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Many of us come to dharma centers a little bit broken open and raw from whatever life circumstance finally drove us there, admitting suffering exists and we want to be free. - Kate Johnson
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Who is wise? One who learns from every person. - Ethics of the Fathers
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“Are you managing your mind or is your mind managing you” is a common question cited by meditation instructors. Many people are unaware of the dangers which lurk when the mind is not properly managed. An example of this is related by Kanjitsu Iijima in his book Buddhist Yoga.
In the days before World War II, a Japanese widow in America had a small cleaning business. One day during her absence, the shop caught fire, and when she returned, only smoke and ashes remained. In shock, she was seen walking in circles around the ruins. Three days later, she was discovered dead. The distraught woman ended her life by suicide by hanging herself from the blackened beams. Those who knew her said she had a huge distrust of banks and likely had cash hidden inside the laundry, which, of course, burned up with the building.
Though the death certificate cited “suicide” as her cause of death, a closer examination could conclude her cause of death was weak mind management. Her thoughts focused entirely on loss and destruction leaving no opening for thoughts of rebuilding and restoration. Many others experienced complete financial devastation, forced to file for bankruptcy but managed to survive and come back from their losses. According to the Buddha it all comes down to the mind. “The mind is everything. What you think you become,” he said.
In the days before World War II, a Japanese widow in America had a small cleaning business. One day during her absence, the shop caught fire, and when she returned, only smoke and ashes remained. In shock, she was seen walking in circles around the ruins. Three days later, she was discovered dead. The distraught woman ended her life by suicide by hanging herself from the blackened beams. Those who knew her said she had a huge distrust of banks and likely had cash hidden inside the laundry, which, of course, burned up with the building.
Though the death certificate cited “suicide” as her cause of death, a closer examination could conclude her cause of death was weak mind management. Her thoughts focused entirely on loss and destruction leaving no opening for thoughts of rebuilding and restoration. Many others experienced complete financial devastation, forced to file for bankruptcy but managed to survive and come back from their losses. According to the Buddha it all comes down to the mind. “The mind is everything. What you think you become,” he said.
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Most disease are due to the so-called
modern civilization and artificial
way of living. Go back to nature.
You need not pay any fee to doctors then.
- Swami Sivananda
(Swami S was a medical doctor)
modern civilization and artificial
way of living. Go back to nature.
You need not pay any fee to doctors then.
- Swami Sivananda
(Swami S was a medical doctor)
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Fear can manifest for us at any time. Many times it related to the past (I am scared that _____ will happen again), or future (I hope ____ doesn’t happen when I get older). This is one of the reasons as Buddhists, we focus so much on being in the present moment, where we are most functional. - Kris Ladusau
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Anger narrows our focus, and makes us blind to context. Anger exhausts and demoralizes. Anger destroys. Anger saps power. Peace and radical compassion are the essential components of effective activism. - Tashi Nyima
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Some well-intentioned persons believe that rage and outrage are necessary for beneficial activism. However, all variations of anger, while making us feel “sharp”, actually dull the mind and make us ineffective. - Tashi Nyima
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Whether they be creatures of the land or air, whoever harms here any living being, who has no compassion for all that live, let such a one be known as depraved.
- Buddha in the Kshudraka Agama
- Buddha in the Kshudraka Agama
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Meditation helps in reducing stress.
It brings inner peace, freedom and happiness.
It helps to achieve mastery over one's life
and attaining self realization.
It subsequently leads to God realization
and brings ultimate liberation.
- Bharat Gajjar
It brings inner peace, freedom and happiness.
It helps to achieve mastery over one's life
and attaining self realization.
It subsequently leads to God realization
and brings ultimate liberation.
- Bharat Gajjar
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Even humble people need to work on humility. The moment they feel they have fully achieved it, they need to start working on it again. - Rabbi Joseph Telushkin