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> <channel><title>art of dharma.</title> <atom:link href="http://www.artofdharma.org/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.artofdharma.org</link> <description>A Buddhist Blog on Dharma, Compassion, Meditation, Yoga, Vegetarian, and more..</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:37:21 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Extinction of Concept/ The Eight No&#8217;s</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/extinction-of-concept-the-eight-nos.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/extinction-of-concept-the-eight-nos.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:37:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[" which are no birth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2002]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8 no's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[being and non-being. Nirvana means extinction of all notions and ideas. If we can become free from these notions we can touch the peace of our true nature.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[being and non-being. These notions keep us from being happy. The teaching given to counteract these notions is called "the eight no's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[coming and going]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Daily Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[extinction of concept]]></category> <category><![CDATA[increasing and decreasing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no being]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no coming]]></category> <category><![CDATA[No Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no going]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no non-being.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no view]]></category> <category><![CDATA[not different]]></category> <category><![CDATA[not the same]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shambhala Sun Magazine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Practice of Looking Deeply]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the same and different]]></category> <category><![CDATA[There are eight basic concepts that serve to fuel our fear. They are the notions of birth and death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[We are scared because of our notions of birth and death]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/8nos-150x150.jpg" length="8230" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Be Love Now</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-love-now.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-love-now.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:34:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Love is the strongest medicine. It is more powerful than electricity."~Maharaj-ji]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Meditate the way Christ meditated... He lost himself in love." ~Ram Dass]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Never disturb anyone's heart. Even if a person hurts you]]></category> <category><![CDATA["The heart never grows old."]]></category> <category><![CDATA["The heart never grows old." ~Maharaj-ji]]></category> <category><![CDATA["When someone asked Maharaj-ji how to meditate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Be Love Now]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Be Love Now 2010]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[give him love."~Maharaj-ji (Pictured: Statue of Neem Karoli Baba or Maharaj-ji from library of Ram Dass.)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[he said]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sat-cit-ananda]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“truth-consciousness-bliss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[”]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6941</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Imagine feeling more love from someone than you have ever known. You’re being loved even more than your mother loved you when you were an infant, more than you were ever loved by your father, your child, or&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-love-now.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Be-Love-Now-1-150x150.jpg" length="13164" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Lonesome Valley</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/lonesome-valley.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/lonesome-valley.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:12:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["You gotta walk that lonesome valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Although you make much out of “my friends” and “my relatives]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and you have to leave alone.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and you have to leave alone. If on the day of your death a friend could accompany you]]></category> <category><![CDATA[attachment would be worthwhile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but it cannot be so." ~Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[But they cannot go for you." ~Woody Guthrie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fairfield four]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lonesome valley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nobody else can go for you. You got to go there by yourself." ~Fairfield Four]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nobody here can walk it for you]]></category> <category><![CDATA[o brother where art thou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sister does and Brother]]></category> <category><![CDATA[They may beg you to go with them]]></category> <category><![CDATA[too]]></category> <category><![CDATA[woody guthrie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You got to go to the Lonesome Valley. You got to go there by yourself. Nobody else]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You gotta walk it by yourself]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You gotta walk it by yourself. Mamma and Daddy loves you dearly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[” they cannot help you at birth or at death; you come here alone]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6901</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Although you make much out of “my friends” and “my relatives,” they cannot help you at birth or at death; you come here alone, and you have to leave alone. If on the day of your death a friend could&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/lonesome-valley.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buddha-with-leaves-150x150.jpg" length="10024" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Finding a Lost Loved One</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/finding-a-lost-loved-one.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/finding-a-lost-loved-one.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:34:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["A serious misfortune of my life has arrived." I suffered for more than one year after the passing away of my mother. But one night]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and I felt very strongly that I had never lost my mother. The impression that my mother was still with me was very clear. I understood then that the idea of having lost my mother was just an idea. It ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and my hut was set behind the temple halfway up. Walking slowly in the moonlight through the rows of tea plants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and we were having a wonderful talk. She looked young and beautiful]]></category> <category><![CDATA[available at any time. When you lost a loved one]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but if you know how to practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[feel the breeze on my face or the earth under my feet to remember that my mother is always with me]]></category> <category><![CDATA[her hair flowing down. It was so pleasant to sit there and talk to her as if she had never died. When I woke up it was about two in the morning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I noticed my mother was still with me. She was the moonlight caressing me as she had done so often]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I was sleeping in the hut in my hermitage. I dreamed of my mother. I saw myself sitting with her]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I wrote in my journal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[in the highlands of Vietnam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[No Death No Fear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no death. There is manifestation and there is the cessation of manifestation in order to have another manifestation. You have to be very keen and very alert in order to recognize the new manifestation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[taking the hand of someone who knows the practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the birds and the dewdrops. If you can stop and look deeply]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the flowers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[together do walking meditation. Pay attention to all the leaves]]></category> <category><![CDATA[very sweet... wonderful! Each time my feet touched the earth I knew my mother was there with me. I knew this body was not mine along but a living continuation of my mother and father and my grandparen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[very tenderly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[When I lost my mother I suffered a lot. When we are only seven or eight years old it is difficult to think that one day we will lose our mother. Eventually we grow up and we all lose our mothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[when the time comes for the separation you will not suffer too much. You will very quickly realize that your mother is always alive within you. The day my mother died]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you have a chance to realize that his or her nature is truly the nature of no birth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you suffer. but if you know how to look deeply]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you will be able to recognize your beloved one manifesting again and again in different forms. You will again embrace the joy of life. ~Thich Nhat Hanh Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6904</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I lost my mother I suffered a lot. When we are only seven or eight years old it is difficult to think that one day we will lose our mother. Eventually we grow up and we all lose our&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/finding-a-lost-loved-one.html"><span
class="more-link">read more.</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/finding-a-lost-loved-one.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/white-lady-ghost-150x150.jpg" length="5979" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Thousands of Buddha Statues Unearthed/ Ozymandius</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/thousands-of-buddha-statues-unearthed-ozymandius.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/thousands-of-buddha-statues-unearthed-ozymandius.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:45:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["The head of a Buddha statue peeks above the dirt in Handan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[000 Buddha statues]]></category> <category><![CDATA[500 years old." Anthropologists suspect the statues were buried to protect them from political turmoil after the fall of the Northern Qi dynasty when later emperors attempted to purge the country of B]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and sneer of cold command]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And wrinkled lip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." ~Percy Bysshe Shelley Both Ozymandius and Buddha statues are found partially buried and neglected]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but each leaves a different legacy. If when you die]]></category> <category><![CDATA[china]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Half sunk a shattered visage lies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[King of Kings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[life and message still reverberate with us today.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Look on my works]]></category> <category><![CDATA[on the sand]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Once highly cherished]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ozymandius]]></category> <category><![CDATA[percy bysshe shelley]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stamped on these lifeless things]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal these words appear: My name is Ozymandius]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the plucky 6th Century Chinese statues (buried for protection by the sangha) show the strength of the dharma and the Buddha to outlast countless long forgotten dynasties. National Geographic Magazine ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[then Buddha certainly outstrips Ozymandius. Ozymandius's stern countenance and braggadocio of material gain and world conquest look ridiculous in retrospect. Meanwhile Buddha's serene countenance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[these ancient Buddha statues are broken and covered with the dust of time -the very picture of impermanence. But upon closer examination]]></category> <category><![CDATA[where archaeologists have reportedly unearthed nearly 3]]></category> <category><![CDATA[which could be up to 1]]></category> <category><![CDATA[whose frown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ye Mighty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you will be remembered more for what you gave away than how much you amassed for yourself]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6872</guid> <description><![CDATA[Once highly cherished, these ancient Buddha statues are broken and covered with the dust of time -the very picture of impermanence. But upon closer examination, the plucky 6th Century Chinese statues (buried for protection by the sangha) show the strength&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/thousands-of-buddha-statues-unearthed-ozymandius.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ozymand1-150x150.gif" length="15026" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>The Three Dharma Seals</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-three-dharma-seals.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-three-dharma-seals.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:20:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[" the second Dharma Seal. It is because things are always transforming and have no self that freedom is possible. The third Dharma Seal is nirvana. This means solidity and freedom]]></category> <category><![CDATA["All authentic practices of the Buddha carry within them three essential teachings called the Dharma Seals. These three teachings of the Buddha are: impermanence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[all genuine practices of the Buddha bear the mark of these three teachings. If we look into the first Dharma Seal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[freedom from all ideas and notions. The word "nirvana" literally means "the extinction of all concepts." Looking deeply into impermanence leads to the discovery of no self. The discovery of no self le]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Impermanence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nirvana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no self and nirvana. Just as all-important legal documents have the mark or signature of a witness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Noble Eightfold Path]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Once highly cherished]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Three Dharma Seals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[this ancient Buddha statue is broken and covered with the dust of time- the very picture of impermanence.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we can see that nothing remains the same for even two consecutive moments. Because nothing remains unchanged from moment to moment it therefore has no fixed identity or a permanent self. So in the tea]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we see that it doesn't just mean that everything changes. By looking into the nature of things]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=5518</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;All authentic practices of the Buddha carry within them three essential teachings called the Dharma Seals. These three teachings of the Buddha are: impermanence, no self and nirvana. Just as all-important legal documents have the mark or signature of a&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-three-dharma-seals.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/self_no_self-150x150.jpg" length="7588" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Jesus And Buddha; The Parallel Sayings, Eternal Life</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-eternal-life.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-eternal-life.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:42:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["An unsurpassed teacher am I; alone am I the All-Enlightened. Cool and appeased am I. To establish the wheel of Dhamma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life." ~Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA["My sheep hear my voice]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Open to all are the doors to the Deathless. Let those who will hear respond with faith." ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA["This is deathless]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and I know them]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and the deepest truth has taken abode in my heart. I have obtained Nirvana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish." ~Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and this is the reason that my countenance is serene and my eyes are bright. I now desire to found the kingdom of truth upon earth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deathlessness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eternal life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jesus and buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kingdom of truth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[my mind is free from desire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nirvana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[paralell sayings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging." ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[to give light to those who are enshrouded in darkness and to open the gate of deathlessness.” ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[to the city ...I go. In this blind world I shall beat the drum of deathlessness." ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“I have obtained deliverance by the extinction of self. My body is chastened]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6345</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.&#8221;   ~Jesus &#8220;An unsurpassed teacher am I; alone am I the All-Enlightened. Cool and appeased&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-eternal-life.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/buddha-cosmic-150x150.jpg" length="10419" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Nothing Ever Truly Dies</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/nothing-ever-truly-dies.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/nothing-ever-truly-dies.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:12:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Jacob]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Our greatest fear is that when we die we will become nothing. Many of us believe that our entire existence is only a life span beginning the moment we are born or conceived and ending the moment we d]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Our true nature is the nature of no birth and no death. Only when we touch our true nature can we transcend the fear of non-being]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Rien ne se cree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism and science]]></category> <category><![CDATA[No Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[No Fear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nothing dies.") ~Antoine Lavoisier (1743 –1794)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nothing ever truly dies. The universe wastes nothing. Everything is simply]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rien ne se perd." ("Nothing is born]]></category> <category><![CDATA[science fiction and buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Day The Earth Stood Still]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the Father of Modern Chemistry. Science led him to the same conclusion that the Buddha reached more than two thousand years earlier.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the Father of Modern Chemistry. Science led him to the same conclusion that the Buddha reached more than two thousand years earlier. that causes our suffering. The Buddha taught that there is no birth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the fear of annihilation." ~Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[transformed." ~Klaatu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we are liberated from fear. It is a great relief. We can enjoy life and appreciate it in a new way." ~Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6823</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our greatest fear is that when we die we will become nothing. Many of us believe that our entire existence is only a life span beginning the moment we are born or conceived and ending the moment we die. We&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/nothing-ever-truly-dies.html"><span
class="more-link">read more.</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/nothing-ever-truly-dies.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/fear-death-150x150.jpg" length="5339" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Compassion Is Wise!</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/compassion-is-wise.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/compassion-is-wise.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:51:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["As selfishness and complaint pervert and cloud the mind]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and anger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anything can happen. Our own destructive emotions pollute our outlook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daily dharma quote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How To Be Compassionate; A Handbook for Creating Inner Peace and a Happier World]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jealousy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[making healthy living impossible. We need to cleanse our own internal perspective though the practice of wise compassion.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Our lives are in constant flux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[selfishness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision." ~Helen Keller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[they can all be successfully resolved. When our minds are clouded by hatred]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we lose not only control but also our judgment. At those wild moments]]></category> <category><![CDATA[which generates many predicaments. But when these are faced with a calm and clear mind supported by spiritual practice]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6800</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our lives are in constant flux, which generates many predicaments. But when these are faced with a calm and clear mind supported by spiritual practice, they can all be successfully resolved. When our minds are clouded by hatred, selfishness, jealousy,&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/compassion-is-wise.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/compassion-150x150.jpg" length="7586" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>How To Fill A Sieve With Water</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/how-to-fill-a-sieve-with-water.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/how-to-fill-a-sieve-with-water.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 04:45:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A wise teacher]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and others thought it meant they could only expect temporary gains from their practice. Discouraged]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and told him to try to fill it with water. The student scooped the water into the sieve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[approached the teacher and asked him to explain. The teacher took the student to the edge of the ocean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but about dropping yourself into the ocean of Spirit and merging with that Spirit more and more each day.” Meditating-your-way-to-greater-happiness-and-health-in-20-minutes-a-day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but it immediately ran out. The teacher took the sieve from the student and said]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gave him a sieve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[however]]></category> <category><![CDATA[instructing his students to meditate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[they stopped meditating. One student]]></category> <category><![CDATA[told them]]></category> <category><![CDATA[where it sank almost immediately. He told the student]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“I will show you how.” The teacher threw the sieve into the water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“The process is like filling a sieve with water.” All of the students were confused by this statement. How was it possible to fill a sieve with water? Some thought it meant meditation was very difficu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“The sieve is full of water now and will stay that way forever. Meditation works the same way. It’s not about scooping small amounts of Spirit into your individual life]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sieve-150x150.jpg" length="8218" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>A Bridge Over The Chasm Of Your Solitude</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/a-bridge-over-the-chasm-of-your-solitude.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/a-bridge-over-the-chasm-of-your-solitude.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:52:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[" he wrote. In Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[" then receiving is equally good. Shohaku Okumura wrote in Soto Zen Journal that for a time he didn't want to receive gifts from others]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a collection of texts in the Vinaya-pitaka section of the Pali Canon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[any merit that might come with giving is to be dedicated to the liberation of others. Paramitas Giving with pure motivation is called dana paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but there are no givers and no receivers. At the same time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[giving and receiving are one. If giving is "good]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Giving is essential to Buddhism. Giving includes charity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Karma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lists a number of motivations for practicing charity. These include being shamed or intimidated into giving; giving to receive a favor; giving to feel good about yourself. These are impure motivations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no receiver; this is pure giving. Avoiding Extremes The last paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[no receiver; this is pure giving. ~Barbara O'Brien Basic Buddhist Teachings on Giving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[not taking. "When we understand this teaching in this way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[one's motivation for giving to others is at least as important as what is given. What is right or wrong motivation? The Anguttara Nikaya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[or "perfection of giving." It is first in a list of paramitas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[or giving material help to people in want. It also includes giving spiritual guidance to those who seek it and loving kindness to all who need it. However]]></category> <category><![CDATA[or perfections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of discipline Kshanti paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of exertion Dhyana paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of giving Shila paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of meditation Prajna paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of patience Virya paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[perfection of wisdom In Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[that are to be cultivated in Buddhist practice. The Six Perfections are: Dana paramita]]></category> <category><![CDATA[there is no giving without receiving. In a sense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[they wear huge straw hats that partly obscure their faces. The hats also prevent them from seeing the faces of those giving them alms. No giver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thinking that he should be giving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ties back to the first. As long as we are sorting ourselves into givers and receivers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we are still falling short of dana paramita. Wisdom teaches us that there is giving and receiving]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we give without expectation of reward. We give without attaching to either the gift or the recipient. We practice giving to release greed and self-clinging. Some teachers propose that giving is good b]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we simply create another standard to measure gaining and losing. We are still in the framework of gaining and losing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[when monks carry out traditional alms begging]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/monk-begging-150x150.jpg" length="8077" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Dhammapada, Part Twenty; The Path</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dhammapada-part-twenty-the-path.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dhammapada-part-twenty-the-path.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:01:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And not commit evil in bodily action. Let him purify these three courses of action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And win the path made known by the Great Sage. Wisdom springs from meditation; Without meditation wisdom wanes. Having known these two paths of progress and decline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And you will bewilder Mara. Walking upon this path You will make an end of suffering. Having discovered How to pull out the thorn of lust]]></category> <category><![CDATA[As made known by the Exalted One. "The idler who does not exert himself when he should]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Be passionless]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but not the tree; From the forest springs fear. Having cut down the forest And the underbrush (desire)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but rather more universal to all human beings. Her figures are depersonalized to represent anyone and everyone. According to the New York Studio School]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dhammapada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doting on his children and cattle. For him who is assailed by death There is no protection by kinsmen. None there are to save him — No sons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Doting on his children and cattle." ~Buddha When one sees this with wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Even the most subtle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hasten to clear the path leading to Nibbana. ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Here in winter and summer" — Thus thinks the fool. He does not realize the danger (That death might intervene). As a great flood Carries away a sleeping village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Here in winter and summer” — Thus thinks the fool. He does not realize the danger (That death might intervene).As a great flood Carries away a sleeping village]]></category> <category><![CDATA[His mind is in bondage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I make known the path. You yourselves must strive; The Buddhas only point the way. Those meditative ones who tread the path Are released from the bonds of Mara. "All conditioned things are impermanent]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Let a man so conduct himself That his wisdom may increase. Cut down the forest (lust)]]></category> <category><![CDATA[let the wise man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Like the sucking calf to its mother. Cut off your affection in the manner of a man Plucks with his hand an autumn lotus. Cultivate only the path to peace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nibbana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nor father]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nor relatives. Realizing this fact]]></category> <category><![CDATA[O monks! For so long as the underbrush of desire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Of a man towards a woman is not cut down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best; Of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best; Of all things Passionlessness is the best: Of men the Seeing One (the Buddha) is the best. This i]]></category> <category><![CDATA[One turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification. "All conditioned things are unsatisfactory" — When one sees this with wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[One turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification. "All things are not-self" — When one sees this with wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[One turns away from suffering. This is the path to purification. The idler who does not exert himself when he should]]></category> <category><![CDATA[or non-self.) Let a man be watchful of speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Restrained by morality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[So death seizes and carries away The man with a clinging mind]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the figures illustrate the Buddhist philosophy of anatta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Well controlled in mind]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Who though young and strong is full of sloth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[With a mind full of vain thoughts — Such an indolent man Does not find the path to wisdom. "All things are not self." ~Buddha (Pat Steir’s Self-Portrait: Reprise 1987-2009" is not a portrait specific ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[With a mind full of vain thoughts — Such an indolent man Does not find the path to wisdom." ~Buddha "Here shall I live during the rains]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/happiness-is-the-way-150x150.jpg" length="9246" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Time is the Final Currency</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/time-is-the-final-currency.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/time-is-the-final-currency.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:57:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Any time you are with anyone or think of anyone you must say to yourself: I am dying and this person too is dying]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Time is the final currency. Not money. Not power. The time will come When you will give Anything for one more hour." ~David Crosby]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anthony de Mello]]></category> <category><![CDATA[attempting the while to experience the truth of the words you are saying. If every one of you agrees to practice this]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bitterness will die out]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daily dharma quote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daily meditation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[david crosby]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[h h dalai lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[harmony will arise."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In Joyful Path of Good Fortune Geshe Kelsang Gyatso states]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[precious human life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“When we meditate on the great value and rarity of this precious human life we are doing the analytical meditation that causes us to develop a strong determination not to waste a moment of our human l]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=5881</guid> <description><![CDATA[Time is the final currency. Not money. Not power. The time will come When you will give Anything for one more hour. Today I learned There are no secrets, Only time for them to unfold And the patience to watch&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/time-is-the-final-currency.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/david-crosby-his-book-jacket-large-msg-1110579830-2-150x150.jpg" length="9580" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>The True Source Of Happiness (Your Mind)</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-true-source-of-happiness-your-mind.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-true-source-of-happiness-your-mind.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:50:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and our present thoughts build our life of tomorrow: Our life is the creation of our mind.” ~Buddha “Every thought you produce]]></category> <category><![CDATA[any action you do]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anything you say]]></category> <category><![CDATA[born out of concern for all beings.” ~Buddha “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become char]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but thinking makes it so.” William Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hamlet “Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this…” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson “The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.” ~Buddha “Very little is needed to make a happ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[in your way of thinking.” ~Marcus Aurelius "Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become charac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it bearsyour signature.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh “The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought a]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“There is nothing either good or bad]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6693</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.&#8221; William Shakespeare, Hamlet “Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this&#8230;”  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson &#8220;The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness.&#8221; &#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shakes-150x150.jpg" length="7225" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Be Water, My Friend: Reflections on Remaining Flexible</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-water-my-friend-reflections-on-remaining-flexible.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-water-my-friend-reflections-on-remaining-flexible.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2012 07:30:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["People suffer because they are caught in their views. As soon as we release those views]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adapt it and build your own]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and let it grow]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and not vice versa.” ~To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shunryu Suzuki: Stories of a Zen Teacher Told by His Students “Don’t get set into one form]]></category> <category><![CDATA[are soft and pliable in life; dry and brittle in death. Stiffness is thus a companion of death; flexibility a companion of life. An army that cannot yield will be defeated. A tree that cannot bend wil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[away from nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[be formless]]></category> <category><![CDATA[be like water. Empty your mind]]></category> <category><![CDATA[becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bruce lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chief luther standing bear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flexibility]]></category> <category><![CDATA[including the grass and trees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lao tzu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[living things soon led to lack of respect for humans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[my friend.” ~Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oglala Sioux “A student asked Suzuki Roshi why the Japanese make their teacups so thin and delicate that they break easily. “It’s not that they’re too delicate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shunryu Suzuki]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence.“ ~Chief Luther Standing Bear]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we are free and we don't suffer anymore." "We have to continue to learn. We have to be open. And we have to be ready to release our knowledge in order to come to a higher understanding of reality." ~T]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“A man is born gentle and weak; at his death he is hard and stiff. All things]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“but that you don’t know how to handle them. You must adjust yourself to the environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[” he answered]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/shunryu-suzuki-150x150.jpg" length="7753" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Jesus And Buddha; The Identical Teachings, &#8220;The Kingdom of God Is Within&#8221;</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-the-kingdom-of-god-is-within-2.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-the-kingdom-of-god-is-within-2.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:39:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2012 by Buddhist Learning Center His disciples said]]></category> <category><![CDATA[behold]]></category> <category><![CDATA[both within us and among us. ~Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dammapada 18 What you seek after (is) within you. ~The "The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart." "Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." ~Buddha Dialogue of the Savior Peace com]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gospel of Luke The Kingdom is inside of you and it is outside of you. ~Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gospel of Thomas His disciples said]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gospel of Thomas The Kingdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[jesus and buddha the parallel sayings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lo here! or]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lo there! for]]></category> <category><![CDATA[of God translates the Greek word ‘basileia’. Its roots lie in the Jewish concept of the power of God in “heaven” which is not always visible on earth. Jesus modified the idea and stressed the inner li]]></category> <category><![CDATA[or reign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[saying ‘Lo here!’ or ‘Lo there!’ For the Son of Man is within you. Follow after him! Those who seek him will find him. ~The Gospel of Mary Neither shall they say]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Good Heart; A Buddhist Perspective On The Teachings of Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the kingdom of God is within you. ~Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth and men do not see it. ~Gospel of Thomas The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth and men do not see it...The Kingdom is inside of you and it is outside of you. ~Jesus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[therefore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“The Kingdom of God Is Within” Posted on March 16]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“When will the Kingdom come?” It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying here it is or there it is. Rather]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6265</guid> <description><![CDATA[His disciples said, “When will the Kingdom come?” It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying here it is or there it is. Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/jesus-and-buddha-the-parallel-sayings-the-kingdom-of-god-is-within-2.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/aancient-buddha-sculptures-in-the-cloister-of-wat-si-saket-in-vientiane-laos-150x150.jpg" length="7482" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Don&#8217;t Live On Borrowed Light</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dont-live-on-borrowed-light.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dont-live-on-borrowed-light.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:44:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a greater blissfulness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a greater ecstasy. ~Osho]]></category> <category><![CDATA[a greater joy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and if you can see four feet ahead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and you can go on with that small light for ten thousand miles without any difficulty. Your light may be falling only four feet ahead of you – just go on moving. As you move]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and your life will be]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[each and every moment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Just a small light is enough]]></category> <category><![CDATA[light]]></category> <category><![CDATA[path to enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ralph waldo emerson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[that’s enough. You can go as far as you want. You can go on an eternal pilgrimage with just a small light of your own. Don’t live on borrowed light. Don’t live on borrowed eyes. Don’t live on borrowed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the light will be moving ahead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6602</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a small light is enough, and you can go on with that small light for ten thousand miles without any difficulty. Your light may be falling only four feet ahead of you – just go on moving. As you&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/buddha-candle-150x150.jpg" length="8185" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Be A Light Unto Yourself</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-a-light-unto-yourself.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-a-light-unto-yourself.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:18:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["If you light a lamp for somebody]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[be a light unto yourself. ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[candles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daily dharma quote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it will also brighten your path." "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[within twenty-four hours you may become enlightened. For these forty-two years there was a hope that I would do something. Nobody can do anything. Be a light unto yourself.”]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You think I can make you enlightened – that’s why these forty-two years have gone by and you have not attained. Perhaps after my death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle.” Robert Alden]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6555</guid> <description><![CDATA[The last statement of the Buddha to his disciples was &#8220;Be a light unto yourself.&#8221; The disciples were crying and weeping. It was only natural since the master was leaving and they had lived with him for forty years, some&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/be-a-light-unto-yourself.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/lamp-150x150.jpg" length="5896" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>The Compassionate Whale</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-compassionate-whale.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-compassionate-whale.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:24:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["In his latest book]]></category> <category><![CDATA["In this same way]]></category> <category><![CDATA["When a human protects an imperiled individual of another species]]></category> <category><![CDATA[A 2007 study by Samuel Bowles at the Santa Fe Institute in New Mexico is building momentum with the model of group selection for altruism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[above all]]></category> <category><![CDATA[According to the Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and compassion. This is my hope for the year(s) ahead. That we humans will begin to see other beings not as objects to be studied or exploited]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and deceit' ... is far from the norm for animals that live in social groups. They thrive because of the cooperation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and we have a thing or two to learn from them about living on Earth with grace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animal altruism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[balance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[brutish existence dominated by 'savage competition]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but as co-equal creatures]]></category> <category><![CDATA[complex brains about a hundred times longer than modern humans. Maybe they are the more mature species]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conciliation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[creators and creations both]]></category> <category><![CDATA[de Waal argues that the evolution of empathy is the end product of natural selection’s promotion of these altruistic groups. When chimpanzees help strangers attain food or when dolphins help to carry ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eric Michael Johnson writes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[hard-wired and pleasurable."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[john crockett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[known as "Survival of the nicest".]]></category> <category><![CDATA[living Earth."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[of this amazing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[One study using magnetic resonance imaging shows that altruism is "not a superior moral faculty that suppresses basic selfish urges but rather was basic to the brain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[one that makes them strive for a well-functioning whole."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[primatologist Frans de Waal argues that empathy helps survival. "The nasty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rich]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ruthless exploitation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the empathy that they display towards fellow members. The support and protection they receive from living in a group more than compensates for any selfish advantage they might have achieved on their o]]></category> <category><![CDATA[they are responding to an impulse that has allowed their ancestors to thrive throughout evolutionary history. “Social darwinists may disagree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vibrant]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we call it compassion. If a humpback whale does so]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we call it instinct. But sometimes the distinction isn’t all that clear." ~ R. L. Pitman and J.W. Durban]]></category> <category><![CDATA[we should "be wise selfish rather than foolish selfish. That means taking care more of others. Then you get the maximum benefit. Taking care of oneself and forgetting others]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Whales have been living on Earth with their large]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you lose. That is the foolish selfish. Taking care of others is first to benefit yourself. That is true. That is fact."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“but from a truly Darwinian perspective it is entirely logical to expect a ‘social motive’ in group-living animals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[” he writes]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6533</guid> <description><![CDATA[Humpback whales have been reported actively protecting seals from sophisticated and coordinated attacks of killer whales in the Southern Ocean according to Natural History Magazine. Such inter-species acts of compassion are key to understanding altruism since they are free of&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/compassionate-whale-150x150.jpg" length="7464" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Dharma In Popular Music; Todd Rundgren, &#8220;Compassion&#8221;</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-todd-rundgren-compassion.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-todd-rundgren-compassion.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:15:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And let your disappointment make you hard inside. You have doubt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and still more]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clear as rain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compassion is a verb. Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma In Popular Music; Todd Rundgren]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I can only feel compassion. And if that's what you need]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I will give you my compassion. Just don't forget about me 'Cause we all need some compassion. Open up your heart so you can start to feel compassion. Get down on your knees]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I've seen your symptoms many times before. Lying on your bed of pain What will you have now? What are riches untold in a life without compassion? For there's no winter as cold as a life without compas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it was love without compassion. And you don't need what you had 'Cause you did not have compassion. Dying on your bed of pain What will you have now? You'll get no judgment from me]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pray to heaven for compassion. Everybody needs compassion. If you want to be healed then you know you got to feel compassion.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Still you're the only one you care about. Hiding in your sack of woe What do you need now? For there is nothing so sad as a life without compassion. And even love has turned bad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Until you get more than you ever bargained for. Now its plain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you reach out]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You want more]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6534</guid> <description><![CDATA[You want more, and still more, Until you get more than you ever bargained for. Now its plain, clear as rain, I&#8217;ve seen your symptoms many times before. Lying on your bed of pain What will you have now? What&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-todd-rundgren-compassion.html"><span
class="more-link">read more.</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-todd-rundgren-compassion.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/These-cute-puppies-pics-4_thumb-150x150.jpg" length="7295" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Three Quick Meditations You Can Do Anytime</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/three-quick-meditations-you-can-do-anytime.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/three-quick-meditations-you-can-do-anytime.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:01:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Breathing in I calm my body.Breathing out I smile.Dwelling in the present moment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anam Thubten Rinpoche recommends a meditation practice that anyone can do]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and allow yourself to fully experience the present moment. After all]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and health guru Andrew Weil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[anytime. Simply pause]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Exhale completely through your mouth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I know this is a wonderful moment." ~Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it will be a very useful tool that you will always have with you. Use it whenever anything upsetting happens - before you react. Use it whenever you are aware of internal tension. Use it to help you f]]></category> <category><![CDATA[just become aware of your breath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[M.D.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[making a whoosh sound to a count of eight. This is one breath. Now inhale again and repeat the cycle three more times for a total of four breaths.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[making a whoosh sound. Close your mouth and inhale quietly through your nose to a mental count of four. Hold your breath for a count of seven. Exhale completely through your mouth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[MD.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[meditation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Monks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Once you develop this technique by practicing it every day]]></category> <category><![CDATA[relax]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the present moment is the only time anyone can really experience happiness.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tibetan Buddhist Lama Anam Thubten Rinpoche]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=3262</guid> <description><![CDATA[Long, arduous, leg numbing meditation sessions are not the only way to meditate. Today, we present three one minute meditations from three different Masters, including accomplished Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, Tibetan Buddhist Lama Anam Thubten Rinpoche, and health guru Andrew&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/rimpoche-150x150.jpg" length="7587" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Anything That Contradicts Experience and Logic Should Be Abandoned</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/anything-that-contradicts-experience-and-logic-should-be-abandoned.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/anything-that-contradicts-experience-and-logic-should-be-abandoned.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:35:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[14th Dalai Lama Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever]]></category> <category><![CDATA[14th Dalai Lama Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is]]></category> <category><![CDATA[after due examination and analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and take it as your guide. ~Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. ~Tenzin Gyatso]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha's own words must be rejected. ~Tenzin Gyatso]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conducive to the good]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[logic]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reason]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the benefit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the welfare of all beings -- that doctrine believe and cling to]]></category> <category><![CDATA[then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha How to Recognize the Modus Ponens Argument Formthumbnail We must conduct research and then accept the results. If they don't stand up to experimentation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you find to be kind]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6276</guid> <description><![CDATA[Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned. ~Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/anything-that-contradicts-experience-and-logic-should-be-abandoned.html"><span
class="more-link">read more.</span></a>]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/anything-that-contradicts-experience-and-logic-should-be-abandoned.html/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/intellectualPropery-150x150.jpg" length="8997" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Zen Boyscout</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-boyscout.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-boyscout.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 08:29:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["Geez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and just enjoy it while it lasts."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and just enjoy it while it lasts.” Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable. Life is full of misery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and of course]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon. . Not only is there no God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and you only go around once and that’s it. Well]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhist Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but try getting a plumber on weekends. On the plus side]]></category> <category><![CDATA[carpe diem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down. To you I’m an atheist; to God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[don't you want to be part of the experience? You know what the hell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[don’t you want to be part of the experience? You know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hannah and her sisters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[he explores such Buddhist themes as the inherent suffering and illusory nature of life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[he is said to have become morose at an early age upon learning of the inexplicability and inevitability of death. In the following quotations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[his own unique philosophical musings on death and the existence of god. How do you spot the Zen Boyscout? He’s the one rubbing one stick together. . Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How can you tell the Zen Boyscout? He's the one making a fire rubbing one stick together. ~Woody Alle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How can you tell the Zen Boyscout? He's the one starting a fire rubbing one stick together. ~Woody Allen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I definitely overpaid for my carpet. It’s not that I’m afraid to die]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I don’t think that he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that basically he’s an underachiever. If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a S]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I hope he has a good excuse. If it turns out that there is a God]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I just don’t want to be there when it happens.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I should stop ruining my life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I'm the Loyal Opposition. ~Woody Allen Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it. How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it's not all a drag. And I'm thinking to myself]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it’s not all a drag. And I’m thinking to myself]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I’m the Loyal Opposition. What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case]]></category> <category><![CDATA[loneliness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reincarnation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[searching for answers I'm never going to get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[searching for answers I’m never going to get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Take the Money and run]]></category> <category><![CDATA[that means I’ll have to sit through the Ice Capades again! ~Woody Allen Musing On Nietzsche’s Theory of Eternal Recurrence (in which we’re doomed to repeat the same life over and over) I was thrown ou]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the possibilities of an afterlife and the existence of God. Similar to the Buddha’s own experience]]></category> <category><![CDATA[what if the worst is true? What if there is no god and you only go around once and that's it. Well you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[what the hell]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Woody allen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Woody Allen’s work is filled with contemplations of death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zen boyscout]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“Geez]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6435</guid> <description><![CDATA[Woody Allen&#8217;s work is filled with contemplations of death, the possibilities of an afterlife and the existence of God. Similar to the Buddha&#8217;s own experience, he is said to have become deeply troubled during his sheltered youth upon first learning&#8230; <a
href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-boyscout.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/take-the-money-and-run-original-150x150.jpg" length="7953" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Dhammapada, Part 19; The Just</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dhammapada-part-19-the-just.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dhammapada-part-19-the-just.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:48:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[And loving and fearless. For the mind talks. But the body knows. Gray hairs do not make a master. A man may grow old in vain. The true master lives in truth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beyond good and evil]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beyond the body and beyond the mind. Silence cannot make a master out of a fool. But he who weighs only purity in his scales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dhammapada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[He is a master. And yet it is not good conduct That helps you upon the way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[He is a master. He harms no living thing. ~Buddha Who sees the nature of the two worlds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Holding back nothing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[holding to nothing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[How can he follow the way? The true seeker Subdues all waywardness. He has submitted his nature to quietness. He is a true seeker Not because he begs But because he follows the lawful way]]></category> <category><![CDATA[If he clings to desire and attachment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In goodness and restraint]]></category> <category><![CDATA[moderation and purity. Fine words or fine features Cannot make a master Out of a jealous and greedy man. Only when envy and selfishness Are rooted out of him May he grow in beauty. A man may shave his]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Non-violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nor book learning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nor deep meditation. None of these confers mastery or joy. O seeker! Rely on nothing Until you want nothing.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nor ritual]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nor withdrawal into the self]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Observe the dharma. Who is wise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The eloquent or the quiet man? Be quiet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the just]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The true seeker Subdues all waywardness. He has submitted his nature to quietness... Silence cannot make a master out of a fool. But he who weighs only purity in his scales]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Who sees the nature of the two worlds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisely]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Without haste]]></category> <category><![CDATA[You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“The Inner Light” Dhammapada; Part 19]]></category> <guid
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href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dhammapada-part-19-the-just.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/hurry.jpg" length="52620" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Dharma In Popular Music; The Beatles, &#8220;The Inner Light&#8221;</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-the-inner-light.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/dharma-in-popular-music-the-inner-light.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:15:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <guid
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/W.-H.-Auden-150x150.jpg" length="6922" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Angry Buddha</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/angry-buddha.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/angry-buddha.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:45:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Amitabha Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[angry buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Being Peace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddhist Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Laughing Asana]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quote of the Day!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thitch Nhat Hahn]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6363</guid> <description><![CDATA[     &#8220;A woman who practices reciting Buddha Amitabha&#8217;s name, is very tough and recites &#8220;NAMO AMITABHA BUDDHA&#8221; three times daily. Although she is doing this practice for over 10 years, she is still quite mean, shouting at people all the&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/angry-buddha-150x150.jpg" length="10515" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>The Monk and The Cow Dung Worm</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-monk-and-the-dung-worm.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/the-monk-and-the-dung-worm.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:02:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[" and he described the heaven realms to him. But the worm said: "No thank you]]></category> <category><![CDATA["I am your friend. We used to be monks together in a past life]]></category> <category><![CDATA["I wonder where my old mate has gone?" So he scanned all of the heaven realms]]></category> <category><![CDATA["It is not possible for me To restrain the external course of things. But should I restrain this mind of mine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and I have come up to take you to the heaven realms where life is wonderful and blissful." But the worm said: "Go away]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and I live in the heaven realms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but could not find a trace of his friend. Then he scanned the realm of human beings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but he could not see any trace of his friend there]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enjoying all the heavenly pleasures. But he started thinking about his friend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[enlightenment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[get lost!" "But I am your friend]]></category> <category><![CDATA[he could see for himself." So he grabbed hold of the worm and started tugging at him; and the harder he tugged]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I am quite happy here in my dung pile. Please go away." Then the heavenly being thought: "Well if I could only just grab hold of him and take him up to the heaven realms]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reborn as a worm in a dung pile... Wow! He thought: "I am going to help my friend. I am going to go down there to that dung pile and take him up to the heavenly realm so he too can enjoy the heavenly ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[shantideva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[so he looked in the realm of animals and then of insects. Finally he found him]]></category> <category><![CDATA[strive for your own salvation with diligence buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the harder that worm clung to his pile of dung. Do you get the moral of the story? How many of us are attached to our pile of dung?]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the other monk got reborn as a worm in a dung pile. The one up in the heaven realms was having a wonderful time]]></category> <category><![CDATA[There is a wonderful little story about two monks who lived together in a monastery for many years; they were great friends. Then they died within a few months of one another. One of them got reborn i]]></category> <category><![CDATA[To straighten the crooked]]></category> <category><![CDATA[What would be the need to restrain all else?"]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wisdom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you must first do a more difficult thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[you must straighten yourself.]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6354</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;There is a wonderful little story about two monks who lived together in a monastery for many years; they were great friends. Then they died within a few months of one another. One of them got reborn in the heaven&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/7aff5_biodigester-turns-cow-manure-into-methane-gas-150x150.jpg" length="11140" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>When Tibetans Are Scattered Throughout The World, The Dharma Will Come To The Land of The Red Man.</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/when-tibetans-are-scattered-throughout-the-world-the-dharma-will-come-to-the-land-of-the-red-man.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/when-tibetans-are-scattered-throughout-the-world-the-dharma-will-come-to-the-land-of-the-red-man.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:44:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA["When Tibetans are scattered throughout the world]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and horses run on iron wheels and when iron birds fly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[chief seattle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dalai Lama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[genetics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Guru Rinpoche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[he Hopi word for ‘moon’ is the same as the Tibetan word for ‘sun’ and the Hopi word for ‘sun’ is the same as the Tibetan word for ‘moon.’ The same is true for the Hopi and Tibetan words for ‘love’ and]]></category> <category><![CDATA[interconnectedness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[land bridge]]></category> <category><![CDATA[migration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[native american]]></category> <category><![CDATA[native americans of the southwest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navajo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rimpoche]]></category> <category><![CDATA[siberia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the dharma will come to the land of the red man."]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The prophecy of Guru Rinpoche said]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tibetan book of the dead]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tibetan culture]]></category> <category><![CDATA[turquoise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[university of pennsylvania]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web of life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.artofdharma.org/?p=6309</guid> <description><![CDATA[Scholars have debated the Dalai Lama’s suggestion that certain elements of Hopi Indian culture are too similar to Tibetan culture to be merely off hand chance occurrences. However, University of Pennsylvania anthropologists have unearthed new evidence which sheds new light&#8230; <a
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tibetan-dancer-150x150.jpg" length="7458" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>What Good Is Walking On Water, When the Ferryboat Is So Cheap?</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/what-good-is-walking-on-water-when-the-ferryboat-is-so-cheap.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/what-good-is-walking-on-water-when-the-ferryboat-is-so-cheap.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:06:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bodhisattva]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Can you walk on water? You have done no better than a straw. Can you fly in the air? You have done no better than a bluebottle. Conquer your heart; then you may become somebody. ~Ansari of Heart]]></category> <category><![CDATA[curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes. All is a miracle.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dhammapada]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[green leaves]]></category> <category><![CDATA[If a wicked man can become a pure religious man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is a practical miracle.]]></category> <category><![CDATA[supernatural]]></category> <category><![CDATA[teachings of the buddha]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the black]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thich Nhat Hanh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[this according to Buddhism]]></category> <category><![CDATA[walking on water]]></category> <category><![CDATA[white clouds]]></category> <category><![CDATA[“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air]]></category> <guid
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href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/what-good-is-walking-on-water-when-the-ferryboat-is-so-cheap.html"><span
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url="http://www.artofdharma.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/url-22-150x150.jpg" length="8758" type="image/jpg" /> </item> <item><title>Zen Is the Desymbolization of the World. ~R.H. Blythe</title><link>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-is-the-desymbolization-of-the-world-r-h-blythe.html</link> <comments>http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-is-the-desymbolization-of-the-world-r-h-blythe.html#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:33:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Buddhist Learning Center</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art of Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[all space is sacred space. The divine exists in everyday places]]></category> <category><![CDATA[all time is sacred time. Because everything has Buddha-nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[and everyday activities are manifestations of the sacred. ~Julia Hardy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[daily dharma quote]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dharma]]></category> <category><![CDATA[happiness]]></category> <category><![CDATA[I saw somebody peeing in Jermyn Street the other day. I thought]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In Zen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is this the end of civilization as we know it? Or is it simply somebody peeing in Jermyn Street? ~Alan Bennett]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose. ~Gertrude Stein]]></category> <category><![CDATA[there is no need to transcend time or escape to another dimension of reality to experience the sacred. Because everything has Buddha-nature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Things are entirely what they appear to be and behind them... there is nothing. ~Jean Paul Sartre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Zen Is the Desymbolization of the World. ~R.H. Blythe]]></category> <guid
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href="http://www.artofdharma.org/archives/zen-is-the-desymbolization-of-the-world-r-h-blythe.html"><span
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