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Conscientious Compassion—Bhikkhu Bodhi on Climate Change, Social Justice, and Saving the World | Buddhistdoor

Bhikkhu Bodhi’s vision of a global ethic Source: Conscientious Compassion—Bhikkhu Bodhi on Climate Change, Social Justice, and Saving the World | Buddhistdoor

Just Be Happy!

Here are two amazing quotes that tell us to just be happy! The first one if from Swami Satchidananda whose popularity among yoga students in the 1970’s was phenomenal. Seekers like Dr. Dean Ornish sought out this yogi above all others. He founded the world wide Integral Yoga Institute. I knew many of his followers […]

Just Pay Appropriate Attention

Here is another quote from Matthew Kelly, this time from his book, Perfectly Yourself: 9 Lessons for Enduring Happiness. He is teaching us to just pay appropriate attention. He calls it “just do the next right thing.” Appropriate attention is an important Buddhist concept that came down to us as yoniso manasikara. It implies paying […]

Heroes Are Just Ordinary People Who Do Extraordinary Things – Purpose Fairy

Heroes Are Just Ordinary People Who Do Extraordinary Things. “You might not have a cape or wear underwear outside your clothes, that’s probably a good thing. You have everything right now to change the world.” ~ Kid President Source: Heroes Are Just Ordinary People Who Do Extraordinary Things – Purpose Fairy

Impossible or Just Really Hard

When I read this in my email on Tuesday, I was really impressed with the story. Riding a bike from Stockholm to Mount Everest, climbing the mountain, and returning by bike to Stockholm seems really impossible to me. Is it impossible or just really hard? However, when we think about our daily meditation practice, it […]

Kindness: Just Another Proof That Good People Exist – Purpose Fairy

Kindness: Just Another Proof That Good People Exist – Purpose Fairy.

The Gift of Justice

Mary Talbot wrote an interesting article on the gift of justice (No Justice, No Peace) on Tricycle.com. The article is about lawyers and judges who practice the dharma. Mary Talbot’s articles appear frequently in Tricycle Magazine. The current issue (Winter 2014) has an interesting article titled, “The Joy of No Sex” which I enjoyed very […]

Just Breathe: When Teachers Practice Mindfulness | Edutopia

Just Breathe: When Teachers Practice Mindfulness | Edutopia.

Mindfulness Is Not Just Bare Attention

Poep Sa Frank Jude is an OI1 member and a dharma teacher. He joined the conversation we had about the Boston bombings a couple of weeks ago. For example, see Don’t Despair – Take Action, All You Need Is Love, We Need To Root Out Seeds Of  Anger, and A Marine And An Army Veteran. I’ve been meaning to […]

Just Be Ordinary

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is simple monk in the long line of teachers in the lineage of Chinese Zen teacher Master Linji, founder of the Rinzai school of Zen. Linji’s teaching were quite simple. He said, “As I see it, there isn’t so much to do. Just be ordinary—put on your robes, eat your […]