August 2009
9 posts
“Wisdom, capability, loving-kindness, and compassion are what we’re born...”
– Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Promoting a Department of Peace →
“In his 2005 book, “The Utility of Modern Warfare,” Rupert Smith, once the deputy supreme commander of NATO, stated that since 1946, every time Western nations have become involved in a foreign war, they’ve become completely bogged down. Instead of achieving a swift, decisive victory, they’ve spent from 15 to 20 years struggling to bring the conflict to an end. This was true in the Balkans,...
“Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was, first and foremost, an empiricist, a...”
– Pico Iyer
“It is not power that corrupts but fear.”
– Aung San Suu Kyi
The Three Fierce Mantras
1. Whatever has to happen, let it happen.
2. Whatever the situation is, it’s fine.
3. I really don’t need anything.
- Tsangpa Gyare
Google’s Search Inside Yourself →
“For the benefits of meditation to become widely accessible, ” says Chade-Meng Tang, founder of Google’s Search Inside Yourself program, “it needs to become ‘real.’ It needs to align with the lives and interests of real people.” If we can accept exercise and its benefits as parts of our everyday experience, why can’t we do the same with meditation? That’s part of Meng’s mission, or, as he calls...
“Blame ties us to the past and makes our minds smaller. It dampens our delight...”
– Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Can Do →
shawnyeager:
A wonderfully illustrated chronicle of the genius of Ben Franklin by Maira Kalman, from her New York Times blog And the Pursuit of Happiness
“All the joy the world contains has come through wishing happiness for others....”
– Shantideva