"This, O Atula, has been going on through the ages. They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There...
"If for company you find a wise and prudent friend who leads a good life, you should, overcoming all impediments, keep his company joyously and mindfully." ...
"How then, do these four sublime states pervade and suffuse each other? Unbounded love guards compassion against turning into partiality, prevents it from...
Dear Group, Right now I am working at removing grudges. Any advices? I found this sutta: http://www.suttareadings.net/audio/index.html#an-05-161 Metta /...
Antony, Have you tried practicing mudita (appreciative joy) meditation in a systematic way towards those for whom you hold a grudge? Or sometimes it helps me...
I went through a period of practice where I realized I would need to forgive some people I had grudges against. I didn't do any special meditations - I just ...
Dear Sharon, Dave, I will also post this topic to my Yahoo Group forgivenessBuddhism. Check out its archives – there is a lot of material about forgiveness. ...
"There is no formula for the practice of compassion. Like all of the great spiritual arts, it requires that we listen and attend, understand our motivation,...
In reading Dave's post it occurred to me that in practicing forgiveness in my own life (and I still have a LOT of work to do!), making a point of examining the...
"The Pali word metta is a multi-significant term meaning loving- kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and...
"Monks, when universal love leading to liberation of mind is ardently practiced, developed, unrelentingly resorted to, used as one's vehicle, made the...
"For one who mindfully develops Boundless loving-kindness Seeing the destruction of clinging, The fetters are worn away." Itivuttaka 27 From: "The Daily Words...
I have had this written out for some time but decided to type it up. Becuase the book is so hard to read, yet so valuable, (See review) I am hoping others can...
"The Four Brahmaviharas - metta, karuna, mudita, upekkha - are called the Divine Abodes. They are pure states of mind. They are natural responses of the pure...
"The worse of the two is he who, when abused, retaliates. One who does not retaliate wins a battle hard to win." Samyutta Nikaya I, 162 From: "The Daily Words...
"When one with a mind of love feels compassion for all the world — above, below and across, unlimited everywhere. Filled with infinite kindness, complete and...
"Develop a mind full of love; be compassionate and restrained in virtue; arouse your energy, be resolute, always firm in making progress. Just as a loving...
Often we see other sentient beings as hassles: "This mosquito is disturbing me. Those politicians are corrupt. Why can't my colleagues do their work...
"Just as water cools both good and bad and washes away all impurity and dust. In the same way you should develop thoughts of love to friend and foe alike, and...
"May all creatures, all living things, all beings one and all, experience good fortune only. May they not fall into harm. I am a friend and helper to all, I am...
"Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger or irritation wish for another to suffer." Sutta Nipata I, 8 From: "The Daily Words of...
"People, other than the wise, do not realize, "We in this world must all die," (and not realizing it continue their quarrels). The wise realize it and thereby...
Metta (loving friendliness) "If we really want to know what love is all about, we need to recognize that love is not dependent upon another person being ...
"...a fully and totally lovable person is not really within our realm. Are we ourselves totally and completely lovable? So, to look for that is a lost cause,...
Thanks Anthony. While I love to read, and do so quite a bit, I have a special affinity for hearing dharma taught, spoken and read out loud. (After all, that's...
"Who so has turned to renunciation, Turned to non-attachment of the mind, Is filled with all-embracing love And freed from thirsting after life." Anguttara...
Fear and love/Metta "The question is about fear and love being the two basic emotions and that our ability to love is only limited by our fears, and that's ...
"we're all sick and dying on a subtle level, so we all deserve continual compassion." http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/compassion.html...
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