Thoughts are mental formations that arise according to their own causes and conditions. It’s a pretty impersonal process...
You Are Not Your Thoughts
Posted by Deb.
Thoughts are mental formations that arise according to their own causes and conditions. It’s a pretty impersonal process...
Posted by Deb.
Posted by Deb.
Posted by Deb.
At the close of a year, we reflect on the challenges, the losses, stresses, and sorrows, as well as the joys and happiness we’ve experienced. As we wish each other "Happy New Year," the hopes and favorable intentions inherent in that sentiment are well expressed by the Buddha in his discourse on good will for all—including ourselves.
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If you’ve done loving kindness practice for a while, you have probably discovered at least one of its secrets. Metta (the Pali word for loving kindness) is a transformational practice, not for others, but for oneself. A friend and I were talking particularly about sending good wishes to a difficult person as part of the formal practice. This must be done with no hope or expectation that the difficult person will change.
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Mudita, one of the four brahma-viharas, is appreciative joy, an acknowledgment of our own happiness and the happiness and good fortune of others.
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We are already well into the holiday season and perhaps more than any other time of year, we think about the rites and rituals we associate with this time. We certainly have many practice opportunities as we examine our attachments and aversions.
The Buddha had something to say about both giving and receiving.
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