Dr. King expresses the transcendent and the relational eloquently: “It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied together into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure […]
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NPR held a contest for people to submit scripts for ads for something wonderful we can’t buy. Here’s the ad for “nothing” – a Buddha’s delight!
“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth… This is the real message of love.â€
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Teachings on Love
Photos from our December 9-11, 2016, Retreat, The Journey to the Heart of Understanding
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“If a cruel and violent person disembowels you, you can smile and look at him with love. It is his upbringing, his situation, and his ignorance that cause him to act so mindlessly. Look at him – the one this is bent on your destruction and heaps injustice upon you – with eyes of love
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In order to save our planet Earth, we must have a collective awakening. Individual awakening is not enough. That is why one Buddha is not enough. – Thich Nhat Hanh Excerpt from One Buddha Is Not Enough: … through evolution, we have also developed a higher capacity of self-awareness, and of recognizing everything for its suchness—as
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“Man is not the enemy. Our enemy is hatred, anger, ignorance, and fear. … God does not take sides. Jesus, Buddha, Allah – all the great beings speak of compassion and inclusiveness. We should not believe that we can be peaceful by eliminating the other side.” Thich Nhat Hanh – Calming The Fearful Mind
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From “The Heart of Understanding” by Thích Nhất Hạnh: “What is the date on which you were born, your birth date? Before that date, did you already exist? Were you already there before you were born? Let me help you. To be born means from nothing you become something. My question is, before you were born,
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Photos from the Cultivating True Love Retreat, December 2015.
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