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In her book, Kindness For All Creatures, Sarah K. Beasley, challenges readers to apply Buddhist Wisdom to aging animal companions -
- Question assumptions about euthanasia and end-of-life care for pets. Take the time to really understand the ramifications of your choices.
- Reach out to your community of friends and family to both ask for and offer support around elderly pet care.
- Research and use simple mobility and home or travel adaptations for elderly pets.
- Research pain management techniques for pets before their pain becomes untenable.
- Recognize the end-of-life journey as natural, not something that needs to be prematurely ended.
- Learn about karma and varying beliefs about the death process.
- Be open to new perspectives about midwifing death for animals.
- Accept grief as a natural part of a lifelong journey and something about which we can be curious.
- Be kind to yourself and others who are making choices during a pet’s illness, injury, or aging or dying processes.
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Every single act of kindness and compassion and feeling of solidarity that we have ever experienced comes from our Buddha Nature. - Tashi Nyima
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The true meaning of karma is that we own our actions and the consequences of our actions. - Tashi Nyima
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Yoga practice makes happiness stronger and suffering less frequent. - Victor M. Parachin
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Even in the toughest of times, there is something for which you can be thankful. What can you give thanks for today? Did support come from an unexpected place? Did someone say exactly what you needed to hear? Did a robin stop and sing on your windowsill? Blessings come in many forms. You may even wish to begin a gratitude journal in which you record how each day blessed you. Gratitude heals at a very deep level. - Donna Miesbach
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Like all of Europe, the Netherlands, long a bastion of Protestant Christianity, has seen it's numbers decline and dwindle. One of the most striking images of that new reality is the fact that a large Catholic church in the village of Afferden has been sold to a Buddhist group who have transformed it into a monastery and community center.
The Netherlands was predominantly Christian until the late 20th century. Since then there has been a steady decline in both Catholic and Protestant church attendance. While the nation is historically Protestant, the decline in adherence there has been more marked, such that today Catholics, representing around 23.7 per cent of the population, outnumber Protestant sects, representing some 20.1 per cent in total, according to a 2015 government survey. Over half, 50.1 per cent, of the adult population is not religious. Islam comprises 4.9 per cent of the total population, Hinduism 0.6 per cent, Buddhism 0.4 per cent, and Judaism 0.1 per cent.
Read more and See photos at www.buddhistdoor.net.
The Netherlands was predominantly Christian until the late 20th century. Since then there has been a steady decline in both Catholic and Protestant church attendance. While the nation is historically Protestant, the decline in adherence there has been more marked, such that today Catholics, representing around 23.7 per cent of the population, outnumber Protestant sects, representing some 20.1 per cent in total, according to a 2015 government survey. Over half, 50.1 per cent, of the adult population is not religious. Islam comprises 4.9 per cent of the total population, Hinduism 0.6 per cent, Buddhism 0.4 per cent, and Judaism 0.1 per cent.
Read more and See photos at www.buddhistdoor.net.
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When we realize that our perceptions are just that - perceptions - we can become free of sticking and reacting to them. When we own perceptions as perceptions and not facts, we will become free from wrong views. - Tashi Nyima
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The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) is reporting that deaths from falls have doubled over the last decade causing death and life altering injuries. It's an indication that our "senior" population is not prioritizing movement and are becoming stiffer and stiffer resulting if falling too easily.
This report, based on a US Senate Special Committee On Aging, reveals that in 20178 more than 31,000 older Americans suffered fatal injuries from falls, almost twice as many as a decade earlier. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injures for adults 65 and older. The annual cost to US health care now reaches $50 billion in 2015 and may double by 2030.
"In addition to the physical and emotional trauma of falls, the financial toll is staggering," noted committee Chair Senator Susan Collins (R - Maine). Staying active is proven to reduce the risk of falls among older adults," added Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa)
This report, based on a US Senate Special Committee On Aging, reveals that in 20178 more than 31,000 older Americans suffered fatal injuries from falls, almost twice as many as a decade earlier. Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injures for adults 65 and older. The annual cost to US health care now reaches $50 billion in 2015 and may double by 2030.
"In addition to the physical and emotional trauma of falls, the financial toll is staggering," noted committee Chair Senator Susan Collins (R - Maine). Staying active is proven to reduce the risk of falls among older adults," added Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa)
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Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, are re-shaping Western spirituality. I've long admired them for abandoning doctrines and concepts which simply don't work and embracing views and perspectives which are in tune with human spiritual evolution.
Identifying with millennials and feeling like a millennial in spirit, I read with considerable interest this observation from Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten Rinpoche who says that "inspiring" spiritual developments are "taking place among many millennials. As a generalization, whether with or without the spiritual badge, many of them tend to care more about the well-being of humanity and animals, and the important issues of social justice and the ecology. They have fewer hang-ups, such xenophobia, prejudice, and tribalism, in comparison with previous generations."
Identifying with millennials and feeling like a millennial in spirit, I read with considerable interest this observation from Buddhist teacher Anam Thubten Rinpoche who says that "inspiring" spiritual developments are "taking place among many millennials. As a generalization, whether with or without the spiritual badge, many of them tend to care more about the well-being of humanity and animals, and the important issues of social justice and the ecology. They have fewer hang-ups, such xenophobia, prejudice, and tribalism, in comparison with previous generations."
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Here's a new word to know: "paraskevidekatriaphobia," - a fear of the thirteenth day of the month falling on a Friday which is today. The idea that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day goes back for hundreds of years, with the tradition said to have begun in the Middle Ages or even Biblical times. Some claim the superstition arose from Jesus’ Last Supper, where there were 13 people present – which lead to his death.
However this superstition started, it is widespread and one estimate suggests an extraordinary 17-21 million Americans are afraid of the day. During any decade there are approximately 20 Friday the 13ths.
However this superstition started, it is widespread and one estimate suggests an extraordinary 17-21 million Americans are afraid of the day. During any decade there are approximately 20 Friday the 13ths.