John Tarrant : Articles
For the coming week, at the end of every day take time—perhaps five minutes—to go through the whole day and reflect on those moments and situations when the basic goodness in yourself and in others has been apparent. Through this practice—which is actually delightful and runs counter to our cultural conditioning—we nurture our bodhicitta, our mind
... See moreBrother Phap Hai • Nothing To It: Ten Ways to Be at Home with Yourself
Chögyam Trungpa. He described the basic practice as being completely present. And emphasized that it allowed the space for our neuroses to come to the surface. It was not, as he put it, “a vacation from irritation.” He stressed that this basic practice, which is epitomized by the instruction to return again and again to the immediacy of our experie
... See morePema Chodron • Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
Viewing the world with compassion allows us to relinquish the need to judge and shame ourselves or other people for having entirely human feelings. Instead, we can learn to balance our emotions so we will be at our best.
Thubten Chodron • An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun
Hopefully too we are cultivating kindness in our attitude to our mind, and also gently erasing the habit of judging ourselves.
Rob Burbea • Seeing That Frees: Meditations on Emptiness and Dependent Arising
If you are working with the pot metaphor, you don’t have to interfere with your thoughts or feelings. You needn’t approve or disapprove of them. This is not the moment of pruning; it’s more like the moment of making wine. Compassion has to start somewhere, and embracing your own life is itself the beginning of a change of heart. Some people do spea
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