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| Illuminating Attention
We can think of attention as being like a searchlight in the darkness. – Jayarava Attwood, “Losing Ourselves in the Heart Sutra” |
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| How Ignorance Causes Suffering
This is what we call ignorance: not recognizing the void nature of phenomena and assuming that phenomena possess the attribute of true existence although in fact they are devoid of it. With ignorance comes attachment to all that is pleasant to the ego as well as hatred and repulsion for all that is unpleasant. In that way the three poisons–ignorance, attachment, and hatred–come into being. Under the influence of these three poisons, the mind becomes like a servant running here and there. This is how the suffering of samsara is built up. It all derives from a lack of discernment and a distorted perception of the nature of phenomena. – Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, “An Investigation of the Mind” |
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| This water’s shape is round or square according to the container that holds it. In the spring warmth, it is liquid; in the winter cold, it is solid. When its path is open, it flows. When its path is obstructed, it stands quiet. How vast it is, yet its source is so small it is difficult to find. How wonderful it is in its streams, which flow endlessly. In the jade rivulets, the footprints of dragons remain. In the deep pond, water holds the bright halo of the autumn moon. On the tip of the king’s pen, water becomes the compassion of clemency. On the willow branch, it becomes the clear fresh balm of compassion.Only one drop of the water of compassion is needed and the Ten Directions are all purified. “Verses of Consecration” from “Chanting of the Heart” by Thich Nhat Hanh “There is a wrong understanding of Mindfulness-they may believe that mindfulness in an instrument that can help business men get more money and the military to kill better. That is why if you have not seen the seven other elements in the path of Mindfulness, you have not seen Mindfulness, and that is not Right Mindfulness.” The other seven that he “We have seen that one person can bring liberation and healing to thousands, even millions of people. Each one of us, whether a factory worker, a politician, a waitress, businessperson, an entertainer, or a father coaching a soccer game, shares this deep desire. But it is important to remember that to realize this wonderful ambition we must first take care of ourselves. To bring happiness to others, we must be happiness. And this is why we always train ourselves to first take care of our own bodies and minds. Only when we are solid can we be our best and take good care of our loved ones.” I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. They do not touch enough on what is not wrong. . . . Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and to see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? – Thich Nhat Hanh, “Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh: An Interview” |
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| You Reading This, Be Ready
Starting here, what do you want to remember? Will you ever bring a better gift for the world When you turn around, starting here, lift this What can anyone give you greater than now, – William Stafford |
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| Life is not a problem. To look at it as a problem is to take a wrong step. It is a mystery to be loved, lived and experienced.
– Osho |
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| Are You Truly Alive?
To acknowledge that you are dying is to recognize that you are alive. – Dean Rolston, “Memento Mori” |
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| I think deep-seated, long-lasting, intractable emotional pain is always evidence that we believe something false.
– Martha Beck, The Joy Diet |
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| The “Middle Way” of Eating
Taking just the right amount of food, as the Buddha discovered, is essential to practicing the middle way of Buddhism. – John Kain, “Eating Just the Right Amount” |
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| Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes the ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.
– Albert Schweitzer, Daily Peace Quote |
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Mini Mindfulness Break for November 29, 2020
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| Compassion Isn’t Incidental
When there isn’t enough compassion being generated (either for ourselves as individuals or in the world in general), we become unbalanced; we suffer from it as we would from a lack of fresh air and clean water. It is not an incidental element, it is mandatory. We will not survive without it. – Patricia Anderson, “Real or Pretend?” |
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