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| In taking refuge in the Buddha, we take refuge in the possibility that we, like the Buddha, can be freed from greed, liberated from hatred, and awakened from delusion â⬔ this is one of the ways enlightenment is described. We do not take refuge in a deity or power higher than ourselves. We find faith and confidence in the idea that enlightenment is possible because the human being Siddhartha Gautama â⬔ as the Buddha was called before his enlightenment â⬔ was able to exemplify that potential for humanity in his awakening. We take refuge in a potential that is deeply human.
– Yang, Larry, Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community (p. 67). Wisdom Publications. Kindle Edition. |
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, |
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| Shakyamuni Buddha saw the morning star and was awakened, and he said: “I, and the great Earth and all beings, simultaneously realize the Way.” – Case 1, Denkoroku, Upaya |
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| Cultivate an Awakened Mind
Bodhicitta, generally translated as the wish for or spirit of awakening, refers to a state of mind that corresponds to being awakened or that leads to it. It is the intention to attain perfect awakening for the sake of all beings. – Karma Trinlay Rinpoche, “What We’ve Been All Along” |
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| This is the place of those who are filled with Great Compassion, of those whose hearts remain deeply touched in love and wisdom, as long as others still moan in suffering, misery and sorrow. This is the place of those who shall eternally commit themselves to the wellbeing and enlightenment of the whole of reality. Here is the place of those who give expression to themselves sitting in meditation and on all the paths of existence. Deeply rooted in meditation, they are at the same time totally concerned with helping all beings, going down to the very bottom of things, out of reverence for all who are already awakened.
– The Avatamsaka Sutra, “The Scripture of Inconceivable Liberation” |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for November 06, 2020
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| This is the place of those who are filled with Great Compassion, of those whose hearts remain deeply touched in love and wisdom, as long as others still moan in suffering, misery and sorrow. This is the place of those who shall eternally commit themselves to the wellbeing and enlightenment of the whole of reality. Here is the place of those who give expression to themselves sitting in meditation and on all the paths of existence. Deeply rooted in meditation, they are at the same time totally concerned with helping all beings, going down to the very bottom of things, out of reverence for all who are already awakened.
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May you be free from suffering and the causes of suffering! All my best, |
Mini Mindfulness Break for August 30, 2019
 For 9/11/2011:
Buddhist Millennium Prayer by Lama Surya Das May all beings everywhere with whom we are interconnected and who want and need the same as we do be awakened, healed, secure, fulfilled and free, and may we all together complete the spiritual journey all the way to heaven, nirvana, peace. “A lake is the landscape’s most beautiful and expressive feature. It is Earth’s eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.” – Henry Thoreau Click here to learn how you can receive a 30 minute Mindfulness Break in your home. |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for April 25, 2019
 The Luminous Gap
Entering the awakened state of mind, even for a moment, is always preceded by an experience, however fleeting, of extreme contrast and conflict. Even on the highest and most subtle levels of attainment, negative and positive continue together side by side, until one makes the leap beyond them both. – Francesca Freemantle, “The Luminous Gap in Bardo” |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for January 05, 2019
 An Ever-Present Refuge
Love and compassion make us feel safe because they express the safety of their source–the deep buddhanature within us, the unchanging inner space of primal awareness that cannot be harmed. By receiving unconditional love and compassion from those who’ve awakened before us, we sense that we too can relax into the very source of such love in the unconditioned nature of our minds, our buddhanature. – John Makransky, “Aren’t We Right to be Angry?” |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for November 09, 2018
 One Day
The life of one day is enough to rejoice. Even though you live for just one day, if you can be awakened, that one day is vastly superior to one endless life of sleep. . . . If this day in the lifetime of a hundred years is lost, will you ever touch it with your hands again? – Zen Master Dogen, “Groundhog Day” |
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