A pure, loving mind gives rise to a beautiful world. Love is a pure mind, free of attachment and committed to cherishing others, that leads to a pure experience of what’s out there.
This contemplation, part of prayers I often do before meditation, helps me make the most of each and every day. It’s particularly close to my heart these days.
"Sentient beings are as precious as wish-granting gems because all our purposes are fulfilled by the kindness of others. …It is from the kindness of others that we receive everything that we need." - Yongdzin Trijang Rinpoche
So many triggers can set off our reactive mind – with an unhappy mind a likely result. What is the mind of equanimity, a spacious open awareness that is nonreactive and impartial?
Buddhist Teacher Joseph Goldstein on The Meaning of Equanimity
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“I Me Mine” It sprang from George Harrison’s interest in Hinduism and his LSD experiences, but certainly shares the Buddhist view of eliminating one's self-cherishing and self-grasping. It was the last song to be recorded by The Beatles.
The Beatles - I Me Mine (Official Music Video)
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A nun walks into a Buddhist monastery. No, it’s not a one-liner. A group of some 100 Catholic nuns visited the monastery’s temple in Ho Chi Minh City to learn about Buddhist teachings, meditation and other practices. We need more interfaith gatherings like this worldwide.
Catholic nuns' visit to Buddhist temple sparks debate in Vietnam
Practicing meditation inside monastery risks blurring religious boundaries, some Catholics say.
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Western psychotherapy and Buddhist psychology take differing approaches to emotional struggles, yet both underscore it is human to suffer. Both Freud and the Buddha understood that we all have troubling doubts about our basic value and ability to navigate life’s hardships.
Finding Relief from Depression & Anxiety
Psychoanalyst and dharma teacher Pilar Jennings weaves Buddhist wisdom with contemporary psychotherapy to illuminate the mind’s capacity to heal. She reveals how meeting suffering directly can restore...
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Meditate from deep within, connecting with the object that moves your heart and mind. Approach your practice with a sense of joy and wonderment as you tap your pure potential.
Representing Buddha’s enlightened mind: Some 200,000 people gathered yesterday in Gelephu, Bhutan, to witness volunteers build 108 stupas, each of which will stand about 50 feet tall.
Thousands of volunteers build 108 stupas in a day in Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City
Buddhist masters have gathered in Gelephu, Bhutan, to witness the construction of 108 stupas in a single day.
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Happy Halloween! And caution advised if you venture into the charnel ground.
We all have problems – there’s no escaping them. But how often do we make a distinction between outer problems and inner problems? It’s impossible to control all external circumstances, but we can take steps to manage and reduce the unhappiness that arises in our mind.
There is an End to Our Inner Problems
Podcast Episode · Living Clarity · October 26 · 12m
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We can cultivate the mind of compassion through lojong practice, training the mind. The end of this helpful article includes five especially relevant aphorisms.
59 Ways to Turn Your Mind Around
The way to bodhicitta, the mind of compassion, is marked by the fifty-nine lojong slogans. Gaylon Ferguson points us in the right direction.
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Make joy an integral part of your spiritual life. When engaged in formal practice/meditation, be mindful of rejoicing – of the opportunity you have to practice and the difference it makes. Have fun and enjoy!
In a world obsessed with DIY, YouTube tutorials and learning everything ourselves, navigating the depths of our own minds can be daunting. JoAnn Fox discusses the value of relying on a qualified guide to help lead us on a path. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Last night got the awful news that a friend was discovered dead in his home. He had some health issues, but it still came as a jarring shock. Which brought to mind the reflection attributed to Buddha: "Life is uncertain; death is certain.” Enjoy every day, friends. Much love…
“Dharma wisdom is the light that eliminates the dark shadow of ignorance, the main source of all human afflictions…Dharma is the inner understanding of reality that leads us beyond the dark shadow of ignorance, beyond dissatisfaction.” - Lama Yeshe
Autumn mountains gathering last light, one bird follows another in flight away. Shifting kingfisher-greens flash radiant scatters. Evening mists: nowhere they are. - Wang Wei: Magnolia Park from the Wheel-Rim River Sequence
All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. - Shantideva Happiness springs from wishing others to be happy. By cherishing others, negative minds can be reduced and our mind will become calm. It fulfills our wish for happiness while benefiting others.
Guided meditation ~ Love
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Not sure if I already came across this: the Buddhism and AI Initiative. The project came out of conversations between Buddhist practitioners discussing the course of AI development – its personal and societal implications and the application of Buddhist view to the matter. Your thoughts?
Buddhism & AI Initiative
Helping Buddhist communities, contemplative researchers, and technologists engage artificial intelligence with wisdom, care, and discernment.
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A life transformed by Dharma led him to a life of service: A Marine vet recounts how an arrest, Zen teacher and man on death row led him to bring meditation to fellow vets and prisoners. “Buddha’s teachings are a gift — and gifts are meant to be shared.”
How I Turned My Buddhist Practice Into Service
A Marine veteran on how a felony arrest, a Zen teacher, and a correspondence with a man on death row led him to bring meditation to veterans, teenagers, and the incarcerated.
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How often do we identify with our pure potential? It’s easy to forget that negative minds and perceived shortcomings are due to delusions and not the self (which we impute). This viewpoint helps ward off guilt, which is never helpful, and we can more pragmatically address the change we desire.
A Buddhist philosophy professor at The George Washington University discusses the intersection of meditation and neuroscience, and how current meditation research seeks to explain human consciousness.
Professor talks intersection of Buddhist meditation, neuroscience
Eyal Aviv, an assistant professor of honors, religious studies and international affairs, discussed how neuroscientists and Buddhist scholars differ in their approaches to meditation, including the ch...
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Every meditation, every action that reveals the true nature of our mind – one of peacefulness – provides confidence to subdue negative minds of attachment and anger. By rejoicing in every bit of progress, however small, we recognize our potential and are empowered to strive for pure inner happiness.