter to the Earth

 

Thich Nhat Hanh’s Love Letter to the Earth
The earth is you. You are the earth. When you realize there is no separation, says Thich Nhat Hanh, you fall completely in love with this beautiful planet.

A lot of our fear, hatred, anger, and feelings of separation and alienation come from the idea that we are separate from the planet. We see ourselves as the center of the universe and are concerned primarily with our own personal survival. If we care about the health and well-being of the planet, we do so for our own sake. We want the air to be clean enough for us to breathe. We want the water to be clear enough so that we have something to drink. But we need to do more than use recycled products or donate money to environmental groups.
 

We have to change our whole relationship with the earth.
 

Via Daily Dharma: Embracing Interconnection

To overcome the part of our nature that separates us from others and encourages conflict and division . . . requires profound shifts in the way that we relate to ourselves and others: we can’t ignore, shy away from, or avoid difficult issues or conversations.

—J. Sunara Sasser, “Why Are There So Many Black Buddhists?”

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Friday, November 27, 2020

 


The need to recognize our essential buddhanature ~ Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche https://justdharma.com/s/zvnih  

Generally speaking, the ultimate message of Buddhism is that you possess buddhanature. In other words, you already and quite naturally have within you the qualities of complete enlightenment. But you need to realize this. The fact that you don’t have this realization is the reason why you are wandering in samsara. According to Nagarjuna, the Buddha didn’t say that you need to abandon samsara in order to gain enlightenment. What he said was that you need to see that samsara is empty, that it has no inherent existence. This is the same as saying that you need to recognize your essential buddhanature.  – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche  

 

Source: 

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Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche on the web: http://www.siddharthasintent.org/ http://khyentsefoundation.org http://deerpark.in http://lotusoutreach.org http://84000.co http://dzongsar.justdharma.com  

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche biography: http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Dzongsar_Khyentse_Rinpoche

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Via Daily Dharma: Be a Role Model

 Don’t think that your individual actions don’t make a difference. Every little bit helps. Besides, you are modeling for others. Who knows how many people you might inspire? 

—Susan Moon, “Stop Shopping”

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Via Daily Dharma: Connection Is Always Present

 Our suffering connects us to billions of others around the world who are also conscientiously distancing themselves for the sake of kindness and safety. A hand on our hearts can remind us that freedom, peace, and connection are always here.

—Nina Herzog, “Ask a Teacher: Holidays 2020”

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Via Ram Dass - Love Serve Remember Foundation // Words of Wisdom - November 25, 2020 💌

 

As you dwell more in loving awareness and see things as they truly are, you begin to expand beyond the boundaries of your separateness. You start to experience the outer world in a new way, so that instead of being in relationship to someone else, you become them. At that moment, the suffering of the universe is inside of you, not outside. True compassion arises out of the plane of consciousness where I am you, where you and I are one.

This is a Buddhist loving-kindness blessing, part of the Metta Meditation:

May all beings be free of danger.
May all beings be free from mental suffering.
May all beings be free from physical suffering.
May all beings know peace.
OM. 

- Ram Dass -

Via Lion's Roar

 

Buddhist Traditions: Which Way to Go?

As part of our #MeditationHacks series, Rev. angel Kyodo williams advises on what to do when confronted with too many choices.
 
 

Via Lion's Roar // The Moon


Become Friends with the Moon
Ephrat Livni reflects on years of spiritual study with the moon as her guide.
 

 

Via Daily Dharma: Finding Meaning in the Face of Suffering

 If there is power in acknowledging and being thankful for even small blessings, the power of finding meaning in the face of suffering can be transformative.

—Pamela Gayle White, “Skunked by Gratitude”

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

“Lost” by David Wagoner


Lost

Stand still. The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost. Wherever you are is called Here,
And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
No two trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still. The forest knows
Where you are. You must let it find you.


For a another level of reflection on this poem and an inspiring British recitation of it, listen to this short excerpt of a talk with a young David Whyte: