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Beloved Children of the Christ!
The Holy Christmas approaches us all once again. On this sacred occasion, I send you my warmest greetings and my best wishes for the birth of Lord Jesus in your heart!
It is good to rejoice; it is good to feel and to radiate joy and happiness, especially on an occasion which marks the Coming of One Who pointed out to us the Way to Bliss. But, you who have taken up the Holy Yoga and who tread the Path of Divine Life, have a special responsibility. It is to meditate on Lord Jesus, recollect His Teachings and propagate by practice and precept His Life-giving Message.
Christ, Krishna, Buddha and Mohammed all lead us to the same gate that opens out into a Heaven of LOVE a love that does not admit of hatred, even as the light in the sun knows no darkness. May Lord Jesus reveal Himself to you! May you become an embodiment of His Teachings! May you shine as a True Christian, a true and faithful descendant of the Lord! May the blessings of Lord Jesus be upon you!
The Holy Christmas approaches us all once again. On this sacred occasion, I send you my warmest greetings and my best wishes for the birth of Lord Jesus in your heart!
It is good to rejoice; it is good to feel and to radiate joy and happiness, especially on an occasion which marks the Coming of One Who pointed out to us the Way to Bliss. But, you who have taken up the Holy Yoga and who tread the Path of Divine Life, have a special responsibility. It is to meditate on Lord Jesus, recollect His Teachings and propagate by practice and precept His Life-giving Message.
Christ, Krishna, Buddha and Mohammed all lead us to the same gate that opens out into a Heaven of LOVE a love that does not admit of hatred, even as the light in the sun knows no darkness. May Lord Jesus reveal Himself to you! May you become an embodiment of His Teachings! May you shine as a True Christian, a true and faithful descendant of the Lord! May the blessings of Lord Jesus be upon you!
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Interruptions are useful. When you become angry, interrupt that process with patience. When you become resentful, interrupt that process with acceptance. When you become sad; interrupt that process with gratitude. - Victor M. Parachin
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Yoga has now become popular in Japan, with many leading long lives through regular practice of the traditional exercises, the Consul General of Japan in Kolkata, Masayuki Taga has said. "Many Japanese are regularly practicing yoga and leading a healthy life," he said on Sunday.
Taga, speaking at a function here, hailed the Indo-Japan Association Calcutta and Ghosh Yoga Institute Japan, for their initiatives in popularising yoga in Japan and other parts of the world.
The Japanese Postal Department also released four stamps to honor the four top yoga exponents of India - Karuna Ghosh, Biswanath Ghosh, Yogacharya Bishnu Charan Ghosh and Ashutosh Ghosh - for their contributions in initiating and spreading yoga in Japan.
(source: India Times)
Taga, speaking at a function here, hailed the Indo-Japan Association Calcutta and Ghosh Yoga Institute Japan, for their initiatives in popularising yoga in Japan and other parts of the world.
The Japanese Postal Department also released four stamps to honor the four top yoga exponents of India - Karuna Ghosh, Biswanath Ghosh, Yogacharya Bishnu Charan Ghosh and Ashutosh Ghosh - for their contributions in initiating and spreading yoga in Japan.
(source: India Times)
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The Office of His Holiness has launched an official app that allows practitioners to follow his activities, travels, and teachings.The free iPhone app includes news, videos, and photos, as well as a schedule that allows users to track the Dalai Lama on his tours around the globe and watch live streams of his scheduled teachings.
The app also contains an extensive video archive of recent talks from the Dalai Lama on a number of topics in either English, with translators, or with subtitles. Many of these videos can stretch up to two hours in length. The app holds a five-star rating on the Apple Store based on current reviews.
In the past, the Dalai Lama has spoken of the wonders and dangers of modern technologies. While he believes they will play a crucial part in our future, he said we must be wary of becoming slaves to technology and allowing it to dictate our lives.
“Without technology, humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanized that we lose our human feelings,” he said in 2015 at an event in Surat, India.
(source: www.lionsroar.com)
The app also contains an extensive video archive of recent talks from the Dalai Lama on a number of topics in either English, with translators, or with subtitles. Many of these videos can stretch up to two hours in length. The app holds a five-star rating on the Apple Store based on current reviews.
In the past, the Dalai Lama has spoken of the wonders and dangers of modern technologies. While he believes they will play a crucial part in our future, he said we must be wary of becoming slaves to technology and allowing it to dictate our lives.
“Without technology, humanity has no future, but we have to be careful that we don’t become so mechanized that we lose our human feelings,” he said in 2015 at an event in Surat, India.
(source: www.lionsroar.com)
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What you resist persists; what you fear, draws near. - Jeffrey Armstrong
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Cleaning the bathroom or chopping the onions is no less important than sitting in deep meditation. Grasping this and acting on it is called waking up. - Janet Jiryu Abels
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- Choose joy
- Pay attention
- Be fully present
- Open your heart
- Cultivate silence
- Awaken your mind
- Be known for your compassion
- Follow your light, not someone else's
- Be flexible. Not too tight, not too loose
- Don't cling or grasp to anyone or anything
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The mechanical faith which depends on authority and wishes to enjoy the consolations of religion without the labor of being religious is quite different from the religious faith which has its roots in experience. - S. Radhakrishnan
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For most of us, saying no is very difficult. We don’t want to offend or disappoint people. With great frequency, family, friends, bosses, colleagues, civic and religious groups, call on us for our time or money or both. While most of those requests are legitimate and important, agreeing to them when we are not ready or ambivalent can result in considerable emotional hardship. “Half of the troubles in this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and no not soon enough,” noted the nineteenth century writer Josh Billings.
Furthermore, “saying yes becomes wrong when you want to say no and it is in your best interest to say no,” says therapist Herbert Fensterheim, PhD., author of Don’t Say Yes When You Want To Say No. Dr. Fensterheim says the inability to say no produces these harsh, negative consequences:
* It leads you into activities you don’t respect yourself for doing.
* It distracts you from what you really want to accomplish.
* Because you allow other people to exploit you continually, the resentment builds up.
* It produces a lack of communication between you and others.
The truth is that sometimes we just have to say no in order to prevent too great a toll on our own time and tranquility.
Furthermore, “saying yes becomes wrong when you want to say no and it is in your best interest to say no,” says therapist Herbert Fensterheim, PhD., author of Don’t Say Yes When You Want To Say No. Dr. Fensterheim says the inability to say no produces these harsh, negative consequences:
* It leads you into activities you don’t respect yourself for doing.
* It distracts you from what you really want to accomplish.
* Because you allow other people to exploit you continually, the resentment builds up.
* It produces a lack of communication between you and others.
The truth is that sometimes we just have to say no in order to prevent too great a toll on our own time and tranquility.
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Michael Bloomberg is an American author, entrepreneur, businessman, politician (a Mayor of New York City), and philanthropist. Looking back on his life and life in general, he offers this insightful observation about "success":
"Life, I've found, works the following way: Daily, you're presented with many small and surprising opportunities. Sometimes you seize one that takes you to the top. Most, though, if valuable at all, take you only a little way. To succeed, you must string together many small incremental advances - rather that count on hitting the lottery jackpot once."
Small, incremental advances are the way most lives evolve whether one is doing yoga, running a small business, creating friendships, or developing a life-long relationship.
"Life, I've found, works the following way: Daily, you're presented with many small and surprising opportunities. Sometimes you seize one that takes you to the top. Most, though, if valuable at all, take you only a little way. To succeed, you must string together many small incremental advances - rather that count on hitting the lottery jackpot once."
Small, incremental advances are the way most lives evolve whether one is doing yoga, running a small business, creating friendships, or developing a life-long relationship.