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Because of the development of mass media - televisions, newspapers, magazines and the internet - we're manipulated and controlled by other's people opinions without even knowing it. - Shohaku Okumura
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After COVID is behind us,
the vast majority of people
will go back to the old way of living,
until there is another crisis,
because that is the way that most
humans are programmed.
But there are some who will
use this time to learn.
- Deepak Chopra
the vast majority of people
will go back to the old way of living,
until there is another crisis,
because that is the way that most
humans are programmed.
But there are some who will
use this time to learn.
- Deepak Chopra
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Don’t remember the past.
Don’t imagine the future.
Don’t examine the present.
Don’t explain how things are.
Don’t control your experience.
Rest and relax.
—Tilopa, The Six Nails
Don’t imagine the future.
Don’t examine the present.
Don’t explain how things are.
Don’t control your experience.
Rest and relax.
—Tilopa, The Six Nails
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We all have attachments, or to use a contemporary term, addictions. They may be material or mental; They may be worldly, philosophical, or physical. Attachments may be superficial and transient or deeply ingrained and stubbornly fixed. Attachments have one thing in common, however: they all create aggravation, turmoil in our lives. Through practice, is is possible to separate yourself from attachments. - Sheng Yen
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Do not condemn the world. Deify the world by your deeds, purify the world by your utterances and ennoble the world by your presence. - Selvarajan Yesudian
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Someone, sometime, somewhere taught US Navy Seals how to do pranayama especially when under great stress. It's become known as 'navy seal breath' but is actually a traditional Yogic breath exercise called "box breathing" or "four square breathing."
Here's how it works:
Here's how it works:
- Breathe in for four seconds.
- Hold air in your lungs for four seconds.
- Exhale for four seconds.
- Hold your breath, lungs emptied, for four seconds.
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If you do good actions with a selfless spirit, you will soar high into the regions of bliss and peace. - Swami Sivananda
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There are these four types of people to be found existing in the world. Which four?
One in darkness who is headed for darkness,
one in darkness who is headed for light,
one in light who is headed for darkness,
and one in light who is headed for light.
--Buddha Shakyamuni, Tamonata Sutta
Based on this observation of the Buddha, those who are wise and skillful will seek out as their friends and spiritual companions only those two who are headed for the light.
One in darkness who is headed for darkness,
one in darkness who is headed for light,
one in light who is headed for darkness,
and one in light who is headed for light.
--Buddha Shakyamuni, Tamonata Sutta
Based on this observation of the Buddha, those who are wise and skillful will seek out as their friends and spiritual companions only those two who are headed for the light.
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The great open secret of gratitude is that it is not dependent on external circumstance. It’s like a setting or channel that we can switch to at any moment, no matter what’s going on around us. - Joanna Macy
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Bodhi Day is an auspicious Buddhist festival which falls on December 8th honoring and celebrating the day in which Siddhartha Gautama sat underneath the Bodhi tree attaining enlightenment. It is a defining day for Buddhism. On Bodhi Day, followers will typically renew their dedication to Buddhism, spend additional time in meditation, reaffirm their commitment to help others achieve awakening, expand compassion and kindness to all beings.