Buddha Gallery For May 28, 2013 Others may not understand that we must practice self-control, but quarrelling dies away in those who understand this fact. -Dhammapada 6
Not Far From Enlightenment
May 27, 2013 by
The words of wisdom for this week chosen by Lama Surya Das are from The Dalai Lama. He tells us that we are not far from enlightenment as humans! This is a sweet statement because other teachers have made similar statements. For example, just the other day, we learned from Roshi Bernie Glassman in Bernie Glassman […]
Embrace Your Anger
May 22, 2013 by
For several months now, I have been encouraging you to learn how to embrace your anger. What does it mean to “embrace your anger?” When anger arises, you almost always have the urge to launch out at what you conceive to be the cause of your anger. This only creates more suffering. A better plan […]
Buddha Gallery For May 21, 2013
May 21, 2013 by
Occasions of hatred are certainly never settled by hatred. They are settled by freedom from hatred. This is the eternal law. — Dhammapada 5 Another version: Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
Buddha Gallery for May 13, 2013
May 14, 2013 by
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 ===> https://mountainsangha.org/connect
Buddha Gallery for May 11, 2013
May 14, 2013 by
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 ===> https://mountainsangha.org/connect Mind precedes its objects. They are mind-governed and mind-made. To […]
Buddha Gallery for May 10, 2013
May 14, 2013 by
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 ===> https://mountainsangha.org/connect
Real Presence
May 14, 2013 by
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
May 12, 2013 by
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
May 6, 2013 by
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 […]
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