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a sense of unity beyond suffering

2008-07-18T19:49:11Z

The great Indian teacher Nisargadatta Maharaj once said, "Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows." "I am nothing" does not mean that there is a bleak wasteland within. It does mean that with awar...

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arrived safely

2008-07-18T19:25:44Z

..at the Buddhist House late afternoon after a long journey involving a diversion as the A1 was closed by a horrible accident. (Cynthia SatNav - on my BlackBerry - was a great boon as the police hadn't marked all the diversionary route out, that n...

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one's motivation

2008-07-17T16:16:13Z

Devotion, scholarship, and meditation can all be empty rituals, and whether these devotional acts or any other practices are in fact Dharma depends solely upon one's motivation. . . . Our initial attempts at spiritual practice tend to be very self...

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avoid the extremes

2008-07-17T16:13:48Z

The core of Dharma practice is freeing oneself from the attachments of this life. It focuses on the deeper issue of gaining complete release from discontent by means of freeing our minds from the afflictions of confusion, attachment, and anger. In...

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balance

2008-07-17T16:11:56Z

While we may concentrate on one particular aspect of the path at a time, it is important to have an overall balance between the different aspects. Meditation should progress hand in hand with study, without either one being neglected. Having clear...

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newcastle and northumbria degree ceremonies

2008-07-16T13:20:12Z

Yesterday I was a guest, as a member of the Chaplaincy team at Northumbria University, at the Congregation at which Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate. As Buddhist Chaplain at Newcastle University, I was a membe...

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giving

2008-07-14T10:09:59Z

A single act of giving has a value beyond what we can imagine. So much of the spiritual path is expressed and realized in giving: love, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity; letting go of grasping, aversion, and delusion. To give is powerful. T...

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engaging in compassion

2008-07-14T10:06:15Z

Training in compassion is a mental activity. But our mind should also be brought to the level where every action we take is influenced by compassion. That means engaging ourselves in compassion in action. ~ Gehlek Rinpoche

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fire at tassajara

2008-07-11T18:33:39Z

Statement from Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller on the Fire at Tassajara Written by Abbot Ryushin Paul Haller photo by Renshin Bunce As the forest fire encroaches into Tassajara valley, a new reality appears: danger is nearb...

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that which is called i

2008-07-10T19:19:07Z

As wax melts near a lit wick and burns, it emits light near the tip of the candle. For the most part, this place from which light is emitted remains the same and appears as a fixed shape; it is this seemingly unchanging shape that we refer to as f...

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