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Jan 19

Benefits of Compassion

Cultivating compassion benefits us and the world around us in many ways. Being compassionate: -motivates and inspires us -helps us deal with stress -helps us deal with loneliness inspires others to be compassionate Compassion is a worldview that can help us have the opportunity to be home anywhere and create…

Compassion

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Jan 17

Fearless Compassion

Compassion is something that we all agree is important. It’s fundamental to all religions and systems of virtue. We all agree that it’s important, but at the same time we so often and clearly fall short of really trying to embody it. …

Compassion

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Nov 9, 2021

Refrain From Evil

“All the sufferings of the lower realms, so extremely difficult to bear, Are taught by the Sage to be the fruit of one’s evil actions. Therefore, it is the practice of bodhisattvas To constantly refrain from evil actions, even at the cost of one’s life.” -the 37 Practices of a…

Bodhisattva

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Refrain From Evil
Refrain From Evil

Nov 5, 2021

Refuge

“Bound, themselves, in the prison of samsara, Whom are the worldly gods able to protect? Therefore, it is the practice of the bodhisattvas To go for refuge in the three unfailing jewels.” -the 37 practices of a bodhisattva, verse 7* Samsara means suffering. Actually, samsara doesn’t mean suffering. But that…

Refuge

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Refuge
Refuge

Nov 1, 2021

Spiritual Friends

“When relying on the sacred spiritual friend, our faults become exhausted And our good qualities increase like the waxing moon. It is the practice of bodhisattvas to value such a sacred spiritual friend As more precious than their own body.” -The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, verse 6.* What is…

Bodhisattva

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Spiritual Friends
Spiritual Friends

Oct 24, 2021

Company

“If, while befriending someone, the three poisons increase, The activities of study, reflection, and meditation degenerate, And love and compassion disappear, Then it is the practice of the bodhisattvas to give up this company.” -The 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva, verse 4. * The motivational speaker Jim Rohn said, “You’re…

Bodhisattva

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Company
Company

Oct 13, 2021

Concern For This Life

“Separated from each and every long-awaited companion, Leaving behind hard-earned wealth and possessions, Guest-like consciousness abandons its guesthouse, the body; To give up concern for this life is the practice of the bodhisattvas.” the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 4.* No matter what it is, no matter how much…

Impermanence

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Concern For This Life
Concern For This Life

Oct 8, 2021

Lama Chuck Stanford Passed Away

I learned that Lama Chuck Stanford has passed away. I was not close with Chuck Stanford but his death has affected me. I’m not writing this because my friend died. He wasn’t my friend. He was my first Buddhist teacher. He was the first Buddhist teacher of many people in…

Lama Chuck Stanford

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Lama Chuck Stanford Passed Away
Lama Chuck Stanford Passed Away

Oct 2, 2021

Abandon Negativity

“Abandoning negative places, disturbing emotions gradually subside; Being free from distraction, the practice of virtue spontaneously increases; With brightened awareness one feels confidence in the Dharma; To adhere to solitude is the practice of the bodhisattvas.” the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 3.* We need to be aware of…

Sangha

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Abandon Negativity
Abandon Negativity

Sep 24, 2021

You Are Not Your Home

Toward friends, attachment rages like a river; Toward enemies, hatred blazes like fire. Therefore it is the practice of Bodhisattvas to give up that home, Where the darkness of stupidity, of forgetting what to accept and reject, prevails. the 37 Practices of a Bodhisattva. Verse 2.* Attachment and hatred. These…

37 Practices

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You Are Not Your Home
You Are Not Your Home
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