Friends: 'I am Better' and other false conceits arise from Attachment! Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by holding badly on to what, do such...
Friends: 'I am Better' and other false conceits arise from Attachment! Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by holding badly on to what, do such...
For MIchael and Friends, Tonglen is a perfect description of the various stages which the scriptural Jesus passed through. As I read the Passion, the Agony in...
Hello back, Michael -- and thank you! I will send this along to my parishioner, but also (now) to a very dear cousin going through some significant loss and ...
thanks for that link ... http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0512/feature4/multimedia2.html ... __________________________________ Start your day with...
http://www.bpf.org/html/whats_now/2005/2006Benefit.html Wisdom and Compassion for Social Change: Being Peace in a Time of War Benefit for the Buddhist Peace...
Dear Friends I received this by peace quotes today. ... WILD GEESE You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles...
Dear Trisha, This is beautiful. I saw the headlines 2 days ago and wondered if you might have known more about this situation ... I'm so appreciative that you...
Friends: Contentment (santutthi) is the most supreme Treasure of all! There is the case where a Bhikkhu is content with whatever old robe at all, with...
Hello Alan and all, Bombarded with college finals I've been offline for awhile. As a result, I'm mentally fatigued with the addition of getting around in my...
Thanks, Trisha, for the Mary Oliver poem. She's just great...and always seems to be whenever I read her stuff. It was good reading this at a time when I'm...
Dear Keith: Your post was very lucid. As you sound quite busy, I am reluctant to drag this on further. But I think this point is important, and you may find it...
Friends: Craving causes all Clinging causes Binding causes all Suffering! Bhikkhus, I will teach you the things that can be clung to, that bind & their chain! ...
Does anybody know if these talks will be available afterwards in written or taped form? Thanks, Janet W. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Friends, I am taking my leave from this group. I have learned much, but the time for me to move on has come. I came here a Christian and leave a better...
God bless you on your journey. --Alan Z. www.heartawake.com ... __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just...
Gary, While I understand, I think, "where you are" -- quite well, probably -- boy I'm going to miss you. Even when you were mostly lurking, it meant a lot to...
This is to Jean-Pierre and others who posted the offers of bardo this past summer when our son passed away. I didn't fully understand bardo at that time so...
Yanie. I am just learning about your son. I know not 'bardo' but it is without a doubt that all prayer is answered before it reaches our lips or heart-talk...
Dear Yanie, I am saddened to hear about mother-in-laws suffering. I will offer prayers on her behalf this evening during our puja. In the interim, I will find...
Dear GB, Many blessings and Love illuminates your Path! ananda ... -- Jean-Pierre Alvarez, M.Ed. Founder and Administrator AlmaTerraCom on the web at ...
Dear Yanie, You wrote: <<<My question now is: since bardo is the TRANSITION, exactly WHAT POINT do we need to ask prayer for bardo when the transition is...
Friends: Sensing causes Contact causes Feeling causes Craving causes Clinging! This have I heard. At this time the Blessed One was living in the Natika...
Thank you for answering my post on bardo and giving your prayers and compassion; I am very grateful to all of you. Trisha, thank you for clearing that up for...
