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—HOMERIC HYMN
Sarah B. Breathnach • Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort & Joy
A Guide to Walking Meditation, in the chapter “The World Contains All the Wonders of the Pure Land,” Thich Nhat Hanh
Pema Chödrön • The Wisdom of No Escape: And the Path of Loving Kindness
as the Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh puts it, we “keep our appointment with life.”
Tara Brach • Radical Acceptance
A small portion of happiness is a kind of soup. With a few ingredients, an open mind, and a little resourcefulness, we can make a moment of happiness for ourselves and for the person next to us.
Thich Nhat Hanh • No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
Your great mistake is to act the drama
as if you were alone. As if life
were a progressive and cunning crime
with no witness to the tiny hidden
transgressions. To feel abandoned is to deny
the intimacy of your surroundings. Surely,
even you, at times, have felt the grand array;
the swelling presence, and the chorus, crowding
out your solo voice. You must n
David Whyte • Everything is Waiting for You
Meditation practice isn’t about trying to throw ourselves away and become something better. It’s about befriending who we are already.
Pema Chödrön • The Pocket Pema Chodron (Shambhala Pocket Classics)
She then goes on to invite him to let go of what is no longer serving and to contemplate appropriately, keeping his mind on the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha, as well as his own good qualities, which will help him to be “saturated with joy.” How beautiful is that phrase, “saturated with joy.” I love it. Every cell of our body is imbued with jo
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