when we see someone less fortunate than us, let us be contented on what we have despite the imperfection and whenever we can, let us lend our hands to them. ...
The Master (Ven. Cheng Yen) told the officers, who are near the end of their terms of service, that Tzu Chi's decision to set term limits for officers was to...
I: Old lady, what's special about your drink? Please let me taste a bit. (The old lady agreed.) I: (After drinking) ... Your drink is nothing special at all! ...
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (97) of this book, with reference to Thera Sariputtta. Thirty bhikkhus from a village had...
To meditate is to be aware of what is going on - in our bodies, our feelings, our minds, and in the world. When we settle into the present moment, we can see...
Bodhi and Dharma have a contest of wills -- guess who wins! ... For Gautama, in whose embrace, Dharma was shown, and opinions vanished. For all sentient...
The monks and nuns at Plum Village practise the ceremony of Beginning Anew most weeks. Everyone sits in a circle with a vase of fresh flowers in the centre...
Beginning Anew is not easy. We have to transform out hearts and our minds in very practical ways. We may feel ashamed, but shame is not enough to change our...
There are these five ways of being consummate: Being consummate in terms of relatives, being consummate in terms of wealth, being consummate in terms of...
Teguh would like to extend the invitation for members of thedailymeditation, who are business owners, for a breakfast with Roger Hamilton. Roger Hamilton, the...
On one occasion, a Licchavi prince, named Mahali, came to listen to a religious discourse given by the Buddha. The discourse given was Sakkapanha Suttanta. The...
Any current management topics - from Total Quality Management to Customer Service to Just-in-Time - has a quality content and depends on teams. The need for an...
An old proverb states that it is safer to live with poisonous snakes and ferocious tigers than with people prone to misdeeds and evil. Although wild beasts...
A friend of mine was disillusioned about his work and career prospects. He felt he was doing meaningless tasks every days, a suffering which is compounded by...
They're both convinced that a sudden passion joined them. Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still. Wislawa Szynborska, Love at...
Imagine that you are a Superman. Imagine that you are a healthy, successful and handsome athlete - that you are a famous actor in the prime of your life, with...
The Buddha once told of a story about two acrobats, master and apprentice. On one occasion, the master said to the apprentice, "You protect me, and I will...
Bodhi confuses compassion with depression. But the best remedy for depression is to do something beneficial for someone else who is in need! Dharma The Cat ......
"I have heard it said that you, good Gotama, say that charity should only be given to you, not to others, to your followers, not to the followers of other...
Good leadership involves responsibility to the welfare of the group, which means that some people will get angry at your actions and decisions. It's...
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. Alvin Toffler Author of Future...
A Zen master and one of his best students were returning late at night to a mountain monastery when a brutal winter storm caught them on the treacherous path....
This first trip to Nepal was an eye-opener, in more ways than one. It was my first taste of a system of life that is both inherently chaotic and disorganised,...
GROWING INTO BEING Enneagram Workshop for Self Awareness and Personal Growth Facilitated by Trainer --- Hwee San "The Enneagram is an ancient teaching that...
Throughout Dallis's training, he was required to watch employees work and mechanics operate. He was asked not to "figure out" why a machine had failed, as if...
While residing at the Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse (327) of this book, with reference to the elephant, called Paveyyaka. Paveyyaka when young...
By learning to remain balanced in the face of everything one experiences inside, one develops detachment towards all that one encounters in external situations...
In the language of India in the time of the Buddha, passana meant to look, to see with open eyes, in the ordinary way. But Vipassana is to observe things as...
The Morning Rush Art Print 16 x 20 in Price in www.allposters.com: $74.99 Most of the time we go through the day, through our activities, our work, our...
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