Joanna Macy gave an inspiring call to spiritual action, along with Ajahn Sulak in a talk last Friday night. She mentions, among other things, the importance of study groups in addressing the 3 poisons and acknowledges practices borrowed from Thay. smiles, david nelson ▶ Joanna Macy & Ajahn Sulak Sivaraksa: Buddhist Peace Fellowship Keynote Event […]
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September 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
World Peace Must Develop from Inner Peace
September 3, 2014 by
World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is the manifestation of human compassion. – Dalai Lama
How Will Medical Evolutions Affect You
September 3, 2014 by
I am happy to inform you about a wonderful medical summit that will answer the question, “How will medical evolutions affect you?” This is important information for everyone. It is The Evolution of Medicine Summit. You know as well as I do that the medical system in the United States is in deep trouble. Doctors […]
What is the Spiritual Life?
September 2, 2014 by
In the Spring, 2013 issue of Inquiring Mind, Pico Iyer was asked, “What is the spiritual life?” Part of Pico Iyer’s answer was, “…my sense (or prejudice) has always been that a spiritual life is whatever brings the clarity and stillness, the sharpened awareness of the mountaintop into the rush and confusion and congestion of […]
Bodhi Mind
September 1, 2014 by
This Buddhist prayer comes from “The Gate of Sweet Nectar,” translated by Bernie Glassman Roshi. He joined with Krishna Das to talk and sing about how the prayer relates to the Hindu chant, Hanuman Chalisa. The bodhi mind is the mind that can awaken. As I wrote previously, “The Buddha taught that everyone has “bodichitta” […]
5 Questions to Ask At the Dinner Table
August 31, 2014 by
These words of wisdom come from Dr. Anil Gupta through Mindvalley. I am happy to share this with you and your children. Dr. Gupta suggests 5 questions to ask at the dinner table. Your relationships, above all else, determine how happy you feel on a day-to-day basis. The quickest and most effective way of improving […]
Vipassana Meditation Day 3
August 30, 2014 by
The video in this article is from S. N. Goenka’s Dhamma Discourses on Vipassana Meditation Day 3. This follows after the Vipassana Meditation Day 2 and Vipassana Meditation Day 1 that we presented on June 30, 2014 and July 20, 2014, respectively. In the video from the first day, we learned that awareness of breathing […]
The Virtue of Courage
August 29, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. – Maya Angelou
Pulled By Our Own Attachments
August 29, 2014 by
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana is a popular Sri Lankan Buddhist monks in the Theravadan tradition. He offers these words of wisdom today to show how we are pulled by our own attachments. These words of wisdom appeared in the Tricycle Daily Dharma last month. Our attachments these days are many and mostly quite useless in the […]
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