Nonaligned faith and practice in the present
There is nothing in this moment
that stays.
Nothing to guide me,
Nothing to hinder me.
Those are all thoughts and feelings
that rise and fall.
They come from nowhere
except from
previous thoughts and feelings.
Yes, there is sensation and emotion,
the brain’s tools for
sifting through
My morning practice often includes reading from American Tibetan Buddhist Pema Chödrön. Here is this morning’s reading from The Pocket Pema Chödrön.
…Loneliness
Usually we regard loneliness as an enemy. Heartache is not something we choose to invite in. Its restless and pregnant
and hot with the desire to
From Shambala Blog:
People have difficulty beginning a spiritual practice because they put a lot of energy into looking for the best and easiest way to get into it.
We might have to change our attitude and give up looking for the best or easiest way.
Actually, there is no choice. Whatever approach
…On what turned out to be the last day of my mother’s life, when Alzheimer’s Syndrome was ending her body’s ability to breathe independently, nursing staff called me early in the morning to say she was not keeping food down.
As I said hello to her, Mom looked up at me with that fierce eagle eye we’d come to know during her last years. The look was challenging yet had a glint of longing in it. She may no longer
…
…The word “buddha” will be repeated again and again by Bodhidharma so you have to understand what it means.
It is not a personal name of anybody. Buddha simply means one who is awakened.
Gautama Buddha is the most famous awakened person but
Heart of the Buddha
by Hsu Yun
No need to chase back and forth like the waves.
The same water which ebbs is the same water that flows.
No point turning back to get water
When it’s flowing around you in all directions
The heart of the Buddha and the people of the world…
Where is there any difference?
