The Weekly Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das were spoken by my teacher, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. I have heard him say many times over the years of practice with him that the next Buddha may be a sangha – a community of practitioners working together to bring peace, love, and joy to […]
Non-Attachment to Views
March 25, 2013 by
This week’s Words of Wisdom from Lama Surya Das are from the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje. The 17th Karmapa is the leader of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. “When spiritual beliefs are used to build up walls between people, this is a total misunderstanding of the purpose of spirituality. Spirituality should mean coming […]
Interview With Ram Dass
March 20, 2013 by
A few days ago, I published my first post about Baba Ram Dass in a quote from his book, Be Here Now. Just today, I came across an interview with Ram Dass in his home in Maui, Hawaii. Here is what the interviewers had to say about him: To say that we were deeply moved and touched […]
Breath Is The Bridge
March 19, 2013 by
Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again. —Thich Nhat Hanh This is my favorite picture of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. I took it while I was in […]
Change Your Mind Change Your World Conference
March 18, 2013 by
The Change Your Mind Change Your World Conference is to be held on May 15 at the Overture Center for the Arts, Overture Hall in Madison, Wisconsin. The event is being co-hosted by the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center and the Global Health Institute, both at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Waisman Center […]
Be Here Now
March 17, 2013 by
This week’s Words of Wisdom chosen by Lama Surya Das come from the seminal teacher for my generation, Baba Ram Dass. Baba Ram Dass was Dr. Richard Alpert of Harvard University in his early life. What he said in his famous book, Be Here Now in the 1960’s is totally relevant today. “You and I are the […]
Inner Peace Is The Ultimate Source Of Happiness
March 14, 2013 by
This short video is an excerpt from the film, “Dalai Lama Renaissance.” I actually think this clip took place at one of the Mind and Life conferences from the look of things. He thinks we are actually creating more suffering. Not speaking of religion or Buddhism, we get more benefit if we are more compassionate. We will be […]
The Art Of Suffering
March 14, 2013 by
Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh gave a dharma talk on Sunday, March 10 in Plum Village, France in Upper Hamlet. The topic of his talk was the art of suffering. He said that we have many books on the art of happiness and we need a book on the art of suffering. We know that we cannot avoid […]
Why Should We Meditate?
March 12, 2013 by
Just before the Dalai Lama‘s book, Toward a True Kinship of Faiths: How the World’s Religions Can Come Together came out, HDNet interviewed him. The Dalai Lama spoke on why should we meditate. He said, “When we feel certain sort of irritation, during that moment, if that person concentrate fully on the breathing, nothing else… When […]
Fear and Fearlessness
March 7, 2013 by
In yesterday’s post, Pema Chodron spoke about fear and fearlessness. Today’s Tricycle Daily Dharma had the following from Pema Chodron: Warm Heart, Clear Mind It’s as if everyone who has ever been born has the same birthright, which is enormous potential of warm heart and clear mind. The ground of renunciation is realizing that we […]
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