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No View is Right View, by Ajahn Sumedho
Awareness is a natural state; it’s normal. It isn’t a compounded state that depends on other conditions.
Judging Mind versus Discerning Mind, by Corrado Pensa
Perceiving the power of separation caused by the judging mind is also very helpful. In other words, the judging mind creates more inner solitude.
Emotion and Compassion (Part III), Geshe Tashi Tsering
We want genuine happiness, and we can develop the feeling that we deserve it. Then we can move towards having compassion for others. If we really do feel compassion for others, there is no doubt we must also feel compassion towards ourselves…
Emotion and Compassion (Part II), by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Again, compassion isn’t for others alone, it’s a matter of having compassion for one’s own wellbeing as well. We all have compassion, but it might be quite weak, and sometimes quite partial and discriminative.
Emotion and Compassion (Part I) by Geshe Tashi Tsering
Now, it may seem as if emotions come up nonstop. In reality, however, that is not the case. No matter how strong anger may be, for example, it doesn’t last for a week, two weeks, three or four weeks. It doesn’t even last for twenty-four hours. In fact, anger comes and goes. So that point, in itself, proves that it is not continuously operating in our minds.
Accumulating Good Karma is Beautiful, by Geshe Gedun Tharchin
In Buddhism we are taught of the nonduality of samsara and nirvana. We do not need to be on a high level in order to understand this nonduality of samsara and nirvana; it is just a matter of being here, knowing how to integrate dharma with samsaric conditions.
The First Truth, by Ajahn Sumedho
Buddhist teachings are guides that help us to look at the experience of being alive