"Bodhicitta is like this. First, you have to understand your own ego problems - craving, desire, anger, impatience; your own situation, your inability to cope,...
They are not intended as questions Arthur. I don't wish to debate anything. I wish you all the best, With metta, Donna. ... Hi Donna and everyone, You raise...
Hi donna, Gosh, I wasn't debating but sharing my views. That's the problem with language. When I said "raise some interesting questions", I meant some points...
Hi Arthur, Thanks. :o) Yes, written language is a funny one isn't it. It's sometimes hard to know meaning, or intention, etc. when you can't hear/see a person...
Sending Loving-kindness . . . Here is how we do the loving-kindness practice. I ask them to close their eyes and relax. I suggest that they pay attention to...
" . . . in some way, everyone is wanting happiness. Everyone is avoiding suffering. People are pushed by their own causes and conditions to play whatever...
"To pacify hate is the first step in developing love. To succeed, we must first of all understand that feeling hate is absurd. We hate people because they...
Hello everyone. I hope you've been well. I've been practicing the Brahma-Viharas quite faithfully, but for some reason am going through another one of the...
Hi Philip, Welcome back! :o) My trip start February 15th and runs through the 21st (Sunday - Saturday.) Not much longer now! I can't wait to read what you...
Hi Philip, It's always nice to read your posts and your journey with the practice! Yes, it makes sense that there's that risk of a 'he'll get his' attitude in...
Hi Donna, Philip and all, Yes, I agree the risk is there. Reading further into the chapter from which I extracted this quotation, the author points out that...
" . . let's think of the benefit we've received even from people who have harmed us. In spite of the harm we've received from others, we have all grown. And...
Thank you Donna for that interesting story on that person's trouble with forgiveness. This morning, there was an author on TV talking about her new book on...
What a story Arthur! I don't think many people could come to a place of forgiveness that profound. It reminded me of a story, a bit like the one I mentioned ...
Hi everyone, There is a new lecture available on Ven. Thubten Chodron's web site on generating Bodhicitta, which includes two segments on Metta meditation, one...
Loving-Kindness Meditation - Sunshine A guided meditation by Ven. Ayya Khema Please put the attention on the breath for just a few moments. Imagine that your...
"Since equanimity is a factor of enlightenment, it is based on understanding, above all on the realization that everything that takes place also passes away...
"[Loving all beings] also includes ourselves. So when we're generating love and compassion and joy and equanimity, we're also extending them to ourselves....
"We have everything we could possibly need. We have Buddha-nature. But we feel so poor. We feel so unworthy. We think we are failed human beings. We feel...
May all beings everywhere Plagued by sufferings of body and mind Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits May no living creature suffer ...
Dear Sharon, Thank you so much for choosing this beautiful and profound verse. It means a great deal. Much metta and ... May all beings everywhere Plagued by...
Metta Make Friends with Unpleasant Situations "[A] very important aspect of loving kindness is learning to use loving kindness to relate to unpleasant...
Hi Sharon - thank you for this wonderful posting. I am really, really, really afraid of certain "feelings", especially that horrible descending into depression...
Hi Marissa, What you are doing for these children is absolutely wonderful! There is clearly a need there, and you stepped in to fill it. Great. From your...
Hello everyone. I hope you've been well. Equanimity continues to be at the centre of my Brahma-Viharas practice. I've been feeling that it's taking the peace...
Hello everyone Recently I read a Thanissaro Bhikkhu Dhamma talk in which he stressed that the meditation we do in the morning is for the benefit of all beings,...
... matters ... about ... Hi Philip, It's funny you should mention thinking that it seems cold to say, "This just isn't my concern." I'm one of those people...
". . . what does it mean that I have the potential to become a Buddha? What does that mean? What is this clear and knowing nature of my mind? And what are...
"You may wonder, 'If there are no beings in the ultimate sense or no self in any sense or if there are beings in conditional sense and if my practice of...
Hi Dear Friends, Happy Valentine's Day to you all!! :) Thank you Sharon, as always, for the lovely choice of postings. I know how much time and care this takes...
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