January 2011
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“«Chaque être vivant dans l’univers exprime sa véritable nature dans le...”
the mind is like a crazy monkey
The mind is like a crazy monkey, which leaps about and never stays in one place. It is completely restless and constantly paranoid about its surroundings. The training, or the meditation practice, is a way to catch the monkey, to begin with. That is the starting point. Traditionally, this training is called shamatha in Sanskrit, or shi-ne in Tibetan, which means simply “the development of peace.”...
Through work we contribute our energy to life,...
“Each living being in the universe expresses its true nature in the process of living. Working is the natural human response to being alive, our way of participating in the universe. Work allows us to make full use of our potential, to open to the infinite range of experience that lies within even the most mundane activity.”
“It is our nature as human beings to be satisfied and...
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happiness in your work: Skillful Means, do...
“Working is the natural human response to being alive, our way of participating in the universe. We have a responsibility to work, to exercise our talents and abilities, to contribute our energy to life. Our nature is creative, and by expressing it we constantly generate more enthusiasm and creativity, stimulating an ongoing process of enjoyment in the world around us. Working willingly,...
this is the darkest hour...
This is the darkest hour of the dark ages. Disease, famine and warfare are raging like the fierce north wind. The Buddha’s teaching has waned in strength … and the yogis of tantra are losing the insight of meditation. They spend their whole time going through villages and performing little ceremonies for material gain. On the whole, no one acts according to the highest code of discipline,...
“There are numerous sidetracks which lead to a distorted, ego-centered version of...”
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Chögyam Trungpa on Spiritual Materialism
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“There is a true feminist movement in Buddhism that relates to the goddess Tārā....”
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