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this site is dedicated to the teachings and philosophy of the buddha. called dharma, they are meant to promote emptiness because the nature of all that exists is fundamentally empty. whatever exists, exists only in the mind. what exist in the mind are hatred, confusion and attachment. these are emotions that prevent the mind from smiling. the mind must, thus, be freed from these disturbing emotions for they produce disturbing thoughts. these are the kind of thoughts that make us sick, unhappy, and destructive.for a mind to become healthy, it be must be emptied.
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you are not in search for the truth because it does not last and it takes long to find it.
you want to find wisdom because it lasts and it is right there in your mind.
A smile to start the day
Waking up this morning, I smile.
Twenty four brand new hours are before me.
I vow to live fully in each moment
and to look at all beings with eyes of compassion.
from: thich nhat hanh. present moment wonderful moment: mindfulness verses for daily living (1990)
light your night
forgetfulness is the darkness;
mindfulness is the light.
I bring awareness
to shine upon all life.
from: thich nhat hanh. present moment wonderful moment: mindfulness verses for daily living (1990)
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28/02/2012 08:15
compassionate listening
practice mindful breathing so that compassion listening stays with you. “i am listening to him not only because i want to know what is inside him or to give him advice. i am listening to him because i want to relieve his suffering.” this is called compassionate listening.
you have to listen in...
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27/02/2012 08:36
making dharma relevant
when someone shares the dharma, what she says must fit the situation and the mentality of those she is addressing so that the teaching is appropriate. if it is not appropriate, it is not true dharma, even if it sounds like the dharma.
one must not just repeat some words of the buddha. if...
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26/02/2012 08:27
be a buddha
a buddha is someone who lives in peace, joy, and freedom, neither afraid of nor attached to anything.
from: thich nhat hanh. the heart of buddha's teaching: transforming suffering into peace, joy, and liberation (1998).
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25/02/2012 09:22
wondrous being
wondrous being is the equivalent of “coming to be.” it is the basis for being born without getting caught in wrong ideas about birth and death. the leaf has the appearance of being born and dying, but it is not caught in either. the leaf falls to the earth without any idea of...
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24/02/2012 09:00
asking life changing question
when the buddha was 80 years old and about to pass away, a young man named subhadda came to see him. ananda, the buddha’s attendant, thought it would be too exhausting for his master to see anyone. but the buddha overheard subbhadda’s request and said, “ananda, please invite him.” even as he was...
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21/02/2012 08:48
what am i doing?
emperor wu asked bodhidharma, the founder of zen buddhism in china, how much merit he had earned by building temples all over the country. bodhidharma said, “none whatsoever.” but if you wash one dish in mindfulness, if you build one small temple while dwelling deeply in the present...
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19/02/2012 09:25
watering the seeds of joy every day
when the buddha was about to pass away, his attendant cried and cried. the buddha comforted him, saying, “buddhas in the past had good attendants, but none were as good as you, ananda. he was watering the seeds of happiness in ananda, because ananda had looked after buddha with all his...
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18/02/2012 05:52
hugging meditation
breathing in, i’m so happy to hug my child.
breathing out, i know she is real and alive in my arms.
suppose a lovely child comes and presents herself to us. if we are not really there—if we are thinking of the past, worrying about the future, or possessed of anger or fear—the child,...
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17/02/2012 08:35
practice mindfulness of the mind
there are many beautiful aspects of our consciousness, like faith, humility, self-respect, non-craving, non-anger, non-ignorance, diligence, ease, care, equanimity, and nonviolence.
unwholesome mental formations, on the other hand, are like a tangled ball of string. when we try to untangle it,...
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12/02/2012 10:40
practice calm and loving speech
so many families, couples, and relationships have been broken because we have lost the capacity of listening with calmness and compassion. we have lost the capacity of using calm and loving speech. practicing the art of listening and art of loving speech is a great gift.
for example, a famiy...