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Monthly Archives: December 2016
Karma and Blame
Assigning blame is emotionally charged. Whether we assign blame to others or ourselves, the negative emotion that accompanies blame is unskillful. Blame entails not only assigning responsibility for an unwelcome consequence, but also imputing malice or evil intent to the … Continue reading
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Scorched
Liberation is not a place, another realm, or a destination. It is an uprooting of the emotional afflictions in my mind, so that they never arise in the future and are purified within the expanse of suchness. “Once the seeds … Continue reading
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Notions
Every notion of self and phenomena, subject and object, grasper and grasped, is merely a transformation of consciousness. —Arya Vasubandhu
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Merry Christmas
Feliz Navidad Bon Nadal Bo Nadal Eguberri on Eid Milad Majid Joyeux Noël Frohe Weihnachten Feliz Natal Vrolijk Kerstfeest Счастливого рождества Sheng Dan Kuai Le Hyvää Joulua Mele Kalikimaka God Jul Schöni Wiehnachte Śubh krisamas Chag Molad Sameach Веселого Різдва … Continue reading
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Holiday Message
Learn to undo the perception —so heavily promoted by the media— that shopping is a form of therapy and that a purchase is nothing but a victory or a gain. —Thanissaro Bhikkhu
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Simple and Common
Mindfulness, though so highly praised and capable of such great achievements, is not at all a “mystical” state, beyond the ken and reach of the average person. It is, on the contrary, something quite simple and common, and very familiar … Continue reading
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Avoid Both
There are two extremes that are not to be indulged in by one who has gone forth. Which two? That which is devoted to sensual pleasure with reference to sensual objects: base, vulgar, common, ignoble, unprofitable; and that which is devoted … Continue reading
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No Difficulty
Unless we practice loving feelings toward everyone we meet —day in, day out— we’re missing out on the most joyous part of life. If we can actually open our hearts, there’s no difficulty in being happy. —Ayya Khema
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Real Peace & Happiness
To obtain real peace and happiness in this world, one has simply to follow the path of ahimsa —nonviolence. If we do not like to experience any kind of pain or suffering, how can we expect another creature, whether big … Continue reading
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“Mine”
See them, floundering in their sense of “mine”, like fish in the puddles of a dried-up stream. And, seeing this, live with no “mine”, not forming attachment to experiences. —Buddha Shakyamuni
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