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Common pathways to bliss? Scientists look at jhāna and speaking in tongues. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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For your weekend viewing: the Werner Herzog doc on the Kalachakra empowerment conferred by the Dalai Lama. youtu.be/DewTzOeKH00?...

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The Four Noble Truths: Mom's Take I explained the Four Noble Truths to my kind mother when she was still in this realm. She listened quietly, nodding, and asked: "If you know sufferings, shouldn't you know complaints?"

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We all have an innate wish to benefit others — our Buddha seed. And we can awaken and strengthen this potential. www.lionsroar.com/meditation-t...

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Compassion is a win-win: It benefits others while protecting our mind. Check out this wonderful conversation. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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"We who look at the whole and not just the part, know that we too are systems of interdependence, of feelings, perceptions, thoughts, and consciousness all interconnected. Investigating in this way, we come to realize that there is no me or mine in any one part." - Buddha Shakyamuni

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The mind’s nature is clarity – empty like clear space. Meditating on its clarity gives rises to mental calm and spaciousness. youtu.be/mL21QPjHru0?...

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"Engaged Buddhism is just Buddhism. When bombs begin to fall on people, you cannot stay in the meditation hall all of the time. Meditation is about the awareness of what is going on..." - Thich Nhat Hanh Now, more than ever... www.lionsroar.com/the-fourteen...

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It simply doesn't work: self-cherishing...the source of our suffering/problems. After pursuing it for so long (countless lives), it's time to change things up... switch the object of cherishing from myself to all living beings. youtu.be/bvbW2QS6uwI?...

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Sunday musical interlude: Texas troubadour Jimmie Dale Gilmore, a practicing Buddhist, muses on the ways of the mind. youtu.be/fUv2DWWBIuY?...

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Buddhist view, realizations strengthen resolve to combat climate change. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/01/what...

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"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." “No matter how educated or wealthy you are, if you don’t have peace of mind, you won’t be happy” - The Dalai Lama-💐🌷🌻 #Tibet #love #Environment #Humanity #Positivity

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"Love is the real nuclear bomb destroying the enemy (our delusions). If everybody practiced love, the enemy would disappear, no enemy would remain." - Geshe Kelsang Gyatso youtu.be/agUsY2UGzYU?...

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We need to put Buddha's teachings, the Dharma, into practice Because nothing can be accomplished just by reading words. A sick man will never be cured of his illness Through merely reading medical instructions! - Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

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The Four Immeasurables: May everyone be happy, May everyone be free from misery, May no one ever be separated from their happiness, May everyone have equanimity, free from hatred and attachment.

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Tonglen meditation – also known as mounting taking and giving on the breath – is such a powerful way to grow our compassion and loving-kindness. youtu.be/-x95ltQP8qQ?...

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Happy Monday, all! Ever have that feeling?

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When we meditate on the emptiness of the I, we can dissolve away the fixed/stuck sense of self…tap into true being. youtu.be/U0bV8U1R-lw?...

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What the world needs now…no need to wait for Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️ www.shethepeople.tv/lifestyle/lo...

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A passing late Friday thought: Mindfulness isn’t free. You have to pay attention.

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For your viewing pleasure: Saw this film about Milarepa, the celebrated Tibetan yogi and scholar, some years back. This covers his early life; a part 2 was never produced. youtu.be/mh3UHnnPl8U?...

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"Buddha taught the impermanence of things To lead people to a realization of emptiness – The lack of inherent existence of things." "Provided all the necessary conditions are assembled, Even an illusion will come into being." - Shantideva, Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life

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Our mind is the basis of our reality – and the clarity of our mind is a source of boundless mental peace and happiness. In this podcast, Kadam Morten Clausen unpacks how we can begin to truly know our mind. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

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Laurie Anderson, a longtime student of Buddhism, leads a meditation on death and rebirth. The soundtrack is from Songs from the Bardo, an album inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. youtu.be/a474zIwrKIY?...

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Happy Monday!

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My sutra meditation this morning was on this object, so passing it along — wonderful way to grow our equanimity and love. thubtenchodron.org/2003/05/pare...

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"Every morning, I walk through the temple garden. Although it's the same garden, it appears different from one day to the next." — Shunmyo Masuno

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A musical offering for this Friday. Full disclosure: This baby boomer was late in discovering the Beastie Boys’ take. Many know that Adam Yauch was Buddhist. youtu.be/vTCCc6VMW_k?...

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An approach to environmental sustainability grounded in Buddhism: Look to Bhutan to set an example. kuenselonline.com/faith-based-...

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Buddhist insights: A Buddhist Text: The 'Heart of Perfect Wisdom', Short Form, translated by Edward Conze. One of the great Prajnaparamita Texts on Emptiness. #DeepBuddhism #Sunyata.

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Just as we bathe for a clean body…it’s good to clean/purify our mind with meditation before going out for the day. Thanks to Timber Hawkeye for thoughts on what’s in our mind as we encounter the world. buddhistbootcamp.libsyn.com/whats-in-you...

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Karma: The actions of our body, speech and mind give rise to their inevitable effects and our experiences. A meditation and mindfulness that’s vital throughout all our days. youtu.be/nrpe_UIoejg?...

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Happy Monday!

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Sila, ethical conduct; samadhi, meditative absorption; and prajna, transcendent wisdom: progressing on the path. www.lionsroar.com/ethics-medit...

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Remembering the three-year anniversary of the transition of Thich Nhat Hanh. In this piece, he teaches transcending duality, realizing emptiness. www.lionsroar.com/beyond-birth...

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We’re very fortunate that Buddha showed us methods to free our mind of the delusions that are the source of suffering. In this powerful podcast, Gen Gomlam discusses how to heal and find peace after a loved one takes their life. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Buddhism and the Beats Looking forward to this forthcoming book — Jack Kerouac: The Buddhist Years. Ain’t it a coincidence that I just started reading On the Road again. www.buddhistdoor.net/news/america...

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Mongolia, Buddhism, and the Pope www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...

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“All phenomena exist by way of convention; nothing is inherently existent. This applies to mind, to Buddha, and even to emptiness itself. Everything is merely imputed by mind.” - Modern Buddhism Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

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“Whoever has a perfect vision of one thing, Has the perfect vision of all things, For the emptiness of one thing Is the emptiness of all things.” – Aryadeva Off to a Mahamudra meditation retreat for a few days…back next week. Much love, friends…

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Thanks to UCLA’s Mindful class and Diana Winston for this meditation on compassion…always universal but in this case specifically related to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. youtu.be/sNOsIPZ3DEI?...

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“The right way to eliminate harm from this earth is to first free your mind from the emotional disturbances that cause irrational fear of destruction, and then educate yourself and others on how to bring peace to the world.” —Lama Yeshe

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Today, something different: "Dharma Blues" from the great singer/songwriter Peter Rowan, primarily known for his bluegrass work, who is a longtime Buddhist. youtu.be/mLbtLYUHrEs

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“When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That's the message he is sending.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh

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Psychology Today story on how Buddhism is needed for greater “kindness, active compassion, and deeper meaning.” www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...

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“Buddhist economics” and sustainability foundational to new Climate and Society Center at UC Berkeley. patch.com/california/b...

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Some more of the current science of what meditation does — or can do — with your mind. So go inside and explore… www.vox.com/future-perfe...

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This wonderful podcast explores commonalities between science and spirituality – like how discoveries in quantum physics correlate to the Buddhist view of reality – and also how meditation can open us to experiences beyond the reach of the physical sciences. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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