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Karunavirus—as in karuna, the Sanskrit word for compassion—is a new website that hopes to highlight stories of compassion in the news. Launched in mid-March by volunteer charity organization Service Space, the website hopes to shine a spotlight on uplifting stories in the coronavirus era, without ignoring the widespread reality of the mass suffering caused by the pandemic. “While our site is clearly meant to be uplifting, it’s not necessarily the kind of ‘happy news’ that turns a blind eye to our grief and suffering,” the website reads. “Rather it invites us to a more expansive space—that crucible of benevolence within ourselves—which can hold these challenges with uncommon grace.”
(source: www.tricycle.org)
(source: www.tricycle.org)
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The people who make a positive difference in this world have big hearts. - Pema Chodron
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During the times when we are free to do whatever we please, we are often deceived by this freedom into wasting time. - Cheng Yen
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Inconsiderate manners often reveal bad character. - Rabbi Joseph Telushkin
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It is not possible to meditate the whole day. Without variety, the mind, especially of a beginner, will get tired . It is necessary to guard against this possibility. It is important that the aspirant should be protected from the monotony of one-sided spiritual practice leading to reaction and a return to worldly activity with a vengeance. The beauty of divine life lies in the fact that the seriousness of meditation is tempered with the joy of Kirtan, the happiness and strength of service, the peace of Japa and the understanding of Svadhyaya (reading of scriptures). - Swami Sivananda
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If you have a bad temper and a foul mouth, then no matter how good your heart is, you are not a good person. - Cheng Yen
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If you’re experiencing deep anticipatory grief about the state of the world these days, it’s not hard to figure out why. We are living in an age of intense violence, fake virtue, and rampant delusion. - John Harvey Negru
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1. Prevent negative states of mind.
2. Overcome negative states of mind.
3. Cultivate positive states of mind.
4. Maintain positive states of mind.
2. Overcome negative states of mind.
3. Cultivate positive states of mind.
4. Maintain positive states of mind.
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Wherever the Buddha is present, every city, town, and village is blessed by his virtues. The whole country reposes in peace and harmony. The sun and moon shine with pure brilliance; wind arises and rain falls at the right time.
There is no calamity or epidemic, and so the country becomes wealthy and the people enjoy peace. Soldiers and weapons become useless, and people esteem virtue, practice benevolence, and diligently cultivate courteous modesty.
—Buddha Shakyamuni, The Larger Pure Land Sutra
There is no calamity or epidemic, and so the country becomes wealthy and the people enjoy peace. Soldiers and weapons become useless, and people esteem virtue, practice benevolence, and diligently cultivate courteous modesty.
—Buddha Shakyamuni, The Larger Pure Land Sutra
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Think not lightly of good, saying, 'It will not come to me.' Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise one, gathering it little by little, fills oneself with good. - Dhammapada 9.122