December 2010
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Warmest Wishes for the New Year
May you be safe, May you be well, May you live with ease, May you be happy, May you be joyful. I am very grateful to be with you all With metta, Terry
Dec 31st
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“The sage is indifferent. He does not hanker after more pleasure, nor does he...”
– Ramesh S. Balsekar (via aristela)
Dec 31st
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“Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group...”
– Randall Munroe (via bodymindandsoul)
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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Krishnamurti on Right Livelihood & Living Decently
”..the questioner wants to know how to withdraw from exploitation and war. To withdraw from them he must not allow himself to be influenced, nor follow traditional occupation, nor must he be envious and ambitious. Many of us choose some profession because of tradition or because we are of a family of lawyers or soldiers or politicians or traders; or our greed for power and position dictates...
Dec 31st
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Dec 31st
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“Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what...”
– Buddha (via ageofreason)
Dec 31st
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“If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been...”
– Joseph Campbell (via oceanofmind)
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“KYE HO! Listen with joy! Investment in samsara is futile; it is the cause of...”
– Tilopa’s Mahamudra Instruction to Naropa, translated by Keith Dowman (via Life Love Yoga)
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“Just know what is happening in your mind - not happy or sad about it, not...”
– Ajahn Chah
Dec 30th
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“When you really see the origin of suffering, you realise that the problem is the...”
– On “how to let go“and The Second Noble Truth by Ajahn Sumedho
Dec 30th
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Dec 30th
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“We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from...”
– J. Krishnamurti Commentaries on Living Series I Chapter 57, Self-Esteem
Dec 30th
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“You are not in the body, the body is in you! The mind is in you. They happen to...”
– Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (via noornalini)
Dec 30th
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“The self is, in a simile I’ll return to frequently, like an eddy in a stream. It...”
– Bodhipaksa, Living as a River (via johnsparker)
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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““A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in...”
– Albert Einstein, Letter of 1950, as quoted in The New York Times (29 March 1972) and The New York Post (28 November 1972). (via amiquote)
Dec 29th
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Dec 28th
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Take a good look at yourself. You are already... →
noornalini: Take a good look at yourself. You are already saved. You are originally Buddha. You are overflowing with happiness and glory. To talk of paradise or heaven is to be talking in your sleep. Take a good look at yourself. Transcend time and space, and you’ll see that you are eternal, you are…
Dec 28th
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“Have you ever sat very silently, not with your attention fixed on anything, not...”
– Jiddu Krishnamurti, Think on These Things (via noornalini)
Dec 28th
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“‎Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always...”
– Mark Twain (via oceanofmind)
Dec 28th
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Dec 28th
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Life →
The spiritual life is first of all a life. It is not merely something to be known and studied, it is to be lived. Thomas Merton (1915-1968), Cistercian monk, writer, and activist.
Dec 28th
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“Listen with the ear of your heart.”
– From Prologue to the Rule of St. Benedict. Courtesy of the Fernwood Zen Centre (via crashinglybeautiful)
Dec 28th
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it's all dhamma.: Ajahn Chah on dependent... →
sharanam: In Buddhism, the primary reason we study the Dhamma (the Truth) is to find the way to transcend suffering and attain peace. Whether you study physical or mental phenomena, the citta (mind or consciousness) or cetasika (mental factors), it is only when you make liberation from suffering your…
Dec 28th
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“Your practice is your life.”
– Sayadaw U Tejaniya, my teacher, after hearing my response to the question “How’s your practice?” after not seeing him for 8 1/2 months… I particularly wanted to share this with all my Dhamma friends who are living their lives ;)
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“We are standing on a whale fishing for minnows.”
– Joseph Campbell This evocative quote struck me years ago. This wisdom may be derived from a Polynesian proverb.
Dec 27th
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“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the...”
– Ram Dass (via heartmindspirit)
Dec 27th
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“The whole point of retreat is to develop your mind and your state of being so...”
– Reggie Ray, “The Power of Solitude” He took the words out of my mouth. (via sharanam)
Dec 26th
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Dec 26th
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“When one is aware of the total process of obsession or of any other problem,...”
–  Jiddu Krishnamurti Commentaries on Living Series I Obsession
Dec 26th
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“Gratitude is heaven itself”
– William Blake A quotation that Ajahn Sumedho has long reflected on as mentioned in his talk/reflection on “Gratitude to parents”
Dec 25th
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“Dust does cover the eyes of all, but for some it is only a thin film. Everyone...”
– The Buddha (via thelatteliberal)
Dec 25th
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it's all dhamma.: Do certain lifestyle choices... →
sharanam: Francis Lucille: No, definitely no, monastic life or celibacy are not necessary to reach enlightenment and self realization. In fact the only prerequisite for it is an overwhelming desire for the Truth, which leads to a total surrender of our belief and feeling to be a separate entity. THAT…
Dec 25th
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Ajahn Sumedho recounts the joyful unfolding of a...
“…..The Lord Buddha, after his enlightenment, at first thought that the dhamma was too subtle, that no one would understand it, so there was no point in teaching it. Then, according to the legend, one of the gods came forth and said, “Please Lord, for the welfare of those who have little dust in their eyes, teach the dhamma.” The Buddha then contemplated with his powerful mind who...
Dec 25th
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yama-bato: Green Mountain by Li Po You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. As the peach-blossom flows down stream and is gone into the unknown, I have a world apart that is not among men. http://www.emule.com/poetry/?page=poem&poem=4160
Dec 25th
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“You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest, and I smile, and am...”
– Li Po (701 - 762)
Dec 25th
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binnyyy asked: thanks for the follow! great blog.
Dec 24th
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“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do...”
– Siddhārtha Gautama (via thelittlesea)
Dec 24th
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Letting go by Ajahn Sumedho
…This recognition of non-attachment is something you know through your awareness rather than through a description. All one can say about it is things like: “don’t attach to anything,” and “let go of everything.” But then people attach and say, “we shouldn’t be attached to anything” — and so they attach to the idea of non-attachment! We are so committed to thinking and trying to figure...
Dec 24th
Listenthe start is very “twinkly” daylp: ...
Dec 24th
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Dec 24th
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“ The point of Jesus’ statement is empathy { ” Whatever you want others to do to...”
– The Second Book of the Tao—Stephen Mitchel (via parkstepp)
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