'Any act performed with full awareness, any gesture that fosters happiness in another person, is an expression of nonviolence.' — Kenneth Kraft #DailyDharma
'Intense times call for intense practice. But intensity does not mean straining or pushing; rather, it is a willingness to begin fresh.' — Bonnie Myotai Treace #DailyDharma
'Rather than the fixed assignment we are given at birth, dharma reflects a breathtaking capacity of any one of us to take a journey away from constriction and resignation to a vital, creative, free life.' — Sharon Salzberg #DailyDharma
'We don’t have to build and rebuild a 'me' on the passing content of the body-mind. Instead, we can stand as the observer.' — Teah Strozer #DailyDharma
'Clear faith blooms when we recognize in another the possibility of living a free, happy, peaceful life, and this recognition compels us to look for a way to get there ourselves.' — Vanessa Zuisei Goddard #DailyDharma
Yoga just is *no longer fleeing yourself*.
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'Loving ourselves involves accepting this truth that we are imperfect, and once we realize this, we can shift away from perfection and instead move toward perfecting our love toward our imperfect selves.' — Mark Van Buren #DailyDharma
'If you don’t try to translate an experience into words, you simply have the experience, not thoughts, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touch—they can all be experienced directly without words.' — Bhante Henepola Gunaratana #DailyDharma
'It is the perspective of the sufferer that determines whether a given experience perpetuates suffering or is a vehicle for awakening.' — Mark Epstein #DailyDharma
'Patience gives you joy in the process of awakening. Without patience, you may find yourself at war with your own forgetfulness or reactivity.' — Tara Brach #DailyDharma
If you prioritize spiritual liberation *so that* you can “achieve“ freedom or recognition or some form of personal perfection, you’re really only reinforcing the problem... and continuing to *deny* your freedom (and, therefore, your very Self).
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The heart trembles with compassion when faced with the suffering of others. May all the pain and unspeakable grief of the families in Nashville be eased. Let us honor that grief with fierce and determined action. #stopgunviolencenow #compassion #dailydharma
'Experience the impressive visuals of the 'International Vesakha Day Ceremony' at Dhammakaya Int’l Meditation Center, Los Angeles, USA. It took place on Saturday, June 3rd B.E. 2566, with 100 participating monks.'
#VesakDay2023 #Peace
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Even though you cannot pause time or withdraw to some place that is *outside* of experience (i.e., you must act, regardless of your comfort level or sense of direction), you cannot turn off your responsibility for living a meaningful life.
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'Embodied presence is an invitation, again and again, to soften, to settle, to relax, to open up to what’s here. When we’re driven along by our habitual thinking patterns, we’re holding those tensions. A free body is a relaxed body, an open body.' — Martin Aylward #DailyDharma
'When we trust with our open heart, whatever occurs, at that very moment that it occurs, can be perceived as fresh and unstained by the clouds of hope and fear.' — Dr. Jeremy Hayward #DailyDharma