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Tag Archives: Suffering
A Key to Happiness – Sharon Salzberg
…a key to experiencing happiness on an ongoing basis is to acknowledge pain and suffering, something American culture resists. It’s difficult to admit to ourselves that we suffer. We feel humiliated, like we should have been able to control our … Continue reading
Tagged Happiness, Quote, Sharon Salzberg, Suffering, Thoughts
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Check out Bernie Glassman’s New Article…
…”The Buddhist Way of Being Present to Suffering” Being fully present to another person without clinging is medicine, not poison. Meaningful engagement deepens your heart and helps you be more fully present to any given situation that comes up — … Continue reading
View from the Mud: Redux
Decided to edit this. Via Thubten Chodron: In his Guide to a Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, Shantideva counsels us, “If something can be changed, work to change it. If it cannot, why worry, be upset, and complain?” Keeping the two quotes, … Continue reading
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
Recently, a man named Matheos Pitikas allegedly commited aggravated armed bank robbery in Texas. Friday before last he was spotted about 25 miles away from here at a restaurant. Gunfire and a high speed chase ensued, followed by some bad … Continue reading
Tagged compassion, Death, Fear, Longfellow, Quote, Sharon Salzberg, Suffering, violence
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Being Where I Am
So, life continues to be interesting. I struggle with how I feel about the difficulties that keep cropping up. We are well off, by whole world standards, but not well off by American (US) standards. (I’ll spare you the details, … Continue reading
Tagged Faith, Mindfulness, Practice, Suffering, Thoughts
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Pain, Experience, Growth, Compassion
In Coming to Our Senses, Jon Kabat-Zinn points out to us that the part of us that experiences pain is itself *not* in pain. This is true for both emotional and physical pain. Trying to find an awareness of this … Continue reading
Pain vs. Suffering
Found this on lotusinthemud: How do you deal with the death of your spouse? How would you feel if you lost your mother tomorrow? Or your sister or your closest friend? Suppose you lost your job, your savings, and the … Continue reading
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