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Dharma Quote of the WeekBoundless joy is the joy you should feel when you see gifted and learned beings who are happy, famous or influential. Instead of feeling uneasy and envious of their good fortune, rejoice sincerely, thinking, “May they continue to be happy and enjoy even more happiness!” Pray too that they may use their wealth and power to help others, to serve the Dharma and the Sangha, making offerings, building monasteries, propagating the teachings and performing other worthwhile deeds. Rejoice and make a wish: “May they never lost all their happiness and privileges. May their happiness increase more and more, and may they use it to benefit others and to further the teachings.” Pray that your mind may be filled with boundless equanimity, loving-kindness, compassion and joy–as boundless as a Bodhisattva’s. If you do so, genuine bodhichitta will certainly grow within you. The reason these four qualities are boundless, or immeasurable, is that their object–the totality of sentient beings–is boundless; their benefit–the welfare of all beings–is boundless; and also their fruit–the qualities of enlightenment–is boundless. They are immeasurable like the sky, and they are the true root of enlightenment.(p.49) –from The Excellent Path to Enlightenment, by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, translated and edited by The Padmakara Translation Group, published by Snow Lion Publications The Excellent Path to Enlightenment • Now at 5O% off! |
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Archive for February 2, 2012
Dharma Quote from Snow Lion Publications
February 2, 2012Kindness Daily: My Children Lift A Heavy Heart
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Vinny Ferraro: The Heartful Dodger
February 2, 2012What if it all belongs — everything around you? Just see if you can approach every moment with kindness. Know what that does? That allows you to live in a kind world. — Vinny Ferraro
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Good News of the Day:
One bitter night, in the rough end of New Haven, fifteen-year-old Vinny Ferraro and his gang were hanging out as usual by the projects when a chance encounter with a homeless man (who they were assaulting) changed the course of the rest of his life. “I didn’t know what compassion meant when I was fifteen. But I knew that that homeless guy had seen my heart. And that was scary. I had done my best to hide this heart, because it wasn’t safe in my world to be soft or show feelings. And he had seen right through me.” It is now Ferraro who looks into angry young eyes and finds a glimpse of compassion. In this candid piece, he shares his remarkable journey from violence and despair to mindfulness and freedom, inspiring thousands of underserved youth to similarly transform their lives.
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Be The Change:
When you next experience any traces of anger or despair, reflect on Ferraro’s thought: “Do your conditions lead inevitably to suffering? No, they don’t. Only a being’s perspective leads to suffering.”
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