Buddha Gallery for May 13, 2013

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Buddha Gallery for May 13, 2013 I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger does not cease in those who harbour this sort of thought. – 3 Join the community of meditation practitioners here ===> http://mountainsangha.org/connect

Buddha Gallery for May 11, 2013

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Buddha Gallery for May 11, 2013 Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a peaceful mind, is to draw happiness after ones self, like an inseparable shadow. – Dhammapada 2 Join the community of meditation practitioners here ===> http://mountainsangha.org/connect Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To [...]

Buddha Gallery for May 10, 2013

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Buddha Gallery for May 10, 2013 Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To speak or act with a defiled mind is to draw pain after oneself, like a wheel behind the feet of the animal drawing it. – Dhammapada 1 Join the community of meditation practitioners here ===> http://mountainsangha.org/connect

Real Presence

Know Your Type

The Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das for this week are from Father Richard Rohr. I first encountered Father Rohr when I was in my enneagram certification program with Helen Palmer between 1989 and 1991. His book, Enneagram, was a major contribution to enneagram studies at the time. The relevance of this quote [...]

Happy Mother’s Day

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This post is dedicated to the Mothers of all Buddhas! Can you decode the meaning of the picture? Click one of the buttons below to share with your mother!

Development Of Character

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Suzuki Roshi was the founder of the Zen Center in San Francisco, Green Gulch Farm in Sausalito, and the Tassajara Hot Springs monastery in Carmel Valley. Unfortunately for me, he died before my first Zen sesshin at the San Francisco Zen Center in 1972. Fortunately, he lives on through the excellent dharma teachers at the San [...]

Acceptance, Joy, Peace And Love

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Dear Friends: This post is the 500th post on Meditation Practices For Healing and Well-Being! Thank your for your continued support. Jerome This week’s Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das were spoken by my teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. Thay, as he is affectionately called by his followers, is constantly talking about being [...]

The Past Is A Ghost

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The Words of Wisdom this week come from a surprising source. They were chosen by Lama Surya Das and spoken by Bill Cosby, of all people. I was astonished to see his name on an email from Lama Surya Das! “The past is a ghost, the future is a dream, and all we ever have [...]

Don’t Despair – Take Action

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The response to Peter Cutler’s article about the bombings in Boston repeated in All You Need Is Love have sparked another very interesting set of comments from other OI members. In particular, Mitchell Ratner, posted an article on the website of the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center in Washington, D. C. His article, Despair Is the [...]

A Marine And An Army Veteran

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This article is related to two previous articles. The first one is on Jon Kabat-Zinn‘s consultation with top leaders in the United Kingdom last week about cutting health care costs (see Mindfulness In Health Care) and yesterday’s article about US Marines getting mindfulness training and yoga (see Marines Learning Push Ups For The Brain). On April 8, [...]