Guilt and Shame When we meditate, things from the past come up, and we have to work with them. We may remember times when we treated others horribly--hurting...
'Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. As the source both of inner and external peace, they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species.' His...
"Sit comfortably erect, without leaning forward or backward, left or right. Close your eyes and think thoughts of good will. Thoughts of good will go first to...
"To be happy means not being sad, miserable, unhappy, or depressed; it means being happy, joyful, cheerful, lighthearted. (We can feel happy by counting our...
A "pre-work" contemplation on gratitude and interdependence (proximate cause to Metta/lovingkindness): "As I prepare to go to work today, I contemplate the...
"Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which, one reaps with delight and happiness." Dhammapada 68 From: "The Daily...
"A monk is expected to be mindful of the feelings of friendliness towards all living things. He is expected to cultivate assiduously this all embracing virtue...
"Come! This is the way, this is the path treading which I comprehended and realised that highest consummation of the holy life which I now proclaim. Come! You...
"Too much judgment, to much measuring, causes control and ill-will and stops loving-kindness; and if we keep stopping loving-kindness, there will never be any...
"How do we find strength when we are afraid? In Buddhism there are four noble qualities of mind — loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity — that...
"The metta bhavana practice is one of a set of four related practices collectively known as the "Sublime Abodes" - because they are such fulfilling emotional...
"The second dimension of experience that we can contact is that of suffering. When our metta meets an awareness of suffering, then it is subtly transformed...
"The third dimension of experience that our metta can combine with is insight into the conditioned nature of both joy and suffering. When we empathetically...
Equanimity "We spend our precious human that we can use to attain liberation and enlightenment, we spend it running after sense pleasure. And this is one of...
"Just as we walk or run to strengthen our bodies, the practice of loving friendliness on a regular basis strengthens our hearts. At first it may seem as if...
"The Sage is unsupported everywhere making neither "dear" nor those "undear," sorrow then and meanness do not stain, as water settles not on (lotus) leaf." Snp...
"Once, after a monk called Vakkali had died, the Buddha said,"Monks, do you see that strange smoky haze going here and going there? That's Mara, the evil one....
"The results of a Gratitude study indicated that daily gratitude exercises resulted in: higher reported levels of alertness, enthusiasm, determination, ...
AN VIII.24 Hatthaka Sutta About Hatthaka (2) Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu On one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Alavi at the ...
"Unless you were raised by wolves, you probably heard at least a few of the following as you were growing up: 'Don't do that.... Why don't you ever listen?......
"Think of the four brahma viharas, the four supreme emotions, loving- kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy (joy with others), and equanimity. And see them, as...
Dear Group, I'd like to invite you to join my new Yahoo Group GratitudeInspiration. This group is to collect inspiring teachings on the topic of Gratitude and...
"It is helpful to develop a habit of not believing any of the voices [of conditioning, or thoughts that come up during the day or during meditation]. That way...
"When we hear about compassion, it naturally brings up working with others, caring for others. The reason we're often not there for others - whether for our...
"The texts of Buddhist psychology recognize four brahma viharas, or divine abodes. The brahma viharas are considered to be god-like states within us that we...
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Love anything. Hate anything. The effect you have on the thing you hate might be negligible, the effect on you, monumental. ~ Cheri Huber, "The Key: And the...
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