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Wadawurrung 🇦🇺🦘Nature. Buddhism. ‘’Love is the absence of Judgment’’~ H.H. Dalai Lama 🙏🌈 “Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love and then we return home” – Aboriginal proverb ~ Excerpt. No starter’s 🫶 📸 iph 6 & 16 ref if others in alt.
"People try spiritually to achieve realization. The true realization is to achieve a kind heart. Other than that, there is nothing really that is useful. Nothing else”… “The things that we can completely trust, that will never betray us or fail us, are kindheartedness and bodhicitta” ~ Khandro-la
“One must put oneself in every one’s position. To understand everything is to forgive everything.” ~ Leo Tolstoy Buckley’s Falls, Victoria, Aus
“Compassion is a verb.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh A winter’s morning waning gibbous moon
A beautiful discussion with Ani Pema Chodron on the Myth of Freedom. Her new book, Another Kind of Freedom, is truly a gift for the times we face right now. Enjoy! 🙏🏻
Another Kind of Freedom with Pema Chödrön: This Very Moment Episode 10
YouTube video by Shambhala Publications
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a silver-spotted skipper butterfly on the Butterfly Bush today
"The one goal sought by all, yet attained by few, is lasting and meaningful happiness. ... We imagine that freedom lies in the sense domain, mistaking it for our natural home ..." saranagati.online/ramana-refle... #RamanaMaharshi #Tiruvannamalai #TamilNadu #India #Advaita #Vedanta #SpeirGorm
"What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset" -Chief Crowfoot
“There is neither an independent world of delusion of ordinary unenlightened people, nor an independent world of purification of enlightened sages; the worlds of the imagined and the consummated natures are both relative and interrelated, being encompassed by the other-dependent nature.”
“Every jiva experiences his own prarabdha, which is catalysed by the mere Presence of Shiva as the Witness dwelling in the heart of each one. Hence, the jiva who does not delude himself by thinking that he is the experiencer of prarabdha, … 2/2
Made a fast friend on the eastern shore "I love you too!" ♥️
Rumi, Birdwings Your grief for what you’ve lost lifts a mirror up to where you’re bravely working. Expecting the worst, you look, and instead, here’s the joyful face you’ve been wanting to see. ... 1/2 #poetry 🖋️ Coleman Barks, tr., 1995, p. 174. 📸 ALT
“You are an aperture through which the universe is looking at and exploring itself.” - Alan Watts 📸 Grey sky morning by the river.
Happy full moon portal. Somehow this one feels different. The message of the day for me (& perhaps other sensitives) is aim to accomplish your 1 or 2 main goals today. Be gentle with the rest. Walk mindfully, steady steps, enjoy any in-between worlds excitement as past & future patterns crossover✨️
“You've got to laugh a little, cry a little, until the clouds roll by a little. That's the story of, that's the GLORY OF LOVE.” Written by Billy Hill and recorded in 1936 by Benny Goodman. Recorded by many artists and featured in movies. Walk this morning B.O.M. app showing 7.3 felt 4.2°c
“One may find oneself in all kinds of surroundings, yet must not allow oneself to be carried helplessly by their influence. Under every circumstance, it is one's duty to preserve one's individuality and strength of character. It is easy to drift with the current; true courage lies in standing firm”
✨️ So true. Poetry expresses the inexpressible by leaving hints of it for us to experience Poetry is transcendent. ✨️
Béa Gonzalez@sophiacycles.bsky.social · last wk.How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem.~Joseph Campbell
#DaoDeJing (c. 300s BCE) Chapter 2 1st link: Derek Lin tr. (see screenshot) & commentary terebess.hu/english/tao/... 2nd link: Ellen Chen tr. terebess.hu/english/tao/... Do feel free to post your reactions. 🪷😁 1/4 #Daoism
1/2 “There is wondrous existence in emptiness and true emptiness in wondrous existence.” There is wondrous existence in the world because we all intrinsically have Buddha Nature, because the principles are everlasting. Posted before: Excerpts - Dharma Master Cheng Yen
A Bigger Splash 1967 David Hockney at Tate Britain
#UNESCO has expanded its #WorldHeritage list with 18 newly inscribed cultural and natural properties, recognising places of outstanding universal value. They include Sarnath in India, where Buddha Shakyamuni gave his first teaching and is one of Buddhism’s four principal pilgrimage destinations.
“Everything is the flower of emptiness, the shining radiance of the dharmadatu, the emptiness of open space…” ~ James Low 📸 Image from James Low YouTube Channel
Kale seed planted 😊 Versatile and highly nutritious. I recall them growing by the side of the road before becoming popular in the grocery stores. 6 weeks for results. 📸 Pinterest pics - mine in 6 weeks 🤞
"The emotional bond,the very feeling of that interconnectedness is love. Love holds the universe together. Love is the emotion of connection and merging. Viewed from the soul this world is a manifestation of love. Love is the bridge,the transfer of energy between form and formless,matter and spirit”
Someone would say to me ‘Have a good weekend and stay out of trouble’ … and I would think.. of course 😊
LifuX@lifux.bsky.social · 2w agoThe speed at which my own bad decisions catch up to me #Cat #Caturday #Catsofbluesky #LifuX
