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Just some lyrics so I know where they are...
Tomorrow Never Comes (Dot Allison ( Read more... ) -
stand tall say it loud we're together and we're proud
I can't get the Doodlebop songs out of my head.... -
Buddhist Wisdom
Our problems, both those we experience externally such as wars, crime and violence and those we experience internally as emotional and psychological suffering will not be solved until we address this underlying neglect of our inner dimension. That is why the great movements of the last hundred years and more--democracy, liberalism, socialism, and ( Read more... ) -
Buddhist Wisdom
Abandon wrongdoing. It can be done. If there were no likelihood, I would not ask you to do it. But since it is possible and since it brings blessing and happiness, I do ask of you: abandon wrongdoing ( Read more... ) -
Buddhist Wisdom
“Live in joy,
In love,
Even among those who hate.
Live in joy,
In health,
Even among the afflicted.
Live in joy,
In peace,
Even among the troubled.
Look within.
Be still.
Free from fear and attachment,
Know the sweet joy of the way.”
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Buddhist Wisdom
This body, bhikkhus, is perishable, consciousness is of a nature to dissolve, and all objects of clinging are impermanent, suffering and subject to change.
-Itivuttaka -
Buddhist Wisdom
The substance of your mind is apart from annihilation and apart from eternity; its essence is neither polluted nor pure. Calm and complete, it is equal in ordinary people and sages, functioning responsively without convention. All realms of experience and all states of being are only manifestations of your own mind--do the moon reflected in water ( Read more... ) -
Buddhist Wisdom
Like a merchant with a small
But well-laden caravan
--a dangerous road,
like a person who loves life
--a poison,
one should avoid
--evil deeds.
-Dhammapada, 9, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
