“Don’t think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.“ – Lao-tzu
Archives for October 2014
There is only One Truth
October 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
In all ten directions of the universe, there is only one truth. When we see clearly, the great teachings are the same. What can ever be lost? What can be attained? If we attain something, it was there from the beginning of time. If we lose something, it is hiding somewhere near us. – Ryokan […]
The Body is an Illusion
October 2, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Body as Illusion | October 1, 2014 There is no ‘body’ in the limbs, But from illusion does the idea spring, To be affixed to a specific shape— Just as when a scarecrow is mistaken for a man. – Shantideva, “What Body?”
Boost Your Self Confidence While You Relax
October 2, 2014 by
This video will help you boost your self confidence while you relax and visualize a peaceful beach scene. This video is brought to you by the Honest Guys, Sian Lloyd-Pennell, Rick Clarke, and their producer, Kevin. You are guided into a deep relaxing state in a tropical beach paradise. The beach is lined with palm trees. […]
The Importance of Faith in Buddhism
October 1, 2014 by
Sharon Salzberg is a frequent visitor to these pages. She is one of the original founders of the Insight Meditation Center in Barre, Massachusetts, along with Joseph Goldstein and Jack Kornfield. I think her major contribution to Buddhism in the West is the way she writes about and teachs metta (loving kindness) practices. In these […]
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