Sympathetic Joy "It is all too easy to believe, or even insist, that other people should behave just as we want them to, that they should pursue lifestyles and...
Dear Sharon, Thanks for posting this. Sharon Salzberg wrote: Some may choose to live more comfortably, while we may choose to live more simply. Some may have...
... From: [mailto: Buddhaviharas@yahoogroups.com] To: Buddhaviharas@yahoogroups.com ... I can think of thousands of examples... If I'm understanding this as...
"I don't think it's so much that they are uncomfortable with the notion of right and wrong. It's just that they've shifted their reference points. Being...
Antony, This is a breath of dharma fresh air. :o) Thanks! (It does seem true that my favorite dharma teachers are extremely joyful and balanced.) Have a...
Hi Antony, This is probably more of a "variation on a theme" of something mentioned already by Sharon Salzberg, but I have siblings and friends who put a lot...
Dear Sharon and all, I found the following links on Metta in Nichiren Buddhism. I haven't got a reply to my request for kind permission to post, but here...
Hi Anthony, I know Rev Ryeui and I am sure he would not mind you posting this or any of his links. Metta to all, betty/chanter ... http://BuddhistInmates.net ...
Dear Sharon and Group, I've requested permission to post the following without reply: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~richards/shaila/metta.html with metta / Antony....
Compassion "Compassion must start with seeing our own suffering. If it does not, then seeing the suffering of others will be merely conceptual. It will merely...
Compassion "Feeling guilty and bad about ourselves for something we've done might temporarily restrain us from doing harm, but ultimately blaming and hating...
Dear Sharon and Group, Sharon Salzberg taught: We mean so many different things when we say love. Sometimes when we say love we really mean attachment. We mean...
Lovingkindness (Metta) "When you make another person smile, you do something to make another person feel relief, then suddenly you feel very happy. If you do...
Lovingkindness "As you let go of negative states of mind, you create space in your mind for the cultivation of positive thoughts. Skillful Thinking [Right...
Equanimity "How do we suppose that other people can ever have the right opinion of us? Have we not woken up to the fact that we are all trapped in an illusion...
Equanimity "How do we suppose that other people can ever have the right opinion of us? Have we not woken up to the fact that we are all trapped in an illusion...
Veneration to the Most Exalted, the Purified, the Supremely Enlightened Buddha. Buddha taught: "It's impossible, there is no way that — when metta has been ...
Dear Antony, Thank you! Much metta, Chris. Antony Woods <antony272b@...> wrote: Veneration to the Most Exalted, the Purified, the Supremely Enlightened...
Compassion and Lovingkindness "Monks, there are these five aspects of speech by which others may address you: timely or untimely, true or false, affectionate...
Buddha was not complacent about his enlightenment, but out of great compassion and loving care for all those beings who were trainable, he set forth after his...
I add that it is From: In This Very Life: The Liberation Teachings of the Buddha by Sayadaw U Pandita Unusually extensive talks given at the Insight Meditation...
Generosity and the Brahmaviharas "A single act of giving has a value beyond what we can imagine. So much of the spiritual path is expressed and realized in...
Lovingkindness "If perceptions lead to behaviors, can our thoughts bring love into our lives? Absolutely. I know for a fact that we can make the choice to...
Compassion, self, and others "When we have insight into our inner world and what brings us happiness, then wordlessly, intuitively, we understand others. As...
Joy "We all have the tendency to struggle in our bodies and in our minds. We believe that happiness is possible only in the future. The realization that we...
Sympathetic Joy "Among the profuse precious things a man may acquire, None surpasses a nature free from envy toward all." -Tirukkural 162 Excerpted from the...
Compassion "To cultivate compassion - altruism - in meditation it is necessary to have the assistance of wisdom. It is said that with the help of wisdom,...
I suffer mentally during my meditation and I used my own suffering as an example, that I wouldn’t wish this suffering on my worst enemy which is a basis for...
