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Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate
Dalai Lama gives the Opening Prayer in the U.S. Senate 6 May 2014
Have You Awakened? by Kusan Sunim
For the ninety days of this winter retreat people from nine different countries have gathered here. The times and seasons of all countries are not the same. Thus when it is winter here, it is summer elsewhere; and when it is daytime here, it is night-time elsewhere.
North, south, east and west being void, they form a single house.
Einstein and Contemplation by John Aske
Einstein’s eyes were luminous and serene, like the eyes of a jade bodhisattva, lost in an absoluteness of being, where there is neither cat nor mouse, but only grace…
Charismatic Modern Gurus, by John Snelling
Of course, in following a spiritual path — as in anything in life — one needs information, support and the guidance of experienced people…
Zazen is not step-by-step learning meditation, by Harada Sekkei Roshi
As long as you do not understand the Way of Buddha, you think that practice is the result of the Way.
Anxiety by John Aske
Worry, care, depression, gloom, all of these are targets of the universal raider. Anxiety is drawn like a spider to the web in which we struggle, and thrives on our resistance. But its strength is drawn from this and only this. The energy released by our struggling and resistance is what attracts it…
In Simple Terms, by Ajahn Chah
So if we have any discernment, we’ll realize that we’re not far from the Buddha at all. We’re sitting right in front of him right now. Whenever we understand the Dhamma, we see the Buddha…
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