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It could be this simple intention to listen that heals someone who has had a rough week, and the one gesture that says, “I see you.” - Grace Song
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When you plant seeds in the garden, you don’t dig them up every day to see if they have sprouted yet. You simply water them and clear away the weeds; you know that the seeds will grow in time. Similarly, just do your daily practice and cultivate a kind heart. Abandon impatience and instead be content creating the causes for goodness; the results will come when they’re ready. - Thubten Chodron
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Realistically, since we will all suffer many losses, we need better, more evolved and astute ways of approaching sorrow and emotional pain. We need to be more conscious about the ways our losses can help us become wiser and more spiritually evolved; we also need to be more sensitive to and aware of other people’s pain and suffering. - Lama Surya Das
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"Every year, autumn comes to my small corner of the world and I watch my neighbors engage in the strange ritual of raking and bagging the leaves in their yards. I say strange because it’s a pointless exercise. In fact, it can be downright harmful in certain contexts. There are a host of insects and earthworms that depend on leaf matter to keep soil temperatures warm in the winter, and trees rely on the deteriorated, fallen leaves to fertilize the soil.
When we remove the dead leaves from our yards, this can result in the soil becoming malnourished, the trees becoming less healthy, and much of the soil’s microbiome being killed. In addition, more waste ends up in landfills and we create a lot of unnecessary work for ourselves with all of the time and energy required to rake and bag the leaves. And more than that, we create a lot of unnecessary suffering for ourselves and other sentient beings." - Sensei Alex Kakuyo
When we remove the dead leaves from our yards, this can result in the soil becoming malnourished, the trees becoming less healthy, and much of the soil’s microbiome being killed. In addition, more waste ends up in landfills and we create a lot of unnecessary work for ourselves with all of the time and energy required to rake and bag the leaves. And more than that, we create a lot of unnecessary suffering for ourselves and other sentient beings." - Sensei Alex Kakuyo
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All beings are from the very beginning Buddha. It is like water and ice: apart from water, no ice, outside living beings, no Buddhas. Not knowing it is near, they seek it afar. What a pity! It is like one in the water who cries out for thirst; it is like the child of a rich house who has strayed away among the poor. Hakuin
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Develop the belief in the power of showing up for others in ways that are positive – with kindness, generosity, patience, acceptance, and love. Sadly, many people show up for others in ways that are negative – with anger, impatience, judgment, intolerance and indifference. Showing up for others is actually easy but it does require effort because it means intentionally tapping into our intelligence, intuition, awareness and sensitivity. When someone is discouraged, show up with encouragement; when someone is grieving, show up with support; when someone is fearful, show up with courage; when someone is despondent, show up with hope. Showing up reminds people they are not alone in this world. - Victor M. Parachin
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Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful…How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural–you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow. — Thich Nhat Hanh.
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Problems are inevitable but despair, discouragement, disillusionment are optional. The next time you encounter adversity, difficulty or sorrow repeat the mantra ‘I am not troubled by trouble’. Then shift your perspective from a negative to positive. Start sensing that your problem may be an opportunity to develop persistence, cultivate patience, embrace change, strengthen willpower, experience growth.
Begin learning to accept problems as normal and totally unavoidable. Rather than react negatively when an unwelcome issue takes you by surprise, respond with curiosity and creativity. That opens up the mental and emotional pathway for you to handle, skillfully and gracefully, any issues which emerge from day to day. - Victor M. Parachin
Begin learning to accept problems as normal and totally unavoidable. Rather than react negatively when an unwelcome issue takes you by surprise, respond with curiosity and creativity. That opens up the mental and emotional pathway for you to handle, skillfully and gracefully, any issues which emerge from day to day. - Victor M. Parachin
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Slowly give up your negative things. Good things, keep. Bad things, slowly move away from them. — Gyatrul Rinpoche.
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If we are to protect this global home of ours, each of us needs to experience a vivid sense of universal altruism and compassion. It is only this feeling that can remove the self-centered motives that cause people to deceive and misuse one another. - Dalai Lama 14th