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Dalai Lama Quote of the WeekThe quality of one’s rebirth in the next life is determined by the quality of one’s mental activity in this life. Generally speaking, we have no power to choose how we are born; it is dependent on karmic forces. However, the period near the time of death is very influential in terms of activating one from among the many karmas that a person has already accumulated, and, therefore, if one makes particular effort at generating a virtuous attitude at that time, there is an opportunity to strengthen and activate a virtuous karma. Moreover, when one has developed high realization and has gained control over how one will be reborn, it is possible to take what is called “reincarnation” rather than mere rebirth.(p.42) –from The Dalai Lama at Harvard: Lectures on the Buddhist Path to Peace by H.H. the Dalai Lama of Tibet, Tenzin Gyatso, translated and edited by Jeffrey Hopkins, published by Snow Lion Publications The Dalai Lama at Harvard • Now at 5O% off! |
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Archive for February 17, 2012
Dalai Lama Quote from Snow Lion Publications
February 17, 2012Kindness Daily: A Spirit Guide To Lean On
February 17, 2012
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A medicine wheel is a circle with four spokes, and the four spokes divide the wheel into four colours, red, white, black, and yellow. The colours represented the four races of man, and the medicine wheel represented healing of the four races. Also on the face of the cane were her initials.
Video of the Week: Dan’s Coffee Run
February 17, 2012
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Gandhi on Knowledge Without Character
February 17, 2012We have guided missiles and misguided men. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Good News of the Day:
“We have not yet learned to make use of our most civilizing capacities: the creativity and wisdom we all have as our birthright. When even one person comes into full possession of these capacities, our problems are shown in their true light: they are simply the results of avoidable — though deadly — errors of judgment. Gandhi formulated a series of diagnoses of the modern world’s seemingly perpetual state of crisis, which he called ‘the seven social sins.’ I prefer to think of them as seven social ailments, since the problems they address are not crimes calling for punishment but crippling diseases that are punishment enough in themselves. The first — and the one we will focus on here — is knowledge without character. It traces all our difficulties to a simple lack of connection between what we know is good for us and our ability to act on that knowledge.” The late Gandhian scholar Eknath Easwaran shares further.
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Be The Change:
“I believe that what self-centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. […] I still believe that we shall overcome.” An inspiring passage from MLK’s Nobel acceptance speech.
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**Share A Reflection**
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