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Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Everyday Buddhist: Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nhat Hanh http://wp.me/pFy3u-252

Yesterday, Sister True Virtue talked a little bit about the fourth precept concerning speaking and listening. This is a very deep practice. Listening is an art, and many people do not have the capacity for it, especially in the case of listening to the suffering of others. One reason for that is that in the listeners themselves, there is also much pain. The store consciousness is filled with pain…

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The Eightfold Path

Foundations of Buddhism: The Eightfold Path. https://wp.me/pFy3u-Oc

The Eightfold Path Right View Right Purpose Right Speech Right Action Right Livelihood Right Endeavour Right Mindfulness Right Concentration … THE GREAT FORTYbeing a discourse on The Eightfold Path Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying near Savatthi in the Jeta Grove in Anathapindika’s monas­tery. While he was there the Lord addressed the monks, saying, ‘I will teach you…

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Our culture doesn’t encourage too much contemplation on birth and death

Our culture doesn’t encourage too much contemplation on birth and death http://wp.me/pFy3u-26J by Diana St Ruth

Diana St Ruth As we get older we inevitably find that more of our friends, family members and acquaintances are dying. It is sad to think we won’t see them again, and we may grieve our loss. A close death, however, can also put our lives into per­spective, bring us back to a place of con­templation. If we contemplate our lives, birth and death — which we tend to do as Buddhists — we realise that…

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Living in the Mountains

Living in the Mountains. The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu. Translated by Arthur Braverman

Neither seeking fame

nor grieving my poverty

I hide in the mountains

far from worldly dust

Year ending

cold sky

who will befriend me?

Plum blossom on a new branch

wrapped in moonlight.

  A Quiet Room

The Poetry of Zen Master Jakushitsu

Translated by Arthur Braverman

ISBN 978-0804832137

Tuttle Publishing

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Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nat Hanh

Everyday Buddhist: Practising Listening with Empathy, by Thich Nat Hanh

Yesterday, Sister True Virtuetalked a little bit about the fourth precept concerning speaking and listening. This is a very deep practice. Listening is an art, and many people do not have the capacity for it, especially in the case of listening to the suffering of others. One reason for that is that in the listeners themselves, there is also much pain. The store consciousness is filled with pain…

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Silent Promise, by Beopjeong Sunim

Mutual dependence and human trust. 'Silent Promise', by Beopjeong Sunim

In a secular worldthat is becoming increasingly complex and heartless, we are becoming bound by such a sea of laws that we can hardly keep track of them. It’s difficult to understand why we need so many laws and regulations just to get on with our lives. When powerful laws are enacted and proclaimed, you would think that life would become smoother; but it seems that actually the opposite is…